DePS is proud to provide a wealth of opportunity and challenge through a carefully crafted and expertly delivered, Enrichment Programme. Our outstanding facilities and inspiring staff, nurture students to discover their passion and reach their potential, regardless of ability or aspiration. We aim to provide the spark that lights the flame in each student and help keep it burning.
All pupils are encouraged to participate widely across academic, art, performance, language, design and sporting activities, all of which are focused on bespoke learning journeys and outcomes.
In addition to the subject-specific skills, much sought-after ‘soft skills’ of leadership, collaboration, resilience and perseverance that help prepare students for life are central to our programme.
Additionally, we offer lunchtime Enrichment Clubs, as well as a wide range of extra-curricular activities and competitive opportunities, to challenge our students further. Our diverse Creative and Performing Arts curriculum comprises art and design, creative writing, music, drama, dance and ballet, debate and public speaking.
DePS SkillSet: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, Sustainability, Innovation, Citizenship, Risk Taking, Growth Mindset
Science education activities provide children with opportunities to develop and practice many different skills and attributes. These include communication skills, collaborative skills, team working and perseverance, as well as analytical, reasoning and problem-solving skills.
Science Experiments introduce new ideas to students with hands-on and project based methodology. It also nurtures intellectual curiosity, helping students acquire new ways of asking questions and understanding the world.
Environmental education (EE) connects students to the world around them, teaching them about both natural and built environments. EE raises awareness of issues impacting the environment upon which we all depend, as well as actions we can take to improve and sustain it.
Environmental Education encourages students to research, investigate how and why things happen, and make their own decisions about complex environmental issues. By developing and enhancing critical and creative thinking skills, EE helps foster a new generation of future consumers, producers as well as decision makers.
DePS SkillSet: Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication, Wellbeing, Citizenship
There are many benefits of cooking without fire:
Social-Emotional Development: Hands on cooking activities help children develop confidence and skill. Following recipes encourages children to be self- directed and independent, it also teaches them to follow directions and develop problem-solving skills.
Physical Development: Fine motor and eye-hand coordination skills are developing by chopping, mixing, squeezing, and spreading.
Cognitive Development: Cooking encourages children’s thinking, problem-solving, and creativity. It also allows children the opportunity to use the knowledge they have and apply it by counting, measuring, following a sequence, following directions, and cause and effect.
Language Development: Cooking offers the opportunity to develop language development by linking it to all other areas, including Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Arts, and Literacy. This is done by encouraging children to talk about what they are doing, counting, and watching materials change color, texture, and medium.
Cooking develops math, science and comprehension skills. To help our children learn about math, our educators assign simple tasks such as counting fruits or measuring out ingredients like flour. Reading recipes along with them is another great way to help boost their comprehension skills, and understand about different processes like blending or mixing.
Cooking is also a great way to see science in action! Our children love seeing how the different ingredients are instantly transformed before their eyes into a delicious dish.
Cooking also encourages children to explore and try different healthy food items. It also teachers them about responsibilities and keeping their areas clean.
DePS SkillSet: Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, Leadership, Well-being, Citizenship
Football, also known as soccer, is a popular game worldwide, enjoyed for its exciting action and strategy.
According to various studies, football helps enhance fitness by:
Boosting aerobic capacity & endurance;
Reducing high blood pressure & improving cardiovascular health;
Building muscle & minimizing body fat;
Strengthening bones;
Minimizing the probability of injury;
Increasing flexibility.
Football plays a significant role in forging and promoting friendships. With all of these people working towards ensuring the game's success, social skills and bonds are developed. Football also works well in fostering teamwork and cooperation.
As learners move up the ranks of their school football teams, they learn invaluable leadership skills. Football also enhances discipline, time management and good work ethics.
DePS SkillSet: Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, Leadership, Well-being, Citizenship, Growth Mindset, Risk taker
Take it from us, sports can be a Game Changer.
Taking part in sport can help students feel fitter, healthier and mentally strong, and that is just the start of it. Sport can also be fun, especially when played as part of a team or with friends.
Exercise and sport triggers chemicals in the brain that can make you feel happier and relaxed. The exercise and fitness benefits of sports, promote a good night’s sleep.
Your heart is a muscle and needs frequent exercise to help it keep fit and healthy. A healthy heart can pump blood efficiently around your body. Your heart will improve in performance when it is regularly challenged with exercise. Stronger hearts can improve overall health of the body. Regular sport causes more oxygen to be drawn into the body with carbon monoxide and waste gases expelled. This increases the lung capacity during sport, improving lung function and efficiency.
All sport teams need leaders to show the way and help develop new or younger team members. Many studies have found a correlation between playing sports and strong leadership qualities. Sports enable people to develop a ‘team mindset’ whether its winning, losing or training together.
DePS SkillSet: Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, Leadership, Well-being, Citizenship, Growth Mindset, Risk taker
Take it from us, sports can be a Game Changer.
Taking part in sport can help students feel fitter, healthier and mentally strong, and that is just the start of it. Sport can also be fun, especially when played as part of a team or with friends.
Exercise and sport triggers chemicals in the brain that can make you feel happier and relaxed. The exercise and fitness benefits of sports, promote a good night’s sleep.
Your heart is a muscle and needs frequent exercise to help it keep fit and healthy. A healthy heart can pump blood efficiently around your body. Your heart will improve in performance when it is regularly challenged with exercise. Stronger hearts can improve overall health of the body. Regular sport causes more oxygen to be drawn into the body with carbon monoxide and waste gases expelled. This increases the lung capacity during sport, improving lung function and efficiency.
All sport teams need leaders to show the way and help develop new or younger team members. Many studies have found a correlation between playing sports and strong leadership qualities. Sports enable people to develop a ‘team mindset’ whether its winning, losing or training together.
DePS SkillSet: Well-being, Growth Mindset, Risk Taker
Yoga is a holistic tool for everyday health. A regular practice of Yoga as part of a routine will give the child much needed physical fitness. The unique quality of yoga is that asanas and pranayama help in maintaining quality functioning of internal organs as well. This is also beneficial for the individual’s health on the long run.
Children in the academic environment have a lot to learn and absorb. Their minds must be constantly alert for hours on end to understand the many subjects of information taught to them. At times, the young and restless mind can find this to be challenging.
Through the practice of certain asanas, pranayama and meditation techniques, one can enhance the power and functioning of the mind, helping children gain the art and power of focus. The ability to focus their mind on something and focus all their energy towards that goal is something Yoga helps them build.
Adding meditation to their everyday schedule will really bring a great shift to their mental activity. It will help them calm their minds and gain control over it as well. It also improves their memory, helping them to better understand as they learn more and more.
It is only when the body, mind and spirit are in alignment by being healthy and positive that a child can truly grow. This alignment can be achieved through Yoga.
DePS SkillSet: Communication, Citizenship, Well-being, Growth Mindset
Quran recitation is one of the most blessed actions that any Muslim can do. The Quran contains stories of past events to teach us lessons and provides a complete way of life for a Muslim to follow. Quran reading is one of the most praiseworthy forms of worship. Amongst the benefits of reciting the Quran is that studying and learning from the Holy Book is an act that will prove beneficial for us throughout our lives.
Learning to read and recite the Quran properly is an integral part of daily life for Muslim children. Quranic Arabic has many words, sentences, and pronunciations that are very different from the ones they already know.
Reading the Quran can open up a window into Muslim culture and learning Arabic as a language.
There are a lot of great benefits that come from learning to read the Quran in the original Arabic, and the sooner you start, the better.
The ability to read and recite the Quran with tajweed in a proper and clear way is something that is expected of young Muslim children. Reciting the Qur’an increases our faith and keeps us on the right track. Understanding this sacred book helps us find the solution to all matters of the life. Reading the Koran on a regular basis sharpens Childrens’ memory.
Amongst the subtle benefits of reciting the Quran is that it calms the human heart and is soothing for the mind.
DePS SkillSet: Communication, Citizenship, Well-being, Growth Mindset
Quran recitation is one of the most blessed actions that any Muslim can do. The Quran contains stories of past events to teach us lessons and provides a complete way of life for a Muslim to follow. Quran reading is one of the most praiseworthy forms of worship. Amongst the benefits of reciting the Quran is that studying and learning from the Holy Book is an act that will prove beneficial for us throughout our lives.
Learning to read and recite the Quran properly is an integral part of daily life for Muslim children. Quranic Arabic has many words, sentences, and pronunciations that are very different from the ones they already know.
Reading the Quran can open up a window into Muslim culture and learning Arabic as a language.
There are a lot of great benefits that come from learning to read the Quran in the original Arabic, and the sooner you start, the better.
The ability to read and recite the Quran with tajweed in a proper and clear way is something that is expected of young Muslim children. Reciting the Qur’an increases our faith and keeps us on the right track. Understanding this sacred book helps us find the solution to all matters of the life. Reading the Koran on a regular basis sharpens Childrens’ memory.
Amongst the subtle benefits of reciting the Quran is that it calms the human heart and is soothing for the mind.
DePS SkillSet: Risk Taking, Well-being, Growth Mindset
Here are the top 10 benefits of gymnastics for young children.
1. Coordination and Flexibility
Gymnastics help the child gain coordination and flexibility that they will carry with them throughout their school years and even into adulthood.
2. Sportsmanship and Social Skill Building
Since gymnastics is an individual sport within a group environment, children learn a very healthy sportsmanship attitude. Gymnasts cheer each other on, compete in healthy ways with smiles and encouragement, and understand that their fellow gymnasts are hard working athletes just as they are. They set and reach goals similarly as well as celebrating accolades together.
3. Fundamentals of Movement
For the youngest children who take gymnastics, fundamentals of movement are a great asset to growing up. Not only do they learn movement patterns and develop amazing dexterity, they also learn the art of graceful movement and poise.
4. Discipline, Listening, and Determination
In order to achieve great discipline in life we must learn to listen and follow directions well. That leads to wanting to learn more and a determination that drives us to great heights. This all can be achieved both literally and as life assets through gymnastics.
5. Self Esteem and Confidence
Gymnastics goes a long way in helping to build great self esteem and confidence in young people.
6. Goal Setting
Goal setting is very important in everyday life. Gymnastics classes help to set a frame of mind in each individual that success comes from setting goals, both big and small, and working continually towards those goals. Setting goals and keeping a good perspective helps the individual to manage stress levels and anxiety that might arise in sports and life in general. Striving to achieve these physical goals translates into striving to achieve other goals as well, like doing better in school work, participating successfully in extra-curricular activities, and working harder towards a college or career track.
7. Strength and Power
These two things are very high on the list of extra benefits achieved through gymnastics.
8. Skills to Enhance Other Athletic Sports
Strength, coordination, and flexibility are all great things learned through gymnastics that will help a child in the other athletic sports they participate in during their adolescent years.
9. Health Benefits
The long term health benefits are tremendous with enrollment in continued gymnastics classes. Gymnastics helps maintain healthy body weight, improves circulation, and helps maintain a healthy growing environment for the body.
10. Fun
And last but certainly not least, it’s fun!
DePS SkillSet: Risk Taking, Well-being, Growth Mindset
Aerobics has many benefits for young children. Aerobics can help the child gain coordination and flexibility that they will carry with them throughout their school years and even into adulthood.
In order to achieve great discipline in life we must learn to listen and follow directions well. That leads to wanting to learn more and a determination that drives us to great heights. This all can be achieved both literally and as life assets through aerobics.
Aerobics goes a long way in helping to build great self esteem and confidence in young people.
Aerobics classes help to set a frame of mind in each individual that success comes from setting goals, both big and small, and working continually towards those goals.
Setting goals and keeping a good perspective helps the individual to manage stress levels and anxiety that might arise in sports and life in general.
Striving to achieve these physical goals translates into striving to achieve other goals as well, like doing better in school work, participating successfully in extra-curricular activities, and working harder towards a college or career track.
Strength and Endurance are two things are very high on the list of extra benefits achieved through aerobics that will help a child in the other athletic sports they participate in during their adolescent years.
The long term health benefits are tremendous with enrollment in continued aerobics classes.
Aerobics helps maintain healthy body weight, improves circulation, and helps maintain a healthy growing environment for the body.
And last but certainly not least, it’s fun!
DePS SkillSet: Creativity, Collaboration, Communication, Well-being, Growth Mindset
A beautiful and elegant form of dance, ballet classes are extremely rewarding for children and come with a host of benefits, the most significant being the positive impact ballet dance classes can have on their overall health, mind and body.
Regular ballet dance classes will aid in enhancing your child's focus. Dance can help in strengthening the brain alongside improving cognitive abilities in children. Ballet is one of the most effective ways of releasing built-up energy and due to its calming effects, it enables children to focus, leading to better performance which transfers to other aspects of their life.
Perfect for keeping children fit, ballet classes help to improve posture, co-ordination and energy – to name a few. The classes are gentle and relaxing yet provide an overall body workout engaging the body's core. Regular classes will help children become tuned in to their bodies and improve posture, which will impact positively in their everyday life. Practicing dance regularly enhances the brain and combines gross and fine motor skills which lead to better mobility and flexibility right into adulthood.
A great to way socialise and meet new people, ballet classes also teach children how to work as a team which is a skill they will need in everyday life. Ballet has been shown to encourage empathy and better connections with others due to the synchronicity that is learned during the classes. Starting ballet classes from an early age can help motivate kids to stay active as they grow into adults.
Learning routines and memorising moves through dance is great for allowing children to develop their mental strength. Ballet requires memory training and coordination and allows them to explore movement, as well as teaching dedication and discipline. Regular classes will help children learn and practice these very important life skills which they can then transfer into everyday life activities such as school and work. Creative movement is beneficial to a child's growth and development and through dancing, they will awaken their inner creativity.
Dance is a great way to keep their brain in tip-top shape!
DePS SkillSet: Risk Taking, Well-being, Growth Mindset
Like all sports activities for a child, Zumba is useful for the harmonious development of a growing body. The cardiovascular system and respiratory organs are trained. All muscle groups develop, even posture. The movements become more agile and flexible.
Zumba provides both physical and psychological benefits. Studies show that moderate-intensity dance is linked to better cardiovascular health and cognitive benefits. Plus, people who practice Zumba, in particular, tend to feel more independent and purposeful in life. It's good for your body and mind.
In order to achieve great discipline in life we must learn to listen and follow directions well. That leads to wanting to learn more and a determination that drives us to great heights. This all can be achieved both literally and as life assets through Zumba.
Zumba goes a long way in helping to build great self esteem and confidence in young people.
Strength and Endurance are two things are very high on the list of extra benefits achieved through Zumba that will help a child in the other athletic sports they participate in during their adolescent years.
The long term health benefits are tremendous with enrollment in continued Zumba classes.
Aerobics helps maintain healthy body weight, improves circulation, and helps maintain a healthy growing environment for the body.
And last but certainly not least, it’s fun!
DePS SkillSet: Communication, Collaboration, Citizenship, Leadership, Enterprise
Learning a new language opens doors and takes a person on different paths in life. It offers unique opportunities for personal and professional growth. Encouraging and assisting your children in learning a foreign language can be one of the greatest gifts you give them as a parent.
Learning any language with historical roots provides its students with access to diverse worlds, immersing themselves in the rich history and foundations of different civilizations.
Arabic is ranked 5th as the most spoken language in the world with over 450 million natives It is one of the 6 official languages of the United Nations. It is a language that is highly utilized in commercial and geopolitical exchanges.
There is strength and confidence that comes with a child that can converse in multiple languages. The door to making new friends and forming relationships with others becomes wider. The logistical and employment opportunities become broader.
Furthermore, the emotional development is increased and compassionate connections are heightened. This is the power of language and the ability to use it throughout life.
DePS SkillSet: Communication, Collaboration, Citizenship, Leadership, Enterprise
Learning a new language opens doors and takes a person on different paths in life. It offers unique opportunities for personal and professional growth. Encouraging and assisting your children in learning a foreign language can be one of the greatest gifts you give them as a parent.
Learning any language with historical roots provides its students with access to diverse worlds, immersing themselves in the rich history and foundations of different civilizations.
Arabic is ranked 5th as the most spoken language in the world with over 450 million natives It is one of the 6 official languages of the United Nations. It is a language that is highly utilized in commercial and geopolitical exchanges.
There is strength and confidence that comes with a child that can converse in multiple languages. The door to making new friends and forming relationships with others becomes wider. The logistical and employment opportunities become broader.
Furthermore, the emotional development is increased and compassionate connections are heightened. This is the power of language and the ability to use it throughout life.
DePS SkillSet: Communication, Growth Mindset, Citizenship
English proficiency or fluency is not a pre-requisite for enrollment at DePS. Students who are beginning or not yet proficient in the language are supported by the ELL (English Language Learners) program. ELL is available to students in from year 3 to Grade 7. DePS is committed to providing specialist ELL teachers, as well as training in ELL strategies for all DePS homeroom teachers
English Language Learners (ELL) program at Deira Private School (DePS) recognises the contribution of international students to our community and the unique challenges they face.
Our ELL – English Language Learners Program aims to accelerate their English Learning and support their academics across all subjects.
The ELL program at DePS is for students who need extra support to effectively use the English language. In this program, students are provided with intensive instruction in listening, speaking, reading, writing and comprehending English. This intensive English language instruction is delivered by highly qualified EAL teachers who are trained in recognising and working with language differences. Students who are learning or still improving their English also receive support from teachers and teaching assistants in the regular classroom.
The ELL program appreciates students’ own culture and language, while giving them the English Language skills they need to fully benefit from the learning opportunities available in the larger school community. The ELL program develops both basic interpersonal communicative skills (BICS) and cognitive academic language proficiencies (CALP) so that the students will be capable of working in the language of the classroom and curriculum.
DePS SkillSet: Communication, Growth Mindset, Citizenship
Proper speech and language skills give children the ability to express themselves and also understand others. This brings about significant intellectual, emotional and behavioural development.
SALT - Speech and Language Training has many benefits for children, including:
- Improving communication so they will be able to express thoughts and feelings
- Enabling them to speak so that others will understand what they are saying
- Preparing them for school so that they can keep up with other children in learning
Phonics allows young readers to develop their reading comprehension. With practice, pupils' decoding skills become so automatic that they are able to concentrate on and easily understand the overall meaning of what they are reading. Phonics also raises children's phonemic awareness. Spelling is a critical component of communication. Literacy: Spelling and reading skills are closely related and help develop overall literacy.
A child who is good at communicating verbally will find it easier to produce written communications, and thus will likely perform better in their school exams and be happier and more successful in life.
DePS SkillSet: Citizenship, Communication, Collaboration, Leadership, Creativity
Learning a new language early in life enhances overall cognitive skills and improves brain development. Studies have shown repeatedly that foreign language learning increases critical thinking skills, creativity, problem-solving skills and flexibility of mind in young children.
Students who are learning a foreign language out-score their non-foreign language-learning peers in the verbal and, surprisingly to some, the maths sections of standardized tests.
Children who learn an additional language at school are more confident and well ahead of their peers.
Learning French is a great opportunity to explore another culture, to develop an open mind, to broaden a child’s horizons. Each language brings with it its culture, its way of thinking and its own sense of humour.
Here are some good reasons to learn French:
- French is a widely spoken world language.
- It is a great language to explore new cultures, literature and travel.
- French is a great language for higher education with many European Universities offering courses in French.
- French is a beautiful language, one that is fun to learn.
DePS SkillSet: Communication, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Leadership, Enterprise, Citizenship, Risk Taking, Growth Mindset
‘Speech’, they say, is the best gift to the human race. Being social creatures, the ability to communicate with the world is something that makes us unique amongst all other creatures. It enables us to express our emotions and thoughts, share our ideas and develop new relationships.
When you speak coherently, especially in front of an audience, it helps you hone your presentation skills. Today, students are required to give presentations in the form of academic projects.
Who wouldn’t love to influence people around them? History suggests that famous leaders have always been capable of influencing or instigating masses thanks to their power of great articulation.
To be a leader, you must possess excellent public speaking skills.
When you share your ideas, standing on the dais and speak with authority, you capture the attention of your audience and are able to persuade others.
When you give a speech in front of the public, it can help you develop your vocabulary. It even brings fluency in the speech. You will know it by yourself the effect of the words that you speak and when you are going wrong you can figure it out. Public speaking can also help you understand the need of speaking differently among different audiences.
Public speakers motivate their listeners to make a change. It could be to stop or start something, try something new, or reach their goals.
DePS SkillSet: Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, Citizenship, Leadership, Enterprise, Sustainability
Model United Nations (MUN) conferences have become a significant part of the co-curricular world at schools and colleges today. An activity driven by extensive knowledge and preparation, MUNs sit at the intersection of professional skills, communication skills and global know-how. With our dedicated MUN training program, students can develop all the skills they need to excel in this domain.
MUN trains students in the following areas:
United Nations Fundamentals
A comprehensive overview of the United Nations - its aims, objectives, components and functions to acquaint students with the fundamentals of the MUN.
Research
Expert guidance on the art of constructive research - knowing where to look, filtering out relevant information and organizing it into clear, logical and compelling arguments.
Debate and Delegation
Strategic guidance to build and perfect delegates’ debating skills, covering effective debating techniques, debate direction, argument defense, interjections and diplomacy.
Speech Writing and Public Speaking
Thorough grounding in one of the most essential apects of MUNs - speech writing and delivery, with an emphasis on tonality, body language, content presentation and improvisation.
Self-Presentation
Expert recommendations on dressing, grooming and personality building, to ensure that delegates make the right impression as suitable country representatives at the UN.
Debate Conduct
Fostering of leadership skills and teamwork through training on using Rules of Procedure in advances, addressing fellow delegates, and appropriate debate conduct.
Chairing
Extensive grooming to help committee chairs master their roles - conducting debates, steering and moderating commitees, choosing awards and developing the committee charter.
DePS SkillSet: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Leadership, Risk Taking
Globally, schools are recognizing that one of the best ways to encourage and promote soft skills and emotional intelligence in children is through drama.
The first benefit that students get from drama or theatrics is they learn to speak, communicate, and present better. Look at all the actors around and you’ll find that they are some of the well dressed, well presented, soft-spoken, and well-read people and this is what drama does to your child too. Right from learning new lines for a skit or drama to enacting communication games to writing and presenting a script, theatrics, and drama help children to develop their vocabulary, speech, and communication skills.
Drama also help children to become better communicators in life as it involves using voices and tones, facial expressions, body language, and movements, all of which are crucial in making students better and effective communicators in life.
Drama and skits for kids teach children to deal with life’s problems. These activities give children the chance to rehearse roles and characters and enact many real-life situations. This, in many ways, help them to make a sense of happenings in their real life at a later stage.
When children play roles in dramas, they are enacting in front of several people, so even the shyest of the student will learn to keep their inhibitions away and face the world and people confidently.
Drama and theatrics are all about creativity and creative people have the knack of viewing problems and opportunities from a different angle.
Dramatic arts and skits for kids are known to support students with problem-solving skills as well as give them the knowledge on how to react and behave in a certain situation.
Dramas, like sports and other group activities, are the perfect time to learn teamwork and cooperation. When students take part in dramas, they need to work coherently with other students in order to get everything right and this is where they learn to gel and cooperate with others.
DePS SkillSet: Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, Wellbeing
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a therapy based on the science of learning and behavior.
Behavior analysis helps us to understand:
- How behavior works
- How behavior is affected by the environment
- How learning takes place
- ABA therapy applies our understanding of how behavior works to real situations. The goal is to increase behaviors that are helpful and decrease behaviors that are harmful or affect learning.
ABA therapy programs can help:
- Increase language and communication skills
- Improve attention, focus, social skills, memory, and academics
- Decrease problem behaviors
- The methods of behavior analysis have been used and studied for decades. They have helped many kinds of learners gain different skills – from healthier lifestyles to learning a new language. Therapists have used ABA to help children with autism and related developmental disorders since the 1960s.
ABA is considered an evidence-based best practice treatment by the US Surgeon General and by the American Psychological Association.
“Evidence based” means that ABA has passed scientific tests of its usefulness, quality, and effectiveness. ABA therapy includes many different techniques. All of these techniques focus on antecedents (what happens before a behavior occurs) and on consequences (what happens after the behavior).
More than 20 studies have established that intensive and long-term therapy using ABA principles improves outcomes for many but not all children with autism. “Intensive” and “long term” refer to programs that provide 25 to 40 hours a week of therapy for 1 to 3 years. These studies show gains in intellectual functioning, language development, daily living skills and social functioning.
DePS SkillSet: Enterprise, Leadership, Collaboration, Communication, Innovation
We live in an age of unprecedented global and technological transformation.
Today's students face an uncertain future full of complex global, social, and environmental issues.
Entrepreneurship-focused programs teach students crucial life skills that will help them navigate this uncertain future.
These skills include problem-solving, teamwork, empathy, as well as learning to accept failure as a part of the growth process.
Did you know that students can take advantage of the benefits of entrepreneurship education even before they enter college?
An entrepreneurship-focused education can help middle and high-school age girls develop crucial life skills that will serve them well beyond the classroom walls.
Entrepreneurship education focuses on developing real-world skills that will help students to lead exceptional lives in a rapidly changing world.
Entrepreneurship education teaches students crucial life skills, such as:
- How to collaborate and work with a team
- How to speak in public and prepare an effective presentation
- How to collect and analyze data
- How to use social media as an advocacy tool
- How to solve real, complex problems that don’t have a definitive answer
- How to use curiosity and creativity to find an innovative approach to difficult problems
- Students learn to understand the product development cycle, come up with their own unique business proposals, and deliver multiple pitch presentations.
Entrepreneurs seek to solve problems, meet needs, and ease pain points with the help of their products and services. They are hard-wired to make a difference and make the world a better place.
By participating in entrepreneurship programs, students don’t just become ready to create their own futures — they become ready to change the world.
DePS SkillSet: Citizenship, Sustainability, Collaboration, Communication, Enterprise, Leadership
Through community service, students gain real-world experience and practice important habits like leadership, problem-solving, and time management. Volunteering offers students the opportunity to apply their classroom learning to practical scenarios that have real implications.
Studies show that students who give back to the community perform better in school, particularily in subjects such as math, reading, and history. Furthermore, students who participate in community service are also more likely to graduate from high school.
In particular, students find that they are able to develop skills in leadership, communication, working well with a team, and finding solutions for problems. Many students also find that community service makes them more aware of and interested in issues of social justice.
With climate change, scarcity of resources, and alternative energy dominating society’s talking points, it’s easy to see that sustainability is a major topic of concern. However, sustainability isn’t just about what major nations and corporations, do – it’s just as much about the lifestyle choices that every individual makes to reduce their footprint in the world.
We understand that our students, are future leaders and decision makers. We want our students to possess the real-world skills that they can use to improve the planet. We provides today's children with the self-sufficiency they need for tomorrow.
DePS SkillSet: Leadership, Enterprise, Risk Taking, Citizenship, Growth Mindset, Collaboration, Communication
The Duke of Award is transforming individuals, communities and societies around the world.
Through a DofE programme young people have fun, make friends, improve their self-esteem and build confidence. They gain essential skills and attributes for work and life such as resilience, problem-solving, team-working, communication and drive, enhancing CVs and university and job applications.
When your child does their DofE programme they’ll develop the skills and attitudes they need to become more rounded, confident adults. Qualities that colleges, universities and employers are attracted to. So when you support your child’s pursuit of their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, you’re investing in their future.
You can expect to see your child develop in the following areas as they work through their DofE programme:
– Self-belief and self-confidence
– A sense of identity
– Initiative and a sense of responsibility
– A real awareness of their strengths
– New talents and abilities
– The ability to plan and use time effectively
– Learning from and giving to others in the community
– Forming new friendships
– Problem solving, presentation and communication skills
– Leadership and teamworking skills.
DePS SkillSet: Communication, Collaboration, Growth Mindset, Risk Taking, Leadership, Enterprise
World Scholar's Cup is a premier international academic event attracting students from all over the world, resulting in "a global community of future scholars and leaders".
The World's Scholar Cup (abbreviated WSC) is an international team academic program with more than 15,000 students participating from over 65 countries every year.
Each WSC Round consists of four main events: the Scholar's Challenge, Collaborative Writing, The Team Debate, and the Scholar's Bowl. In addition to these four main events, non-competitive activities take place which are both social and academic.
There are 4 key challenges as part of the India Round
Team Debate - Each team debates three times, on motions across all the subjects, from policy to poetry. You may be arguing whether parents should have access to surveillance cameras at schools - or whether women make better superheroes. Debate is your chance to apply all that you've learned to make the most persuasive case you can. And, win or not, after each debate, you'll give the other team feedback on how to improve.
Scholar's Bowl - Every team in the theater. Every team with a clicker. Every question harder than the one before. Your team will work together to solve analytic questions and multimedia challenges. Click your answers before time runs out, and don't be surprised if you're asked to connect a poem you studied to a clip from your favourite TV Show
Collaborative Writing - Speak with the power of your pen (or pencil!) You'll be given six prompts, from each of the six subject areas, ranging from creative scenarios to explore to persuasive arguments to make. Two easy rules to remember: as a team you only need to write three of the six, and each of you needs to answer a different prompt.
Scholar's Challenge - It's multiple choice, so make multiple choices. The Challenge looks like any other test, but with an alpaca-powered twist: you can mark more than one answer per question. The fewer you mark; the more points you can earn if you're right.
The World Scholars Cup is highly recommended for students aged 10 and above.