Many Year 9 children in the British Curriculum are currently choosing their GSCE/IGCSE options but to do so without thinking what IB choices they are intending to make (if they are contemplating doing that in the 6th form) would be shortsighted. The IB (International Baccalaureate) diploma requires 6 subjects be taken; 3 at Standard Level […]
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TEENAGERS IN DUBAI
Bringing up teenagers in any city in the world has it’s trials and tribulations but for a huge expat community being a parent of a teenager suddenly means a whole new set of responsibilities. And while our children were little, no one will deny that having a maid to help out with the domestic drudgery […]
GCSE VS IGCSE: Discuss….
Many private schools in the UK opt to do the IGCSE, the International General Certificate of Secondary Education, a 2 year course undertaken in most subjects with exams taken only at the end of two years, ie in the summer of Year 11. So they are more like the older O’ level system. These […]
RIOTS, RAIN AND RESULTS…..IN LONDON
Stealing a sofa, what next? The last 3 weeks in London featured Riots, Rain and GCSE Results, more or less in that order. Waiting at Dar Es Salaam airport to board a flight back to Dubai we were horrified to watch the protest at the police shooting of Mark Duggan, morph into full scale rioting and […]