Newlands School in Dubai, UAE

Facilities in Newlands School

• 42 standard classrooms
• all FS spaces meeting KHDA requirements for separate entrance, ground floor location, and separation from the rest of the school – including an Activity Room featuring
• FS layout featuring linked classrooms with corridors where supervised activities can ‘spill over’, immediate toilet access, and access to the outside FS play area
• all primary classrooms from Years 1-3 on the ground floor, including an Activity Room
• specialist art, media and music rooms
• at least 6 Offices (Principal, Section Heads, SENCO, Counsellor and Finance Officer) and 2 staff rooms
• 4 science labs with 3 of them as specialist labs (for secondary physics, chemistry and biology) and 1 general lab for primary
• 1 specialist room for computing, coding and ICT
• a multi-purpose hall
• 1 library/learning centre and a staff development/training centre
• a Special Needs base and resource centre
• kitchen and catering facilities
• a 10×20 metre swimming pool with changing facilities plus outdoor football pitch and cricket net
• external play spaces of more than 1,100 sqm including separate areas for KG, primary and secondary
• additional outdoor space for parking, access and for massing – meeting regulatory requirements for cars and buses
• clinic space (doctor’s room, treatment room, nurses’ room, waiting areas) exceeding minimum guidelines
• 2 prayer rooms for males and females separately (1 each, with their own ablutions)
• premises will be designed to aid the mobility of students with physical disabilities

About

Newlands School will be a happy school, where children are cared for, nurtured, well educated, supported and challenged. At Newlands, we use the National Curriculum for England as a framework within our values-based, internationally-minded environment to ensure an enriched learning experience for everyone. In every lesson the children will understand what they are learning and why, so that they are focused, actively engaged and achieve.