IBN KHULDOON NATIONAL SCHOOL

The New IKNS Kindergarten & Elementary Campus

We are proud to present to you our purpose built Kindergarten and Elementary campus. The building is creatively designed by IKNS Alumni, Architect Thamer Mohamed Salahuddin (Class of 1993), Managing Director, Mohamed Salahuddin Consulting Engineering Bureau (MSCEB). The building was executed by the esteemed Poullaides Construction Co.

The new campus consists of two blocks, a one-story building for the Kindergarten and a double-story building for Elementary. It is constructed on a 20,300 square meters plot and accommodates up to 900 students.

The Kindergarten section houses an indoor sports hall and outdoor covered play area, and students have easy access to the Multimedia Centre and the School Cafeteria, located in the Elementary section of the building.

The Multimedia Center is a beautiful space that oversees the main corridor and the Grades 1 and 2 outdoor break area. The cafeteria accommodates up to 600 students and has a fully equipped kitchen.

The Elementary building houses two indoor sports halls, one fully equipped sports hall with a spacious seating area for the students and parents to enjoy. The hall also has a raised stage that can be used for performances. The second hall is a multi-purpose hall with a retractable wall that divides it into two equally sized halls that can be used for PE classes, meetings and conferences.

The ground floor has the ICT (STEAM) Center, four Performing Arts rooms, three Visual Arts rooms, a Piano Lab, a Cooking Lab, two Exploration Labs, the Students Center and the main Infirmary. The campus also features a professionally equipped Auditorium with 316 seats.

The new Kindergarten and Elementary campus which has been designed with the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program in mind, is the next stage of our proud history as a pioneering educational institution in Bahrain and the region since 1983.

About The School : An Introduction

Ibn Khuldoon National School (IKNS) is a non-profit, self-supporting, coeducational institution that is dedicated to providing high quality education for local and expatriate students. The school is licensed by the Bahrain Ministry of Education to offer a bilingual programme of study for students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

The school received its first accreditation from the Middle States Association Commissions for Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA) in 1994, and it continues to be in good standing with the association. As articulated by MSA, the accredited status of the school validates the integrity of the school’s programme and students’ transcripts. It also affirms that the school’s purposes are appropriate and accomplished through a viable educational programme and justifies the faith and resources stakeholders place in the school.

IKNS received an “Outstanding” rating by the Directorate of Private Schools & Kindergartens Reviews, which is a part of the Education & Training Quality Authority (BQA) in both the first and second review cycles that were conducted in March 2014 and October 2017 respectively. During both reviews, “reviewers observed lessons and other activities, scrutinized students’ written works and analysed school’s performance data and other documents. They met with staff members, students and parents.”

IKNS opened its doors to students in 1983. Its first group of students to walk up the graduation stage was in June 1992. Since then, IKNS has graduated more than 1500 young men and women. They are the pride of the school and the gems of Bahrain.

The school campus sits on over 62,000 square meters of land in the Isa Town Educational Area, twelve kilometers away from Manama, the capital city of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The campus is divided geographically into two sections, Kindergarten and Elementary (KG1 – G5) and Middle and Secondary (G6 – G12)

The Middle School and the Secondary School has five buildings, including an indoor sports complex (Farouk Almoayyed Sports Complex), a media center, five computer labs, three science labs, careers/universities lab, two meeting halls and sixty three classrooms, including four art spaces and one pottery space.

The indoor sports complex has a total area of 2,314 square meters. It houses a five-lane swimming pool, two basketball-sized courts (that are also used for volleyball and badminton), a well-equipped fitness hall, a multipurpose hall, a class/meeting room and a first aid room.

The Sports facilities in the Middle and Secondary divisions of the school also include an outdoor mini soccer field and a multipurpose outdoor field . The outdoor field can be used as basketball and Tennis courts, two of each, and handball.

The Kindergarten and Elementary School has a 300 seater purpose-built auditorium, media center, four Music, Drama and Dance halls, three Art spaces, two Science labs, one ICT/STEM center, and a dining hall. There is a total of forty-four classrooms, fourteen of them are used by KG1 and KG2 students and thirty for G1 to G5.

The Kindergarten and Elementary sports facilities include four indoor sports halls and an outdoor mini soccer field.

School President Kamal Abdel-Nour, Ed.D

IKNS is a non-profit self-supporting coeducational institution that is dedicated to providing high quality education for its 1450 Bahraini and non-Bahraini students.

The school offers a bilingual program of study for students from Kindergarten to Grade twelve. We are very proud of our students who can access both Arabic and English with ease and lucidity from an early stage of their lives.

Our faculty is diverse. They come with different accents and dialects, whether it is Arabic or English, providing a rich and supportive learning environment for our students. The faculty is supported by a dedicated team of administrative, IT and support staff, who work in silence to pave the way for education to happen.

At the top level of the school’s governance, stand the school board and its specialized committees. They are the steam behind the school’s philosophy and the reason for its success. Despite their busy work schedules, they continue to voluntarily provide their expertise, time and effort to ensure that the school is always heading in a forward direction.

IKNS is a non-profit self-supporting coeducational institution that is dedicated to providing high quality education for its 1450 Bahraini and non-Bahraini students.

ACADEMICS OVERVIEW

IKNS has been affiliated with the International Baccalaureate (IB) since the year 1990, as an IB diploma programme provider. The first group of students sat for the IB diploma examinations in May 1992. Since then, the IB results of our students have been the best on the island.

The school received its full accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA) in the year 1994, and it continues to be in good standing with the association. The accredited status of the school affirms that it provides “the level of quality in its educational programs, services, activities, and/or resources expected by its community of stakeholders and endorsed by the education world”.

As a community of learners, we are very proud of our school and of the achievements that have been accomplished over the years. We are equally committed to continue to enhance our curricula, facilities and services for the best of our students. We are blessed with our parents who support the school in every way. Communication between the school and parents is invaluable. It helps us to stop, look back and modify. Together, we can make things happen. So please do keep the communication channels open.

There is a wonderful group of parents who voluntarily support the school under the umbrella of the Parents, Teachers and Students Association (PTSA). The PTSA is one way for delivering your voice to us. The PTSA meets regularly to organize presentations, workshops and activities for the IKNS community at large, including parents, students and teachers. They also work hard to raise funds to help the school enhance its facilities for the aim of providing better learning experiences for our students, your children.

KG and Elementary (Grade K-5)

The IB connects a worldwide community of learners who celebrate a common humanity and share a belief that education can help to build a better and more peaceful world. Schools offering the Primary Years Programme (PYP) bring a shared commitment to the IB’s mission through the learning community.

Ibn Khuldoon National School is an authorized school for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) as of June 2020, and pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy—a commitment to improving the teaching and learning of a diverse and inclusive community of students by delivering challenging, high-quality programmes of international education that share a powerful vision.

Middle School (Grade 6-8)

The Middle School is from Grade 6 to Grade 8. The Middle School offers the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) as a candidate school.

MYP stands for Middle Years Programme. It is “designed for students aged 11 to 16 (G6 – G10). It provides a framework of learning which encourages students to become creative, critical and reflective thinkers. The MYP emphasizes intellectual challenge, encouraging students to make connections between their studies in traditional subjects and to the real world. It fosters the development of skills for communication, intercultural understanding and global engagement-essential qualities for young people who are becoming global leaders.

The MYP is flexible enough to accommodate most national or local curriculum requirements. It builds upon the knowledge, skills and attitudes developed in the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) and prepares students to meet the academic challenges and requirements of the IB Diploma Programme (DP)”.

“The MYP ensures breadth and depth of understanding through study in eight subject groups. Addressing the intellectual, social, emotional and physical well-being of students holistically, the MYP prepares them to take principled action by participating in service within the community and requiring study of at least two languages (at IKNS they are English and Arabic languages) to support the understanding of their own culture and those of others.

MYP students also engage with big ideas, rather than simply memorizing facts in order to prepare for exams. As a result, they develop learning skills that they can rely on throughout the course of their independent, purpose-driven lives.”

Ibn Khuldoon National School is a candidate school for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP). The School is expected to apply for Authorization during the 2020-2021 school year.

Secondary School ( Grade 9-12)

The Secondary School is from Grade 9 to Grade 12. Starting September 2020, the Secondary School will start offering the IB MYP as a candidate school for Students in Grades 9 and 10 who already started the programme while at the Middle School.

Students in Grades 11 and 12 can choose between either the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) or the American High School Diploma (AHSD). The IBDP and the AHSD are, both, tertiary education preparatory programmes, and are considered to be equivalent to the Bahraini General Certificate of Education. Students in the AHSD can also opt to study some subjects from the IBDP.

IKNS has been offering the IBDP since 1990.

Ibn Khuldoon National School has been affiliated with the International Baccalaureate since September 1990. The first group of IKNS graduates sat for the IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) examinations in May 1992.

The IBDP gives students in grades 11 and 12 a rigorous and balanced education that opens the doors for admission to the top universities around the world. It is a two-year programme ending with external examinations.

The curriculum is made up of three DP core elements and the six subject groups. The three DP core elements aim “to broaden the student’s educational experience and challenge them to apply their knowledge and skills.

The three core elements are:

Theory of Knowledge, in which students reflect on the nature of knowledge and on how we know what we claim to know.
The Extended Essay, which is an independent, self-directed piece of research, finishing with a 4,000-word paper.
Creativity, Activity, Service, in which students complete a project related to those three concepts.

The six subject groups are:

Studies in Language and Literature
Language Acquisition
Individuals and societies
Sciences
Mathematics
The Arts

ADMISSIONS AT IKNS

Are you looking for a School that offers the PYP, MYP, DP, and American High School Diploma programs? IKNS is committed to provide an advanced model of education that builds on Arab and Islamic values, allowing students to develop in harmony with their culture and tradition, and meet the high academic standards of international education.

Admission of new students is handled through offices of each division of the school. Application forms are issued and received as per the following:

For students entering grades KG-5, through the admission office located in the KG section of the school.
For students entering grades 6-8 and 9-11, from the secretary in the Middle and Secondary schools respectively.

Applications are usually issued mid-January of each year, and are issued depending on vacancies of particular grades. After an initial round of students have been accepted, a second round of admission applications may be considered depending on the number of vacancies still available. The second round of applications is held during the month of April, and entrance examinations are administered during the month of April or May.

Key Information At A Glance :

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IB American Curriculum

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4 Years To 18 Years

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ACCREDITATION & AFFILIATION

The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA) Ibn Khuldoon National School is fully accredited by Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA) since the year 1994, and by the Ministry of Education in Bahrain since its inception in 1983

International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) Ibn Khuldoon National School has been affiliated with the International Baccalaureate Organization since September of 1990. The first group of IKNS graduates sat for the IB examinations in May 1992

Middle East IB Association (MEIBA) Ibn Khuldoon National School has been involved in founding MEIBA during the 1994-95 academic year and has been affiliated with it since then. MEIBA provides a forum for the IB schools of the Middle East to meet and discuss matter of common interest and communicates with the office of the Regional Director of the IBAEM (Africa/Europe/Middle East)

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