United Arab Emirates, Dubai
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The school is located at The Sustainable City, Dubai. The campus is powered entirely by renewable energy. It features technology-enabled classrooms, state-of-the-art labs and maker-spaces, research and food production mobile stations, a library and learning hub, and arts and music facilities. The sports complex includes a swimming pool, a large indoor multi-purpose gym and auditorium, outdoor soccer field, courts and playgrounds. The Sustainable City provides access to a bee garden, outdoor garden plots, equestrian centre, and biking and jogging tracks, and one bio-dome supports health, wellness and learning. The school is authorized to deliver the IB Continuum: PYP, MYP, DP and CP and is part of the ESOL Education family.
The sports facilities include a swimming pool and a large indoor multi-purpose gym and auditorium, with outdoor soccer field, courts and playgrounds. The Elementary School has two shaded playgrounds and an indoor multi-purpose hall that serves as a gym for younger students; Middle and High School have a 1,500 sq. m. gymnasium for indoor games. The campus also includes access to The Sustainable City's jogging and cycling tracks and its Equestrian Centre. The curriculum supports mainstream sports such as swimming, basketball, badminton and soccer.
The indoor and outdoor classrooms are designed around sustainable principles, with energy-efficient materials and clean energy generation. Learning spaces include research workshops and makerspaces with laboratories for Science and a mobile Food Technology station, plus 3D printers and tools for engineering, design and robotics. The Arts are supported by dedicated music and art rooms and a 440-seat multi-purpose auditorium for performances. The campus is interconnected with The Sustainable City to provide hands-on learning in health, wellness and farming, including bio-domes for indoor farming and a farm-to-table approach, as well as access to the city's Innovation Centres.
After-School Activities (ASA) run in eight-week blocks and are organized into teacher-led activities and external programs; partner providers include Stryx Sports and a wide range of options such as NBA basketball, tennis, parkour, ballet, gymnastics and Funkeynastix. ASA also covers reading clubs, coding and robotics, and gardening, farming and food-science clubs that leverage The Sustainable City resources; sign-ups are managed through the SchoolsBuddy system. Evening Sports Academies offer after-school coaching in swimming (Hamilton Aquatics), gymnastics/dance (Splits Gymnastics Academy), volleyball (Elite Volleyball Academy) and adventure programs (The Overlord Academy). Model United Nations (MUN) is offered as part of the IB-aligned activities, with students researching, debating and presenting at conferences; the school has participated in HMUN Dubai. The Junior Duke Programme provides age-appropriate, Duke-of-Edinburgh-inspired personal development for Pre-KG to Grade 7, and Junk Kouture runs as a sustainability-focused fashion-arts project. Diplomathon and other performing/creative activities are also available through the ASA program.
Fairgreen International School is a co-educational IB Continuum school in The Sustainable City, Dubai, offering PYP, MYP, DP, and Career-Related Programme. The school is 100% powered by renewable energy with Green Schools Platinum certification and CIS accreditation. It features a smaller, less overwhelming environment with food tech labs, urban farming, and a Health, Wellness & Learning Centre.