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A British school in Dubai has created a tailored curriculum for Syrian refugee students, educating them for free until they graduate.
The Safa British School and Safa Community School enrolled six Syrian students in September 2016. These students, from two different families, fled their war-torn country and hadn't been to school in years.
The students from the first family are Mohammed Noor Al Mousa, 11, his six-year-old sister Lilas; and brothers Yazhir, 16 and Yaser, 14. From the second family, it's Amal Hassan, 9, and her brother. These students had low English proficiency and had trouble making friends due to the conflict back home. Amal and her family were displaced in Syria for nearly two years.
To help them get back on track, the school created for them a buddy system, one-on-one lessons for Math, English and History subjects; the boys also attended after-school classes.
"Initially, the students were given an Arabic-speaking buddy to help them translate for basic understanding. This system was used until their understanding of basic English improved to a level good enough for them to access the content within most lessons. The buddy system is now not fully in place, but at times it is used for more difficult translations if the students are really stuck," said Nadine Hutchinson, the Head of the Inclusion and Achievement Centre at the schools.
"When the boys had no spoken English, they received intensive one-on-one English lessons whenever their class had English, science or humanities. They joined their peers for the remainder of the timetable, with in class EAL (English as an Additional Language) support where necessary. By the beginning of the second term, the boys' speaking and listening skills were strong enough to attend science and geography lessons, with EAL support," added Hutchinson.
The Al Mousa family continue to be supported in their English learning, either as a group of three or one-on-one. They attend extra classes before school and are withdrawn from English lessons. The boys are also receiving additional time and support from the teachers after and during classes.
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'Our students now learn real life problems and empathy'The aim behind this is to help them with certain subjects; however, there has been major improvement since from the time they joined school last year, noted Hutchinson.
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