Sports
GEMS FirstPoint School – The Villa aims to promote golfing excellence alongside high academic achievement
Elite Golf Programme The road to professional golf is notoriously competitive and demanding. Often, students must choose between school and golf, as the two don’t always go handin-hand. But a new programme promises to make the journey altogether smoother
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Issue 8 | March 2020
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f you’re a keen golfer with dreams of eventually going pro, imagine being able to develop and perfect your golf, learn from the best coaches and at the same time maintain your school progress and pursue your academic qualifications. Imagine a school where your teachers understand the pressures and demands of competing at the highest levels of golf, where they fully support your sporting aspirations and tailor the curriculum to your individual needs and schedule. Well, one Dubai school has turned all that into reality. GEMS FirstPoint School – The Villa recently launched its Golf Centre of Excellence in partnership with Claude Harmon Performance Golf Academy. With a mission to provide its students with a firstclass education and golf coaching
programme that holistically prepares them for collegiate and professional golf, the Centre aims to develop the best golfing students in the region, promoting golfing excellence alongside high academic achievement. Golfers enrolled in the Elite Golf Programme benefit from a bespoke curriculum and personalised timetable built around the student’s individual needs, enhanced with academic mentoring and college CV and application planning and support. While studying the National Curriculum for England, students are exposed to a multitude of science, mathematics and English objectives that can be taught through the game of golf. Pastoral care and support are also provided to ensure students manage schedules and maintain excellence in both their golf and education.
