Quality British Education in Saudi Arabia

Reception and Key Stage 1

What will your child be studying next year?

Click here for an outline of what your child will be studying in 2010 - 2010

 

 

Key Stage 1 overview

At Dhahran British Grammar school Key Stage 1 includes Year 1 and Year 2, five to seven year-old children. We have two parallel classes in each year group and share a building with the Foundation Stage (pre-reception and reception). This is brightly decorated and our central corridor show-cases creative work from each class. Young children have access to a variety of themed play areas that reflect the learning they are engaged with in class. We have a variety of wonderful P.E. facilities as well as a soft play room, containing a bouncy castle, ball pool, a range of climbing apparatus and construction equipment to encourage children to invent their own apparatus. Within the early years building we have a music room, kitchen and Computer room, dedicated to meet the needs of our young children. Outside we have a large shaded sand area with climbing frames, swings and slides. There is a newly built garage that houses bikes and wheeled toys that the children ride around a tarmac track. This offers children the opportunity to develop the all-important road-safety skills.

Key Stage 1 Results

Key Stage 1 Reading Task		Percentage of pupils who achieved Level 2 or above
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
National results	85	84	84	84	84
DBGS results	100	100	100	97	100	100

 

Key Stage 1 Writing		Percentage of pupils who achieved Level 2 or above
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
National results	82	81	80	80	81
DBGS results	97	100	100	97	100	97

 

Key Stage 1 Maths		Percentage of pupils who achieved Level 2 or above
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
National results	90	90	90	90	89
DBGS results	94	100	100	97	100	100

 

Key Stage 1 Science		Percentage of pupils who achieved Level 2 or above
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
National results	90	89	85	89	89
DBGS results	100	100	100	97	100	100

 

Year One and Year 2 follow the English National Curriculum for Key Stage One, which provides opportunities to develop a broad range of understanding, knowledge and skills. Each class has a teaching assistant in addition to the teacher. Children are class based for the majority of their lessons, but we have specialist teachers for Music and P.E. Each week the children have a library lesson in our Learning Resource Centre with the librarian, where they learn library skills and check out a book to read at home. Year 2 children have a weekly Arabic lesson where they learn about Saudi Arabian culture and customs as a few words of Arabic! Children in Year 2 currently take the Key Stage One SATs tests in Reading, Writing and Mathematics.