Curriculum
Education plays the most important role in acquiring professional and social skills and a positive attitude to face the challenges of life. A curriculum is what constitutes a total teaching learning program comprising overall aims, syllabus, materials, methods and assessment. In short it provides a framework of knowledge and capabilities seen as appropriate to a particular level. It is also one of the means of bringing about qualitative improvement in an educational system.
Welcome to the Kindergarten at TCS
TCS Kindergarten is spread over two gears with KGI and KG2. We are a passionate and dedicated team who take pride in delivering the planned curriculum to provide a broad, balanced and relevant programme of opportunities for all.
We provide concrete, multi-sensorial and relevant experiences. This being the foundation stage, the curriculum is activity based to strengthen Language and Communication, Numeracy, Gross and Fine Motor Skills, Emotional, Social and Creative Skills.
We specifically plan and adapt our teaching through inquiry-based thinking, using the child’s voice as the starting point for all of our focus activities and provision which have cross-curricular links and real-life learning opportunities.
We strive to foster an enthusiasm for learning, which encourages every student to reach the highest possible academic standards. A wide range of teaching and learning strategies are used depending on the students’ age and stage of learning. Information technology is integrated into the curriculum to support and extend learning.
The curriculum at TCS is a mix of discovery and delight, sparking senses and stimulating experiential learning. Our littlest learners thrive in their new world, imbibing concepts in a safe, caring space, through imaginative, creative methods and inter-disciplinary hands-on learning. They use their senses, movement, a multitude of interesting materials and play to explore, investigate and collaborate.
Curricular Highlights:
Theme-based learning as part of the curriculum
Learning Centers where developmental and foundational skills are acquired through observations, construction, pretend play, reading and art
Learning Centers are planned to focus on developing children’s enthusiasm for lifelong learning based on seven areas of learning Communication and Language, Personal Social and Emotional, Physical Development, Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World, Expressive Art and Design
Circle Time is planned to encourage social interaction, listening, conversing, feeling, thinking, empathy and patience
A strong Reading Program with books sent home every week
Supervised Play and Field Trips to energise children in a healthy, stimulating outdoor environment
Guest lectures and Parent Participation
TCS Kindergarten uses different instructional strategies to help children learn at their own pace while in a social and collaborative environment. The planned learning centers based on the Prime and Specific areas of development have a huge impact on children.
Impact on Communication and Language
Communication and Language is the heart of everything that our school does, every lesson subject, and all reading and writing skills are from strong communication and language skills. Along with several easily accessible methods that support interaction and conversation, the skill of linking modeled language and oral rehearsal to introduce new vocabulary in a simple, effective way is demonstrated with the ‘Scaffolded Talk’ technique.
Impact on Personal, Social and Emotional Development
We promote personal, social and emotional skills in the classroom by providing children with a safe, nurturing environment. Teachers play key roles in supporting children in the development of social and emotional skills.
Daily routines are planned to help children feel safe and secure. Children develop the ability to initiate and maintain trusting relationships with adults and peers; to understand and express emotions in appropriate ways; to become independent, explore and engage with the environment and make responsible decisions.
Impact on Physical Development
We encourage children to be independent in their learning and thinking. Our classrooms ensure there is a variety of resources made available to support the individual development of each child to support their physical development journey. Opportunities to enhance gross and fine motor skills are planned and executed in the classroom as well as during Physical Activity classes.
Impact on Literacy
Literacy is the paramount area of learning that practitioners focus on in the Early Years. At TCS, we build on skills children have been learning to expand their ability to read and write. It involves encouraging children to link sounds to read and write the words, phrases and sentences. Students are also given access to a wide range of reading materials (books, poems, and other written materials) to ignite their interest.
Impact on Numeracy
Students develop a strong grounding to excel their mathematical skills. Opportunities to encourage students to count, build shapes, and add numbers are created based on their interests and understanding. By providing frequent and varied opportunities to build and apply this understanding — such as using manipulatives, including small pebbles and tens frames for organizing counting — students develop a secure base of knowledge and vocabulary from which mastery of mathematics is built.
Impact on Understanding the World
Our students are provided opportunities to be familiar with what is around them and understand the environment that they live in. Students are introduced with knowledge about the world that covers a wide spectrum including places, materials, objects, plants, people around, celebrations and living creatures.
Impact on Expressive Arts and Design
Our school believes that every child is different but each one is unique. We observe and identify children’s interest and then provide opportunities to them to create amazing creations, inventions or making marks on paper that represent for them an experience or something they have seen. Encouraging children to choose and use materials and resources in an open-ended way is the key to helping them in making choices and have confidence in their own ideas.
Welcome to the Primary Years at TCS Dubai
Inspired by the Experiential Learning and Visible Thinking approach
Primary school is the fundamental place where a child gains knowledge and imbibes skills for life, leading to becoming an independent learner. Keeping in mind this goal and the vision of our school, To provide stimulating world-class education for life, we at primary offer a curriculum that intends to nurture every child so that they become happy, healthy, positive, proactive, inquisitive, and creative learners.
The primary curriculum is planned carefully and progressively, so that there is coherence and full coverage of all aspects of the transition stage from KG to lower primary. The curriculum is designed to meet the UAE National Agenda Parameters and the structure of the CBSE Curriculum is embedded and established well with international elements for a smooth transition of students to the upper primary.
We aim at the holistic development of students through joyful learning techniques that extend learning beyond the classrooms. Students are guided and trained to acquire 21st Century Learning Skills. They are exposed to challenging and differentiated learning experiences which nurture critical thinking, problem-solving, reasoning, and decision-making skills. During Primary School, we embrace the students’ innate inquisitive nature to develop their basic skills through first-hand experiences. They are encouraged to question, explore, apply, and test what they know, whilst treating each other with respect and developing the beginnings of social etiquette.
The wide range of extra-curricular activities and wellness programmes ensures the all-round development of the child’s personality and develops the awareness of the global needs and competencies pertaining to self and community. It also creates an enthusiastic and happy learning environment in the primary classrooms.
Subjects in the Primary :
- Arabic
- Islamic Studies/ Moral Science
- English
- Mathematics
- EVS
- Art
- MSC (Moral, Social and Cultural)
- Second Language (Hindi/Tamil/Malayalam/Bengali/Urdu)
- Genious Hour (Life Skills)
- ELS-Enrichment Learning session
- RLS- Reflective Learning Session
- Physical Education
- ICT
- Life Skills
Music, Art, Dance, and Physical Education classes are integrated into the timetable to make sure that latent talent is developed. Personalized and self-paced learning are the key features at TCS. This is achieved by a well-balanced innovative timetable consisting of TACT time, Learning by Doing, a Recap Session, and Free Learning Space. Making thinking visible at all levels in the school has been one of the key focus areas of our teaching and learning.
- Unique Innovative Programmes
- Learning Beyond Boundaries
Train your Brain – A platform to enhance the age-appropriate critical thinking skills and questioning skills.
Financial Literacy – A program embedded in curriculum that builds the foundation for healthy financial decision-making.
Science Spell Bee – A competition to raise the profile of scientific vocabulary.
WAGOLL- The acronym WAGOLL’ means ‘What a Good One Looks Like’. These are model texts or examples of effective writing. Primarily used as a writing tool, they help children develop a deeper understanding of non-fiction writing. Incorporating these examples into lesson activities gives children opportunities to unpick the skills and knowledge they need to master writing.
Guided Reading- This session allows students to read, explore and comprehend the context and character’s role through reading fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, analysis of the text and characters.
Learning A to Z – A platform to enhance the LSRW skills in English by focusing on reading, listening and vocabulary application.
Math Whizz – A platform to enrich the numeracy, data and reasoning skills in connection to real life context as a part of accelerated learning.
Genious Hour – A program which enables students to learn skills which help them to make the most out of life as per their interest and empower them to deal well and effectively with the challenges of life.
Scinovation – A competition where science meets innovation and provides an opportunity for the young innovators and explorers of primary school to showcase their scientific talent and skills.
Physical and Health Education (PHE) – This program apprises students on their physical and mental growth and educate them on the healthy lifestyles to be adopted.
TCS Innovates – A competition that inspire students to become innovators by solving problems and give the opportunity to students to create and collaborate.
SLC (Student Led Conference) – This conference gives students a sense of ownership and accountability for their own learning. During this session, the student shares his or her portfolio of work and talks about scholastic and non- scholastic progress with family members and teachers. It also helps them advance their understanding of what it means to fulfil their learning targets. From grades 1 to 12, conferences are held by students post-examination.
At TCS, we develop students’ abilities and academic success necessary to access new opportunities, whether through mentoring, enrichment, or individualised learning. Our dedicated staff delivers the programmes in an environment that is intimate, friendly, and attuned to every specific educational need through a holistic approach.
Welcome to the Middle School at TCS
The middle school acts as a transition, moving the student away from the world of childhood and introducing social skills and mastery of knowledge and techniques that will be further developed in high school. To succeed in this role, middle schools nurture their students socially and emotionally, providing guidance in social relationships as well as academic and other studies.
We allow students to develop their knowledge, understanding and creativity through a curriculum underpinned by the TCS Core Values of “ Leadership, Perseverance, Empathy, Innovation, Motivation and Global Citizenship’. Our middle school (Grade 6-8) is imaginatively designed to provide a wealth of opportunities where students can take intelligent risks, ask questions to satisfy their intellectual curiosity and explore ideas to deepen their understanding; while promoting critical thinking skills.
We strongly believe in developing our students holistically and seek every opportunity to develop them academically and as well-rounded global citizens. We have a competency-based approach to learning, which is firmly embedded into all aspects of the curriculum, providing all learners with the opportunity to develop mastery across each area.
The middle school acts as a transition, moving the student away from the world of childhood and introducing social skills and mastery of knowledge and techniques that will be further developed in high school. To succeed in this role, middle schools nurture their students socially and emotionally, providing guidance in social relationships as well as academic and other studies.
We allow students to develop their knowledge, understanding and creativity through a curriculum underpinned by the TCS Core Values of “ Leadership, Perseverance, Empathy, Innovation, Motivation and Global Citizenship’. Our middle school (Grade 6-8) is imaginatively designed to provide a wealth of opportunities where students can take intelligent risks, ask questions to satisfy their intellectual curiosity and explore ideas to deepen their understanding; while promoting critical thinking skills.
We strongly believe in developing our students holistically and seek every opportunity to develop them academically and as well-rounded global citizens. We have a competency-based approach to learning, which is firmly embedded into all aspects of the curriculum, providing all learners with the opportunity to develop mastery across each area.
Subjects in Middle School :
- English
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies (Indian and UAE SST)
- Second Language (Hindi/Tamil/Malayalam/Bengali/Urdu)
- Arabic
- Islamic for Muslim students*
- UAE Social Studies
* Non-Muslim students will study Mora Science (M.Sci) during these lessons.
- Moral, Social and Cultural Studies (MSCS)
- ITC (Information and Communication Technology)
- Art
- Physical Education (PE)
Innovation at TCS: A to Z INNOVATION
WOW Wednesday – This program aspires students to learn the most useful Arabic Phrase daily life on a school campus.
Arabic Café
TCS Talk – Initiative helps students to process their learning, through integration of information. Verbalising and engaging in concepts out loud has been shown to assist in solidifying learning. Talking with other pupils enables them to learn from one another.
Book Reviews – Students are given an experience to critically analyse their favourite books and stories.
Infortrickles – Students are given opportunity to demonstrate experiments for an outstanding experiential learning.
Climate Conference – An interschool Conference platform to encourage young generation to change their attitudes and behavior; it also helps them to make informed decisions.Its goal is to limit global warming aim to reach global peaking of greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible to achieve a climate neutral world by mid-century.
Virtual Library (Second Language) – the students create Virtual Library to underpin learning and acquisition of knowledge, to provide a more solid basis for education and to enhance quality of life by drawing on digitally available (preferably on-line) books, materials and journals via ICT-based tools.
Kindness Calendar – Students performing random acts of kindness to spread positivity and build the values and grow up as a responsible, kind and caring individual of the world.
Students are supported by talented teachers to develop the necessary knowledge, understanding and skills required to be successful learners throughout their lives. We strongly believe in developing our students holistically and seek every opportunity to develop them academically and as well-rounded global citizens through
- Collaboration
- Critical Thinking
- Curiosity
- Creativity
- Communication
- Consciousness
- Confidence
We have a competency-based approach to learning, which is firmly embedded into all aspects of the curriculum, providing all learners with the opportunity to develop mastery across each area.
Welcome to the Senior School at TCS
Classes in the secondary and senior secondary sections in TCS are designed to ignite the curiosity of young minds, nurture critical, lateral thinking, and encourage creativity and innovation. The aim is to equip learners with the skills and competencies required to face the challenges of the 21st-century world, thereby preparing them for life.
The methods and measures in detail about how CBSE Curriculum is enriched by the school. Innovation in teaching and learning in addition to academics, emphasis is laid on teamwork, performing arts, innovation, and physical education. Student-led initiatives, Field trips, Internship programs, Career fairs, Community outreach initiatives, Surveys, Analysis of results and presentations during Student Led Conferences, and Mentoring programs, Enrich the repertoire of students and give them a practical experience in their field of study. Classroom teaching and learning are complemented by Laboratory learning.
The extensive co-scholastic program in Sports, Arts, and Academics encourages leadership, resilience, talent, and team spirit. Students also get opportunities to be part of the school magazine. Student leaders are empowered to enforce discipline, assist in organizing school functions, and liaise between the student body and the school’s administration. By this stage, students become independent learners and take the responsibility of setting their targets and achieving them.
The enhancements offered by TCS prepare students for life after school. Career and university placement counseling, alumni mentoring, internships, and accelerated as well as supported teaching and learning programs are offered to students to ensure a smooth transition to the real world.
Subjects in Grade IX & X :
- English
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Science
- Information Technology
- Physical Education (PE)
- Second Language (Hindi/Tamil/Malayalam/Bengali/Urdu)
- Islamic Studies (only for Muslim students)
- Moral Science (M.Sc) (only for Non-Muslim students)
- Moral, Social and Cultural Studies (MSCS)
- Arabic (Only for grade IX)
Subjects in Grade XI & XII :
SCIENCE STREAM (GIRLS) | SCIENCE STREAM (BOYS) |
English Core | English Core |
Physics | Physics |
Chemistry | Chemistry |
Biology | Biology |
Math/IP /Home Science | CS/PE |
COMMERCE STREAM (GIRLS) | COMMERCE STREAM (BOYS) |
English Core | English Core |
Accountancy | Accountancy |
Business Studies | Business Studies |
Economics | Economics |
IP /Home Science | IP/PE |
VOCATIONAL (GIRLS) | VOCATIONAL (BOYS) |
English Core | English Core |
Marketing | Marketing |
Business Studies | Business Studies |
Salesmanship | Salesmanship |
Home Science | IP/PE |
Note *CS- Computer Science
*IP- Informatics Practices
*PE- Physical Education
Innovation at TCS: A to Z INNOVATION
Student-Led Conferences – The initiative motivates students to run the conferences, informing their parents about how they’re doing, what their goals are going forward, and what kind of learners they are.
Botanical Garden – Planting in a botanical garden provides an aesthetic environment in which students live and creates an educational approach that offers to learn through experiences. It enhances the environmental awareness of students.
Learning Ladder – It is an ONLINE learning tool. It provides unlimited access combined with structured, curriculum-based links to support and encourage home learning.
Flaunt Your Learning – Demonstrate learning through panel discussions and debates, creating stories, delivering lectures, role-playing, research works, journals, reports, essays, and letters. Parents got opportunities to be a part of classroom learning.
Design Thinking – TCS encourages students to develop empathy and understand the needs of the people we are designing solutions for, define problems and opportunities for designing solutions, generate and visualize creative ideas, develop prototypes and at last test solutions and seek feedback.
Noise-O-Meter – A noise level meter made for TCS classrooms. It shows students’ the classroom noise visualized and encourages them to self-manage.
Coding – Coding helps to improve our students in problem-solving and critical thinking skills. By teaching problem-solving skills early on through coding, they are better prepared for the world that follows school and beyond.
Professional Talk (Parental Engagement) – Parental Engagement activities help parents, teachers, and students to stay connected and bring lots of happiness to students. Our students always enjoyed the day and made it fruitful by attentively listening to the guest readers and organizing role-plays for the parents. It is a good platform to share their knowledge and experience to understand a child’s situation and it can lead to developing plans together to support the child.