The last few months have been really exciting as the staff of Jumeira Baccalaureate School and all our incredible back up teams at Taaleem have been busy preparing for the opening of our JBS on Tuesday September 14 2010. It was wonderful to take over the campus on June 15 2010. Our project crew immediately moved in and started the process of refurbishment. After two weeks we were able to move our Admissions Office to the new campus, and - at last - we are now able to show people around JBS. It was an exciting moment! Work has been progressing ahead of schedule, and by mid August, we will have completed the makeover of our new Primary School. We were very pleased to have been able to hand over the sports hall, swimming pool and sports field to our Summer partners, Libra, on July 4 2010, and their summer camps were immediately in full swing, to the obvious delight of the children who have signed up!

Our experienced academic staff are currently having a well earned rest. During May and June as they completed their final commitments to their old schools, they came together as a new team to plan the JBS curriculum in detail while adding the final touches to classroom design and layout.

We are already taking delivery of the equipment and materials, which we know will help make JBS a very unique school indeed. However, it is the teaching team and their support staff that will make the school an amazing place to be. They are a wonderful group of educators and have had a great time planning: now we are really looking forward to welcoming our students to school. Many new families will have met Sue Carpenter, our Head of Primary, whose previous experience includes the headship of an extremely successful school in the UK. You will be hearing from her in more detail in mid-August, as we begin our detailed prepping for all our new families, so that parents and children alike will be as ready for the start of school in September.

In the meantime, I hope that all JBS families are enjoying the summer break - we look forward to meeting you all before school opens and then as we get underway.

Andrew Homden,
JBS Executive Superintendent

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