Thanks PM, you read and understood my message correctly. On the under hand, the Hippo got it totally wrong. I feel I need to clarify a few things because I did not like the Hippo's tone and assumptions.
Firstly, I have no problem with my child being surrounded by Arab students. I have enjoyed living in the Middle East for over 3 years and have many Arab friends. Infact, I am currently learning Arabic. However, I am concerned with the language aspect as over half the children in the class do not speak English. I'd like to mention this is made up of predominantly Arabs, but also a few other nationalities such as Europeans and South Americans. This may pose as a problem for the speed/quality of teaching/lessons because majority of the class is not able to understand English (AND NOT BECAUSE OF THE TEACHER'S ABILITY). As a parent I am worried that this may affect my child's learning.
Secondly, re class size, in the first 2 weeks there were around 35 students and in the third week they managed to find another teacher and split the class down to 27 students and they are now trying to bring this number down to 23-24 in the next week (although if I'm not mistaken their class size should be a max of 20).
The purpose of my comment, is merely to share my honest experience of the school with parents who have asked for this information. I'm sure most schools go through teething problems which will hopefully be sorted out in the near future.
Thanks PM, you read and understood my message correctly. On the under hand, the Hippo got it totally wrong. I feel I need to clarify a few things because I did not like the Hippo's tone and assumptions.
Firstly, I have no problem with my child being surrounded by Arab students. I have enjoyed living in the Middle East for over 3 years and have many Arab friends. Infact, I am currently learning Arabic. However, I am concerned with the language aspect as over half the children in the class do not speak English. I'd like to mention this is made up of predominantly Arabs, but also a few other nationalities such as Europeans and South Americans. This may pose as a problem for the speed/quality of teaching/lessons because majority of the class is not able to understand English (AND NOT BECAUSE OF THE TEACHER'S ABILITY). As a parent I am worried that this may affect my child's learning.
Secondly, re class size, in the first 2 weeks there were around 35 students and in the third week they managed to find another teacher and split the class down to 27 students and they are now trying to bring this number down to 23-24 in the next week (although if I'm not mistaken their class size should be a max of 20).
The purpose of my comment, is merely to share my honest experience of the school with parents who have asked for this information. I'm sure most schools go through teething problems which will hopefully be sorted out in the near future.