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Excellence in schools
THE CLIMATE-CONTROLLED BIODOMES AND LEARNING GARDENS PROVIDE IMPORTANT SPACES FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR ECOSYSTEM AND SURROUNDINGS FACILITIES Complementing this approach to learning, the Arbor secondary school offers unique facilities designed for a transformational experience. Each learning space is inspired by nature, blended with cutting edge design and functionality. The result is a range of learning and recreational spaces which allows students to connect to their future. Embracing students’ creativity, the open and airy Market Space provides an area to reflect and study, socialise, present to colleagues, or display artefacts produced in the atelier, from design, fashion, textiles, and fine art to digital media. State of the art science laboratories, computing and sound sites have been carefully curated to help develop students’ STEM skills. ‘Six climate-controlled biodomes; three large geodesic domes that sit at the centre of the Arbor School Bio Park, two of which serve as a full tropical ecosystem available for Ecoliteracy education throughout the year, are among the school’s ‘living classrooms.’ The climate-controlled biodomes and learning gardens provide important spaces for children to learn more about their ecosystem and surroundings.
As a result, the school can immerse its students in environments that they would not otherwise encounter in Dubai.
Providing organic, low carbon footprint lunches and snacks, it provides its children with the highest quality food, created in a sustainable kitchen.
Even in a desert setting, the Arbor Biofarm demonstrates how a high-yield organic approach to cultivating fruits and vegetables can give a healthy, bountiful harvest.
At the heart of the secondary school, the Wahah is a hub for networking, and homes facilities such as Arbor’s farm-to-fork organic concept canteen, theatre presentation area, sixth form common room, wellness platform, counselling spaces, and clinic, all representing the centre of the Arbor School community.
The Farmhouse at the Arbor School creates a link between the well-being of students and the direct farm-to-table experience.
