Karla Mediah

Proud to be head of school at the outstanding Dubai British Foundation school.

[Karla Mediah @DBF_Principal]

This mornings, ‘brain development’ workshop celebrating how pivotal the first 5 years are for shaping our children’s brains. Neurons, synapses and myelination! Knowledge is power, & understanding why your child is feeling so many emotions is the first step to supporting them!

[Karla Mediah @DBF_Principal]

What a fab evening the Christmas light switch on at ⁦@McGettigansPub⁩ singing songs in both English and Arabic. The art of performance is underpinned by our ‘Singing For Learning’ program where the children sing daily. Can you believe FS2 learned over 150 songs last year!

[Karla Mediah @DBF_Principal]

First parent workshop of the year on Separation Anxiety. Did you realise that for 18 months-4 years old, 4 weeks is the typical time that children will experience some form of separation anxiety? Some great discussions with parents about how to support this #beginsatdbf

[Karla Mediah @DBF_Principal]

@tracyswinburne1 @LouiseS34334411 Hahaha - I’ve just used this with my staff

[Alan D Williamson @AlanDWilliamso1]

Thank you to our newest @Taaleem School here in Dubai for a very warm reception this morning! Staff Meeting with @DBF_Principal moving over to our PPP programme! What a setting for a school with the Dubai Skyline!🤩🇦🇪👏🏽 #respect #care #inspire #proudlyTaaleem

[Karla Mediah @DBF_Principal]

#TeamTaaleem leadership launch kicking off with the best start - @DubaiBritishFS on the first slide #beginsAtDBF #connections

[Karla Mediah @DBF_Principal]

@MrsMc_teaches @cosydirect Yes please - this looks great!

[Karla Mediah @DBF_Principal]

@rustysmart Thinking the same thing today on our trip to Asda today!

[Karla Mediah @DBF_Principal]

@MrAdams333 @samhunterHT @pauldixtweets @Headteacherchat @MrAdams333 Read The Whole Brain Child by Daniel J Siegel before writing your policy. It’s really helpful for writing policy and theory behind brain development.

[Russell Smart NPQH FCCT @rustysmart]

Last day of FS2 for this one and she already knows more Arabic than me! Thanks for a great term @DubaiBritishFS #BeginsatDBF @DaraziNadine - how did she do?

[Karla Mediah @DBF_Principal]

A wonderful last day in school for all the FS2 children and myself today. We will miss you all so much @DubaiBritishFS but we can’t wait to come visit at @DubaiBritishJP

[Karla Mediah @DBF_Principal]

An emotional farewell to the @DubaiBritishFS team today. I am going to miss you all so much. Thank you to everyone for your kind wishes and organising today. #ProudlyTaaleem

[Karla Mediah @DBF_Principal]

I was so impressed listening to the @DubaiBritishJP Student Leaders presenting to the Governors today. #BeginsAtDBSJP #ProudlyTaaleem

[Karla Mediah @DBF_Principal]

100% us here @DubaiBritishFS #wellbeing #proudlyTaaleem

[Suzanne Zeedyk @suzannezeedyk]

I end my aftn (whereupon I start my Twitter day!) #grateful for all schools where teddies live in t headteacher’s office. It means those schools understand enough of t science of trauma/relationships/kindness. Whatever name you know it by, you are changing children’s biology.

[Karla Mediah @DBF_Principal]

Very proud of the whole team #TeamTaaleem who are now fully certified @TeamTeachLtd coaches. It is so important to ensure every teacher understands behaviour and the reasons behind this at a deeper level. @DubaiBritishFS

[Karla Mediah @DBF_Principal]

6 members of #TeamTaaleem are spending this week unpicking supporting children by focusing on how staff need to fully understand children’s behaviour&needs. Thanks @TeamTeachLtd & @louiseinclusion for this week #ProudlyTaaleem @DubaiBritishFS @Taaleem @JumeiraSchool @UISDubai

[Team Teach @TeamTeachLtd]

Principal Team Teach tutor Paul Bray hosting our first Train the Trainer in Dubai!

Our approach to behaviour management equips your teachers with a new understanding of behaviour as a form of communication.

#teamteach #teachers #positivebehaviour #dubaischools #UAEschools

[Dubai British FS @DubaiBritishFS]

This week we enjoyed wonderful end of year celebrations for FS1 and FS2 showcasing our #Singing4Learning and #Talk4Writing!

The wonderful celebration of FS2 marked their graduation moving up to #DBSJP.

#Learning #BeginsAtDBF #FoundationStage #ProudlyTaaleem @Taaleem

[Karla Mediah @DBF_Principal]

Thank you to the Subject Leaders from @DubaiBritishJP who came to join us today to teacher all our @DubaiBritishFS FS2 children about what fun learning they will be doing in Year One next year. #TeamTaaleem.

[DBSJP | Inclusion @DBSJP_Inclusion]

Thank you to Neuropedia for their parent workshop @DubaiBritishFS on early development and social & emotional well-being. Great to see our community inclusion committee supporting new families too! #BeginsAtDBSJP #DubaiBritishFS #proudlytaaleem @NeuropediaDubai @Taaleem

[Karla Mediah @DBF_Principal]

FS1 blew us away this morning with their performance ‘Under the Sea’ thank you so much to all the @DubaiBritishFS parents, @DBSJP_HTPrim and @Bec883 for coming to watch. #BeginsAtDBF #ProudlyTaaleem