Yasmina British Academy
Yasmina British Academy is a private, British curriculum school in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Al-Yasmina educates students from foundation stage 1 till year 13 in joint primary and secondary schools.
History
Yasmina British Academy was opened in September 2008 by Darren Gale, ex-principal and is being run by Aldar Academies.Curriculum
Yasmina British follows the British curriculum. The school offers iGCSEs, GCSEs and A-Levels. Science, English and Mathematics are compulsory subjects throughout the school.Sports, activities and ECAs
Yasmina British Academy is associated to the UAE touch rugby programme. The school has already played a vital role in the increased presence of touch rugby in the Emirates having anchored the under-9 and under-11 Abu Dhabi Schools Super Touch rugby Series.ECA stands for Extra Curriculum Activity, it lets students select a subject/activity and stay after school to do their activities. And there are invite only activities that are sports, touch rugby and rugby and netball primary and secondary only. Some activities are band practice and rehearsal for the theater and shows happening on later months.
Art and theater
Yasmina British Academy also hosts Art and Theater courses, such as in Art, Drama, and Design & Technology, all of which are offered at both GCSE and A-Level qualifications. The current Head of Drama is teacher Nick Washbrook, who is also the Assistant Principal of Pastoral Welfare and Standards.Yasmina British regularly holds showings of Theater/Drama performances done by students, and sometimes teachers. Recent performances include Annie (play), Grease (play), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play), and the Joker (play), in which Nick Washbrook himself played the Joker and heckled and laughed at the audience. The 2023 performance was School of Rock.