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generation, that is proud of the Arabic and Islamic
ethics and values along with the Saudi identity,
Artal Preparatory School was launched in 2018 in
accordance with the best international practices.
Artal welcomes students from 4 months to 8 years,
the age at which the child’s personality is formed.
These early stages of the child’s life considered
the most important to develop his\her abilities and
skills.
Artal school aims to provide each child with
contemporary learning skills according to his\her
abilities, tendencies and creations. It also looking
forward to expanding its services beyond early
childhood to include primary, intermediate and
secondary levels.

Some may wonder:
What is the meaning of
Artal?

Artal is an Arabic plural name, which its
singular bears a lot of meanings including,
the good of everything, the best of words,
good consistency, whiteness of teeth, row
of soldiers, herd of horses follow each
other. As a quality of a mouth, it means
teeth aligned, very white and watery. As a
quality of a speech, it means that its well
written. As a quality of reading, it means the
recitation.

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Our Vision

Make a quantum leap in the concept of
international preparatory schools in Saudi
Arabia.

Our Mission

Bringing up multi - language students,
well equipped with the 21st-century skills,
proud of their Islamic and Arab origins and
civilization, open to the world and capable
of achieving their goals, effectively manage
their lives and contributing to the building
of their community and homeland.

Our Values

Respect Creativity

Collaboration and Curiosity and
Participation Discovery

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Our Objectives Inculcate the national Islamic
values and identity
Artal school has set ten objectives in order to
achieve its vision and mission: Enhance children’s social
responsibility and prepare them
Provide a safe and interactive for their role as an effective part
environment in which the child of a larger community.
feels comfortable, happy and
belonging. Build a solid partnership between
home and school.
Ensure the child›s need for
love, care, attention and play. Build an effective relationship
with parents and society and
Encourage child growth educate them about the early
and stimulate learning childhood stage.
in all aspects of mental,
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of early childhood to conduct
Provide the child with life and research, studies and training of
communication skills. kindergarten students.

Provide children with self- 5
reliance skills commensurate
with their growth.

Our philosophy

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Preparatory School is based on STEAM
education. This innovative approach
combines the practice of implementing
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into daily life, ensuring the development
of an individual child’s needs. Perfectly
complimented with play-based learning,
this philosophy guarantees to provide
a safe and stimulating environment to
support social and emotional learning.

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Safety and In the context of the school›s safety of its students;
Security
All buildings and facilities are equipped with
surveillance cameras

All employees are trained with the latest safety
procedures and they are prepared and present at
all times to ensure safe and secure environment
for the children and the whole school.

Apply a daily and weekly schedule for the
sterilization of the children’s games and tools.
In order to reduce the transmission of infection
among children and to maintain their health,

Allocate a game box for each child in nursery
school from 4 months to one year.

Ensure that all materials, furniture and
tools are free of harmful and prohibited
substances such as PVS and PBA.

The curriculum and
daily schedule

After doing a comparative study and assessment of the world’s most prominent
educational systems, Artal preparatory School adopted a special curriculum on the basis
of the preservation of the Saudi identity, Islamic values, and teaching the Holy Quran. This
curriculum is based primarily on the British educational system (EYFS). It also includes
the most important features of other global approaches and methods of learning, such as
Reggio Emilia Approach, which is based on teaching arts using the visual and symbolic
language in order to provide the child with ways to discover and adapt to the world and
give him\her a variety of keys for learning and creativity.
To ensure an educational balance between Arabic and English, “Let’s Read” Arabic
approach was adopted to teach the basics of Arabic language and the art of reading and
writing. The school focuses on teaching Arabic language besides English, as one of the
most important elements of our identity.
Artal curriculum includes special programs designed by female Saudi educational
counsellors in early childhood to emphasize the Arab and Islamic values and culture and
to develop the national sense. These programs also focused on exposing the child to other
international cultures.

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In its daily schedule, Artal school focuses on Warm and stimulating reception
and a relaxing calm ending that
Constancy in its syllabus and helps to meditate and prepare
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to make the child feels safe.
Providing several meals and
Balancing physical activities with snacks throughout the day.
mental, psychological and other
activities. Providing daily classes for
various activities and skills,
Balancing student work in large including: language, expressive
and small groups with some arts, crafts, technical sciences,
individual work. sports, library and others.

Providing playground activities at
least 80 minutes a day.

The Academic Staff

Artal School has a team of specialists hold the best university degrees
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education approved by the British Council. To support their 20 years of
experience in education, Artal school trained its staff before the beginning
of the school year through an intensive interactive program on the best
practices and the latest developments and studies in early childhood, to be
a solid foundation to jump-start with the required high quality.
Artal’s teachers and assistants were selected according to criteria that
correspond to the schools vision.

Furthermore, it is keen to constantly train its staff to develop their basic
skills in care, education and needed practices; to ensure the continued
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The ratio of teachers to the number
of children and the number of
children in each class

The school follows the international standards for the best practices in early
childhood in terms of the ratio of teachers to the number of students in class
and the total number children per group according to the following table.

Age group Teacher: children ratio Group size

3 Months -1 Year 3:1 6
1 Year-2 Year 4:1 8
2 Year-3 Year 5:1 10
3 Year-4 Year 7:1 14
4 Year-5 Year 9:1 18
5 Year-6 Year 10:1 20

Provide one teacher for every four students between three months and two
years; the number of students per class should not exceed eight students with
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and three years; the number of students should not exceed twelve students
with two teachers. Provide one teacher for every eight to ten students
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sixteen students with two teachers.

This feature is part of the school’s keenness to focus on children and give
them the right to care and attention. It allows the teacher to plan and follow-
up each child according to his\her needs. Studies also proved the emotional
and psychological needs of children for direct attention and stressed the
importance of reducing the proportion of teachers to the number of children.
The commitment to this measure ensures that children are always kept under
surveillance and safety. In addition, preserving this ratio ensures the quality
of care provided to children and enables teachers to manage their classes
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One Teacher For every 4 children (under 2)
One Teacher For every 5 children (2 years - 3 years)
One Teacher For every 7 children (3 years and above )

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Building Colours

Design The school buildings’ colours
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and implemented in line with the in brain stimulation, learning
standards and requirements of ability, and a sense of comfort
the most important international and safety.
educational institutions, beginning
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construction materials and furniture.
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in many aspects, such as lighting,
ventilation and energy saving.

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Classrooms: Playgrounds :

Artal school has provided all The school also includes three types of
classrooms’ corners with motivating playgrounds to cover several aspects
tools that stimulate the child to grow of the child›s mental and physical
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prompt him to discover and learn. simulates nature and encourages
exploration, discovery, adventure and
Fab lab: innovation. The second one has various
uses according to the students’ interests
Artal school includes a fab and desires; it is ideal in volatile
lab to inspire children to turn weather situations. Meanwhile, the third
their ideas into reality by giving playground includes physical games that
them access to a range of build and enhance all skills and aspects
advanced digital technology. of growth.

Activity centre:

The buildings also have an
activity centre for hobbies and
professional skills. It features
a swimming pool, gyms, library
and classrooms for expressive
arts, crafts and technical
education.

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Nutritious
meals

In line with the importance of nutrition in
the development of children, Artal school is
keen to provide healthy and nutritious meals
for children and to ensure the quality and
diversity of meals. The school provides two
meals; breakfast and lunch, as well as a snack
for each child.

All food allergies are taken into consideration
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The school does not allow any food to be
brought from home.

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Operation
Hours
7:30 - 4:30

Morning Afternoon

Basic school hours are from 7:30 am to
2:30 pm for registered students.
Artal school offers service for working
mothers by providing the time extending
option until 4:30 pm*.
Registered children are cared for by
educational specialists and enjoy various
options of after-school activities. This
service is not limited to school students,
but it can be utilized by all the community
members.

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Support children
with special needs

Artal school provides a team of specialists
to diagnose children with special needs
at a very early ages and suggest the right
solutions for parents accordingly. This team
also deal with children with special needs
and provide plans for early intervention
inside and outside the classroom.

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Quality

To ensure quality in all aspects of the
school, including buildings, tools, furniture,
curricula, plans and programs; Artal School
has established a strategic partnership
with Aazer Educational Consultancy
Company to provide the school with
counsellors specialized in childhood. This
partnership also plays an important and
effective role in general supervision, quality
control, periodic studies, and continuous
development.

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Social
Responsibility

Artal school urges students to actively water and reduce the use of plastic. It
participate in society in order to develop also recycles waste, encourages practical
their sense of social responsibility, so initiatives and applications that increase
they can someday be able to promote children›s awareness of this aspect, and
development in their communities. activate their roles in society.
Because inculcating the sense of social As part of its social responsibility, Artal is
responsibility and applying its principles keen to build an effective relationship with
requires a long time, the school offers a children’s parents and the surrounding
variety of community programs, including community. It also holds periodic meetings
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which the school is keen to be eco-friendly about all aspects of early childhood.
through its daily and periodic practices
such as, rationalization of paper use and

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artalschools

3898 Musa Ibn Nusair St, As
Sulimaniyah, Riyadh 12333,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
+966 11 408 8903
[email protected]
www.artalschools.com