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Week Without Walls

Immersed in Experiential Learning!

Starting Grade 6, students have the opportunity to learn beyond the classroom in an exciting experience that is part adventure, part education. These amazing outside-the-classroom experiences take place as part of our Week Without Walls programme. Students spread their wings beyond the confines of the school to have a new and exciting experience with their peers.

A Week Without Walls gives our students real opportunities to build strong and positive friendships and helps them to develop team-building and leadership skills. They travel to locations outside the school, experience unfamiliar cultures, and participate in activity-based learning that includes community service. Students develop lifelong skills on these mini-adventures. They become more confident, resourceful, creative, caring, responsible and thoughtful members of the international community, prepared to contribute in meaningful ways toward improving society, both locally and internationally. With the support of each other, students and teachers go beyond the walls of school to learn, grow and serve together.

Grade 5 students rock climbing in Ras Al Khaimah.

Upcoming Dates: 

 

Between September 1-18,  2024                                                                                          

Offical Launch of all Prgrammes. Detailed itineraries will be shared                          

 

September 19, 2024
Evening Parent Information Session

 

October 4, 2024
Registration and deposits are due to providers for all trips                           

 

December 6, 2024

 Final payment due to providers for all trips                  

 

February 3-7, 2025

 Week Without Walls Trips | Normal school schedule suspended

 

 

Tropica Odyssey: Bali EcoTrip | Grade 11-12

This exciting trip to Bali is designed for students who embody Fairgreen's pillars of sustainability and social activism and are eager to turn their passion into hands-on learning and meaningful action. Students will visit The Green School, where they will observe, brainstorm, and collaborate on innovative ways to apply sustainable practices back at Fairgreen. They will explore Bali's breathtaking environment, from mangroves to coral reef dives, and navigate cultural icons and the hustle and bustle of a prominent tourist destination to discuss how sustainable tourism can be achieved. Other activities include planting in the rice paddies, participating in a cooking class, and hiking the majestic Mt. Batur volcano. This is a transformative opportunity for Fairgreen students to learn, collaborate, and bring about change.

  • Grades 11-12

  • Dates: Feb 2-7, 2025

  • Expected Total Price:  11,450 AED (including flights, on-the-ground transport, accommodation, food, activities, and insurance)

  • Minimum Students: 20

  • Maximum Students: 40 

  • Provider: Twedex

  • Itinerary

Vamos Madrid: Language, Cuisine & Cultural Fusion | Grade 10 Legacy Trip 

Grade 10 students have chosen a cultural trip to Spain to celebrate the culmination of the Middle Years Programme. This trip offers a vibrant tapestry of languages, savory tapas traditions, and scenic trails in the heart of Spain’s soul-stirring beauty. Surrounded by rich flamenco culture, the city will charm students at every turn. This destination, seven hours from Dubai, is ideal for students interested in the Spanish language, food technology, cooking, photography, city life, and the outdoors. Activities include a tour of Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, a tour of Las Ventas (Madrid’s Bullring), a flamenco dance lesson, and a visit to Parque Warner Theme Park.

  • Grade 10 

  • Dates: Feb 2-8, 2025

  • Expected Total Price: 11,850 AED (including flights, on-the-ground transport, accommodation, food, activities, and insurance)

  • Minimum Students: 30

  • Maximum Students: 55 

  • Provider: Twedex

  • Itinerary

Nepal: The Last Resort Adventure Programme | Grade 9

This program to Nepal offers exposure to the natural environment through outdoor education, which has been shown to produce significant improvements in independence, confidence, assertiveness, and decision-making. Activities include white water rafting, river swims, team building and mindfulness exercises, rock climbing, abseiling, and canyoning. Students will also engage in community service, participate in culinary sessions with local students, and enjoy hiking and village walks. The trip takes place at The Last Resort, a purpose-built campsite in the foothills of the Himalayas. Students will stay in permanently pitched and covered tents with nearby toilets and showers, and all meals are cooked and served on-site.

  • Grades: 9

  • Dates: Feb 3-8, 2025

  • Location: The Last Resort Camp situated on the Koshi River 

  • Expected Total Price: 9,200 AED (including flights, on-the-ground transport, accommodation, food, activities)

  • Minimum Students: 20

  • Maximum Students: 50 

  • Provider: EcoVenture

  • Itinerary

Sri Lanka: Surf & Sustainability Programme | Grade 8

The surf and sustainability trip to Sri Lanka is a surfer's paradise that is action-packed with a feel-good undertone. In addition to learning to surf, students will work with a local school, participate in a turtle conservation project, and join beach clean-ups. This trip allows students to see sustainable practices in action and give back to a community in need of support. This destination, 4.5 hours from Dubai, is ideal for students interested in action and adventure, sports, biology, volunteering, water-based activities, the beach, and the outdoors.

  • Grade 8

  • Dates: Feb 3-8, 2025

  • Expected Total Price: 8350 AED (including flights, on-the-ground transport, accommodation, food, activities, and insurance)

  • Minimum Students: 20

  • Maximum Students: 50 

  • Provider: Twedex

  • Itinerary

Oman: Coastal Road Trip | Grade 7

During this trip, students will focus on teambuilding, adventure, and conservation. Activities include hiking and swimming at Wadi Bani Khalid & Wadi Shab as well as kayaking, snorkeling, boating, and dolphin watching. Students will enjoy two nights of camping in the Sur Desert and on Fins Beach, and two nights in hotels near Sur and Marina Bandar Al Rowda. These locations provide students with the unique opportunity to learn about conservation in the desert and on the shore where thousands of turtles lay their eggs each year. Students will also learn about the unique Omani culture as they visit the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Al Alam Palace, and Mutrah Souq. 

  • Grades: 7

  • Dates: Feb 2 - 6, 2025

  • Location: Oman

  • Expected Total Price: 6400 AED (including flights, on-the-ground transport, accommodation, food, activities, and insurance)

  • Provider: EcoVenture

Ras al Khamiah: Al Mazra’a Outdoor Education Program | Grade 6

Our Grade 6 students have the opportunity to attend a 4-day outdoor education program, offering students a fun and exciting learning experience outside the classroom that will not only help students develop personal skills but will also benefit their classroom work. Activities include Canoeing, Open Top Kayaking, Raft Building, Problem-Solving, Buggy Building, Orienteering, Leap of Faith, Archery, Animal Encounters, Sensory Trail, Climbing Wall, Jacob's Ladder, Pioneering Battle (aka catapults).

  • Grades: 6

  • Dates: Feb 3-6, 2025

  • Location: Al Sayh, Ras Al Khaimah 

  • Price: AED 2,195 (including transport, accommodation, food, activities, insurance, VAT)

  • Provider: EcoVenture

  • Itinerary

Fujairah Scuba Diving and Coral Reef Conservation | Grade 7-12

Fujairah Scuba Diving and Coral Reef Conservation Diver’s Down Under students from G7-12 can also choose this local, overnight option in which they can earn their beginner or advanced PADI certificate or even just enjoy some fun diving, if already certified. Students will spend 5 days / 4 nights in Fujairah with unlimited dives.The diving center is on the beach itself, so students will be able to enjoy diving from day n.1 alternating some pool training with open water dives from the boat. There will also be a dive against debris event where students will participate in an underwater clean up. Please contact Michela Colella for any specific questions relating to the trip: michela.c@diversdownuae.com.

  • Grades: 7-12

  • Location: Fujairah, UAE

  • Price: (including transportation, hotel, full board, training, equipment and diving insurance)

  • AED 5250: Open Water diver course 

  • AED 5100: Advanced Open Water diver course

  • AED 4800: Pleasure dives for already certified divers (8 dives package)

  • Provider: Divers Down Under 

  • Minimum Students: 20

  • Maximum Students: 30