Admission Assessment
Assessment
Admission assessments are scheduled by appointment
only. Assessments
aim to determine if the child is suitable to undertake
the demands of a bilingual program
Parent interviews may be deemed an essential
component of the admissions screening procedure.
Both parents are expected to attend.
Parents will be engaged in discussion of values,
child rearing beliefs and
commitment to school mission.
Parents Interview
At KBS, we believe that strong committed, value
oriented and involved parents have students capable of
benefiting from the challenges of a bilingual education.
Discussions during the parents interview, will
take place upon an array of issues relating to
parenting, understanding and accepting ideas related to
school mission.
Any attempt by a parent
or other to interfere in the assessment process or
selection, will similarly result in the students
rejection KBS places are awarded
upon merit only.
Attempts to use "Wasta"
will be unsuccessful and disqualify your child!
Assessment Procedures
1-
Nursery & KG1
Parents are invited to
the assessment in order to be an active part of the
process. Teachers
may request parents to interact with the child so that
they can observe the child responsiveness and
cooperation skills.
Students will have a
screening assessment in Arabic only, to determine level
of spoken Arabic, awareness, responsiveness to
instructions, emotional stability, independence/
ability to separate from parents, manipulation
skills, cooperativeness, general concepts, ability to
share, and listening skills.
They will also be assessed to determine their ability in
English.
2-
KG2
Students will be assessed
in Arabic and English and practical skills for (a)
minimum appropriate conversational alphabet and number
skills (b) responsiveness to instructions and (c)
recognition skills (d) awareness (e) manipulation skills
(f) general concepts (g) cooperativeness (h)
independence/ability to separate from parents (i)
listening skills.
3- Grade 1
Students will receive
oral, reading and basic writing assessments in Arabic
and English. In
addition there will be an assessment in numbers.
Parents may not attend or interfere in the
assessment unless requested to do so.
4-
Grades
10 - 2
Students will be assessed
in three subjects:
Parents are not permitted
to enter assessments, at this age.
The child should show confidence, maturity and
independence. There
are three main assessments in:
·
Arabic )oral,
reading comprehension, writing skills)
·
English )oral,
reading comprehension, writing skills)
·
Mathematics (in English)
These assessment may take up to 3 hours and may be
scheduled on two days