Smart International School in EgyptThe Smart International School-Egypt is a private educational
day school, located on 10,000 square meters in a healthy, residential
environment. The educational system provides a high standard of
bilingual comprehensive education starting from Nursery through
Year 12, balanced with Arab culture. For the academic year 2005/2006,
the Primary School opened for students from Pre-School & Foundation
Stage to Key Stage 1 (ages 2-7). The Senior School opened for Year
10 (IGCSE). Smart International School-Egypt offers the English
National Curriculum augmented by Arabic language, religion (Islamic
and Christian) and social studies from the Egyptian National Curriculum;
thus leading the student to acquire the IGCSE. In April 2004 the
Council of International Schools (CIS) and SIS-Egypt signed a protocol
to develop a partnership in support of delivering the English National
Curriculum to students from the national and multi-national community
who are seeking international school education in Egypt. Smart International
School-Egypt teachers are experienced, certified and well-qualified
native speakers of the language they are teaching. French and German
languages will be offered. In addition to ICT, music, drama, arts
and PE, foreign students are taught Arabic as second language to
help them gain a better understanding of their surroundings. The
school year is divided into three terms from September to June.
The school day starts at 08: 00-15: 00. For the academic year 2005/2006,
the existing building caters for pre-school, foundation stage, key
stage one, two IGCSE classes, three science labs, one computer lab,
one primary library , one activity room for primary stage (equipped
with TV, DVD,VCR, Data Show & Satellite for Kids Programs) and a
central library. By August 2006, three new buildings will be completed:
Infant Building & Junior Building (Primary Buildings) and the admin
building.The infant building will cater for pre-school, foundation
stage and, key stage one. The junior building will cater for key
stage two; both buildings are connected together by the admin building
catering for the whole school. The new two buildings will accommodate
26 classrooms, one large library, three science labs, language lab,
computer lab, dinning hall, teacher's rooms, utilities, etc Starting
from the academic year 2006/2007 the existing building (senior building)
will only cater for key stages 3 & 4 with a total number of 22 classrooms.
The sports hall catering for various indoor activities such as basketball
will also be completed by then, to cater for all class levels, in
addition to three open tennis courts. In the meantime, PE lessons
take place in the school soccer court and the playground, in addition
to five tennis courts. Fitness is offered according to a solid programme
under school supervision in Gold's Gym for children age range (5yrs.-8yrs.)
and also for IGCSE students. Transportation is available throughout
Cairo and Giza .
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