What sets us apart?
Join our international community of learners in the heart of Dubai
Internationally-minded
and bilingual
With 90 nationalities of families and 40 mother-tongue languages spoken, we are one of the most cosmopolitan and diverse schools in the Middle East.
Educating for a Better Future
One of the only IB continuum schools globally, offering a bilingual and exciting curriculum, our students are inspired to become confident, lifelong learners, ready to embrace the challenges and opportunities of a global world – and make a difference.
Inclusive, innovative and academically rigorous
We encourage and support all our students to become successful, global minded, enthusiastic lifelong learners who will confidently take advantage of future opportunities and help make a difference.
A boarding environment
like no other
Luxury and purpose-built boarding houses on campus offer our students the opportunity to enjoy a boarding school experience in one of the safest and most dynamic cities in the world.
Learning
Streams
We offer three
unique educational
programme
Learning Streams
We offer three unique educational programme
English-French
Bilingual Programme
English-German
Bilingual Programme
IB STEAM Programme
(French/German as an additional language)
IB Programmes & Pathways
Inspiring
Excellence
More facts about SISD
100+
Nationalities
8:1
Student : Teacher
1800+
Students
60+
After-School Activities
1:1
EAL support
20+
Language Support Teachers
LATEST NEWS
What’s On At SISD
@sisddubai
We are excited to announce that we will be launching our new Athletics Academy in September, in conjunction with AIS Athletics. Following on from the success of our recent Speedo Swim Academy, the new Athletics Academy will offer talented athletes dedicated training sessions before and after school with the coaching team from AIS. Students will also have the opportunity to compete in national and international meets.
#AISAthletics #AthleticsAcademy #Launching #TrackandFields @aisathleticsuae
Well done to all our Secondary students who recently took part in the Maths and Science annual Olympiad competitions. We are excited about the future Olympiad competitions and further academic enrichment opportunities coming up for the remainder of the academic year.
#OlympiadCompetition #Maths #Science #SecondarySchool #AcademicEnrichment
Grade 1 are just rocking it! Students in Grade 1 dressed as Rockstars this week, to celebrate the launch of our new app, Times Tables Rockstars. Times Tables Rockstars is an award-winning Maths learning platform where children can practise their times tables in a fun, interactive way.
@tt_rockstars #LearningisFun #Timestables #Rockstars #DressupDay
Our KG2 students have enjoyed another exciting week, filled with interesting activities and a range of fun learning experiences. They continued working on their sounds in all of our languages - Arabic, English, German and French. The classes have also explored the story of "Red Riding Hood'' and recreated the story in form of a little theatre. In Science, the children took care of their plants in our SISD Garden - they are excited to watch them grow! There was lots of discussion about how we can express gratitude towards our community helpers in SISD and the children thanked them for caring for all of us. Finally, the students continued to learn about the weather and created a Weatherman show for their classmates - the end of a very busy week!
#AweekinEarlyYears #KG2
Our Grade 4 students are working hard to create and build their design projects for this year's Grade 4 Design Fair. They are following the IB Design Cycle, and using their investigative and creative skills to design their own ideas. The Design Fair will take place on the 23rd February at 8am.
#G4DesignFair #STEAM #Design #IBDesignCycle
Musical showcase: wow, wow, wow - our Grade 5 students really did raise the roof this morning! We were treated to an amazing musical production from our Grade 5 team this week, and what a joy it was. In addition to singing beautifully in English, French, German and Arabic, the students addressed topics such as ocean protection, sustainability, plastic recycling and more – well done Grade 5!
#Grade5Performance #Primary #MusicalPerformance #MultilingualShow #WellDone
The SISD Arts Department cordially invites you to our second Live Lounge Event on Monday 6th February at 4pm, on the Secondary Rooftop Garden. An opportunity for the SISD community to come together to listen to some live music by Secondary students - we hope you can join us for this musical evening!
#LiveLounge #RoofTop #Event #Secondary #ArtsDepartment
Our Early Years students have been participating in the SISD Plant Competition and their plants are already looking great! This is a new plant growing and pot decorating competition for Early Years and Primary students; the winner will be announced next week. Good luck!
#PlantCompetition #Competition #SustainableSchool #sustainability #MakeThemGrow #PotDecoration #GoodLuck
A very inspiring session from Barry Lee Cummings on Digital Safety and Cyberbullying for our parents and students today. All students from Grade 3 to Grade 12 participated in bespoke sessions, talking about the importance of staying safe online, protecting their own reputation and understanding the implications of their social media actions. Barry Lee Cummings is a founder of the Beat The Cyberbully initiative which provides education, awareness and training on online and mobile topics to children and young adults.
#BeatTheCyberbully #DigitalSafety #CyberSafety #Safeguarding
@BeatTheCyberbully @CyberSafetyUAE
Grade 1 students enjoyed an online author session with the author of "Zim, Zam, Zoom", James Carter, yesterday. The children learnt all about poems and writing poetry, and also had the opportunity to ask questions about being an author. James performed music and interactive poetry with the students, and then taught them how to make simile poetry.
The community of SISD shares its heartfelt condolences to the Abdulsalam family, on the recent passing of Mr Jamal Abdulsalam, Board Governor for SISD. We are very appreciative for the work, support and commitment that Mr Abdulsalam gave to the school during his tenure as CEO of DHCC and Board Director for the school.
Swiss Learning – the benefits of Swiss education and Swiss Summer camps
We are delighted to be welcoming the group of Swiss Learning schools to SISD on Tuesday 7th February, to enjoy an evening of Swiss excellence and education. The schools present will include Institut Le Rosey, College Beau Soleil, Aiglon College, TASIS, Collège du Léman, Leysin American School, Les Roches Hospitality, Glion Institute of Higher Education.
Massimo Baggi, Ambassador of Switzerland to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, will be present at the evening, to celebrate the 50th anniversary year of diplomatic relations between the UAE and Switzerland.
All parents and students of SISD are welcome to join us for the evening.
@swisslearning @swissembassyuae #SwissLearning #SwissEducation #SummerCamps #WinterCamps
Boarding weekend activity! Our boarding students have been making the most of the Dubai winter, and enjoyed a lovely afternoon of lessons and practice at the ELS Club Golf Course recently. A fantastic opportunity to learn or enhance their golfing skills.
#BoardingSchool #boardingactivity #Golf #BoardingSchoolDubai
As part of our ongoing commitment to mental health and well-being, SISD offers daily practices that our community can participate in, keeping our commitment to mental health and wellbeing at the centre of our priorities.
Effective learning is based on student well-being. As a result, parents and staff have been able to attend a number of recent pastoral workshops:
- Dr Sarah Bougary who talked about Balanced Parenting and Wellbeing.
- Experts from Monarch Health Centre to talk about parenting styles with teenagers.
- Current parent, Mrs Hanan Ezzeldin, who talked about invisible signs that your child needs support.
📢 Save the date! We will be welcoming Barry Cummings, one of the founders of "Beat the Cyberbully" initiative which provides education, awareness and training on online and mobile topics and promotes safe, responsible, and inspiring online communication.
The event will take place on Tuesday, January 31st at 8 am. All parents are welcome to attend.
#wellbeing #mentalhealth #childrensmentalhealth #studentwellbeing
Our new SISD Honours Programme has now officially launched, and the first session was held this week to outline the programme to the selected Grade 10 and 11 participants. The programme will provide enrichment opportunities, enhanced learning options and a selection of guest speakers, all of which will provide academic stretch for our more talented students.
Student, Phillip Karschies: “The Honours Programme will provide a great way for students to practice our leadership and debating skills, which we can apply in our future".
Student, Faye Curran: “I am very excited to join the Honours programme! I can't wait to be even more challenged in my academics by learning about new topics like Ethics, and I am looking forward to the leadership strand of the programme"
The Honours programme will be extended to other Secondary grades as the academic year progresses.
#SISDHonoursProgramme #AcademicEnrichment #SISDExcellence
✨ FREE FLOW ✨
Our students in Early Years have been enjoying a host of 'free flow' activities, as part of our emphasis on child-led play. Free flow allows children to find their own strengths, and offers them a level of freedom and choice in their learning. This type of independent learning also develops student stability, spacial awareness, co-ordination and agility, and enhances creativity and imaginative thinking.
#FreeFlow #EarlyYears #Childledplay #Learningbydoing
And that’s a wrap for our 2023 Sports Day, concluding with our Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 students today. A great buzz of activity around the field, lots of clapping, cheering and excitement! Students participated in agility courses, long jump, shotput, springs, relays, and the finale of the 100m race. Well done to all our students!
#SportsDays #SecondarySports #Togetherness #SISDTeamSpirit
