Distance Learning

Students are engaged and enthusiastic to join sessions and meet with their teachers and peers. In primary, we are constantly updating our timetable based on our parents feedback to accommodate all families. We have live sessions in the morning and evening and our slides have recorded video tutorials to support all of our students. The coming 2 weeks will give us an opportunity to assess students through online quizzes, learning showcases and checking student work.

Our students also prepared art and thank you notes to thank all the health care professionals in the UAE and around the world!

Please follow us on Instagram @ascsdubai to see our students pictures!

Dear Parents, Guardians and Learners,

I hope that this message finds you in good health and high spirits. Having started our online assessments this week, for Arabic and Islamic, I am pleased to report that the overall feedback and observations are suggesting that our protocols and approaches appear to be effective and reliable.

Having provided opportunities for feedback from learners who have already completed the assessment, learners have responded positively, commenting that the procedures are rigorous to the point where they believe the integrity of the assessment can be maintained in these new conditions. They have also commented that there were no issues in their respective sessions. We are continuing to gain feedback from a wider sample of learners.

As with any new strategy, we are constantly looking at areas that can be improved, and we will be continuing a collaborative process, rooted in open communication with all stakeholders, to ensure that we develop our approach to online assessments and build upon our successes so far. I am sure that you will join us in our efforts to ensure that our assessments are conducted to the highest standards possible.

Please feel free to register any comments, feedback, observations or suggestions via the “End of Course Assessments: Frequently Asked Questions Form”, which has been shared previously. Additionally, I would ask that all parents or learners please complete the “ASCS 2019/2020: Online End of Course Assessments - Procedures and Guidelines Agreement”, prior to 3rd May 2020, to ensure that all learners are eligible to take their End of Course Assessments. I would like to thank those who have already completed these Google Forms, and we will be acting on, or responding to the various comments and questions that have been made so far, prior to the assessments in May 2020. Thank you all for your positive and proactive support.

Respectfully yours,

Mr. Harvey Furniss

Assistant Headteacher - Assessment

Cambridge Assessment International Education recognises that the Coronavirus pandemic presents huge challenges to schools and parents.

To ease the financial burden on schools and families at the same time help students get on with educational journeys to award grades wherever possible, Cambridge Board have announced to reduce exam entry fees by 10%.

Please note that disbursement of the 10% can either be redirected to cover any outstanding tuition fee payments, applying a credit note to next year's fee payments or to refund the amount where applicable.