DESCRIPTION

Founded in 2006, IQRA English Preschool is a private educational institution, nestled in Al Hilal – Doha, Qatar. The school provides internationally acknowledged English medium programs plus Islamic/Arabic studies for children from the ages of 3 - 5, transforming young individuals into God-conscious, highly motivated, caring and responsible global citizens.We ensure that our students feel secure developing their self-confidence in a supportive, busy and active environment where learning is central to all we do. Children are encouraged to work and play together, to share and to think of others. Our school strives to be a place where both students and staff respect each other and enjoy working in harmony together. We have high expectations for our students and we work hard to help them to realize their potential. We recognize children’s diverse abilities and interests, and thus provide a wide range of programs to meet these individual needs.

Curriculum

Iqra Pre-school follows the British National Curriculum for the foundation stage, children from the age of three up to the end of the Reception year. The early learning goals set out in this curriculum set high expectations for the end of the foundation stage, but expectations which are achievable for most children

We provide learning experiences of the highest quality throughout the foundation stage while allowing flexibility to the unique needs of each child, ensuring a secure foundation on which future learning can build. Our contribution to this critical stage in the early development and learning of the children is a hugely positive one. Children develop rapidly during this time - physically, intellectually, emotionally and socially. The foundation stage is about developing key learning skills such as listening, speaking, concentration, persistence and learning to work together and cooperate with other children. It is also about developing early communication, literacy and numeric skills that will prepare young children for key stage 1 of the national curriculum.

The development areas are as follows: 

• personal, social and emotional development;
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• communication, language and literacy;
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• mathematical development;
• knowledge and understanding of the world;
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• physical development;
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• creative development.

Further details can be viewed on the following link:

http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/earlyyears

For Arabic and Islamic Studies we follow the National Standards for Qatar as set out by the Supreme Education Council.
Further information on the Standards is available on the following website and in ‘The Curriculum Standards for Schools that Follow International Standards in the State of Qatar file provided to schools by the SEC:

http://www.english.education.gov.qa/section/sec/education_institute/cso

LiteracySing, Spell, Read & Write 
Author: Sue Dickson 
Modern Curriculum Press\ Pearson Learning group 
Supplemented by Jolly Phonics by Sue Lloyd

Reception Book

1 - ALL ABOARD
2 - ON TRACK 

Nursery: Readiness Lane Worksheets

Maths

Abacus 
Number Workbooks 1 – 4
Shape, space and measure workbooks
Spectrum Math Readiness
Collins Primary Math

Science

Raintree - Read and Learn 
Heinemann - Discovery World 
Rigby - National Geographic Series