Madar International School

MADAR International School was established in September 2002 on a modern campus in Al Ain City, UAE, built to the highest levels of international safety regulations and designed to meet the educational and technological developments of the 21st century.

MADAR is licensed by the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) to follow an international curriculum that leads to Advanced Placement, TOEFL and SAT examinations. Graduates are thus qualified to join the world’s best universities.

Our curriculum focuses on meeting the needs of individual students and emphasizes the importance of languages, critical thinking (through guidance lessons, Mathematics and Science), logic (through formal Mathematics) and Information Technology. Alongside formal subject knowledge and skill attainment, school systems and teaching programmes promote broader considerations such as UAE values, traditions and culture, moral values, good personal and social habits and skills, self-discipline, tolerance and fairness. All subjects are taught in English except for Arabic, Arabic social studies and Islamic studies, which are taught in Arabic according to the curricula of the UAE Ministry of Education.

Our Primary science curriculum SCIIS3, is a hands-on curriculum that develops scientific critical thinking skills, and we adopt a selection of American and British textbooks for formal Mathematics, English and Social Studies.

MADAR is highly selective when it comes to teachers with the following criteria: a good character, mastery of the subject, enthusiasm and devotion. The professional standards of teachers are continually enhanced by in-service training courses which tackle cognitive neuroscience, logic, information technology, class management and intensive teaching practice workshops.

MADAR International School provides its students with a high quality education that is essential for success, employing the latest information technology and excellent sports, music and art facilities, and advanced equipment on a superb campus.

The school grounds include a separate Kindergarten School, which encompasses spacious and colorful classrooms, a gymnasium, a junior swimming pool and an array of other sophisticated sports facilities. The KG School has uniquely landscaped gardens that include a kart-and-tricycle track for the children to enjoy, and learn to respect and apply road safety rules.

The Primary and Senior Schools also enjoy a range of excellent indoor and outdoor facilities, laboratories, multipurpose halls, an outdoor swimming pool for senior students, a cafeteria, and a school uniform and bookshop.

Fully-equipped school clinic that supports student and staff physical health for optimum teaching and learning is operated by a qualified nurse and a regular visiting physician. The clinicians maintain accurate student records and related medical documents as per the regulations of the Government School Health Department. Health check-ups and supervised vaccinations are conducted regularly.

The school nurse administers all the medicines that need to be taken during the school day at the correct time and dosage. In emergencies, parents are contacted immediately after the necessary first aid and medical treatment is administered.

MADAR library, which promotes regular reading habits and love of books, is a spacious area containing many scientific and educational references as well as books in Arabic, English, and French which are available for students and teachers. It also hosts PC’s that have up-to-date teaching IT programs providing students with unequaled academic preparation to enhance their reading ability and research skills.

School has superb sports facilities which support an active and healthy lifestyle. These include one indoor swimming pool for juniors students, a state-of-the-art, multipurpose indoor air-conditioned sports court, a gymnasium for infants and a number of outdoor courts and covered play areas.

Students must attend physical education lessons and they are encouraged to join sports clubs. The school’s PE Department organizes and trains the teams of the school. Students participate in intra-school and inter-school tournaments and competitions.

The biology-chemistry and physics science laboratories and the primary science room are well-equipped with state-of-the-art equipment to facilitate the learning of students and give them supervised access to explore and apply scientific methods and procedures. A lab technician prepares experiments and material to enhance the science curriculum targeted for each student.

The chemistry laboratory for example, includes an emergency drench shower and fume cupboard for maximum safety for students and teachers while conducting experiments. Both labs are equipped with data loggers that can tabulate and graph experiment results; such as the Passport GLX Device in the physics laboratory. Models of human body organs are provided for students to observe and examine among many useful equipment in the biology laboratory.

The purpose-built campus also includes a theatre, a music room, an art room and a cafeteria as well as a KG multi-resource centre. Healthy food and snacks can be purchased from the cafeteria, and school books and stationery from the bookshop.

The school provides a modern, comfortable and well-maintained user-pays bus service that covers all areas of Al-Ain. Safety and security of students is protected by well-trained conductors and bus drivers.