About Us
Guided by the inspiring vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Ora has combined groundbreaking child-initiated learning techniques to create our first-of-its-kind Zayed Early-Learning Framework. Our experienced education experts aim to prepare young people for a time beyond the 21st Century. We want children to engage in learning and teaching, so little ones work actively with educators, naturally revealing what they would like to learn more about, asking big questions, nurturing natural talents, and developing the skills they need to lead the communities of tomorrow.
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the spirit of childhood, ideas and hope
Our Mission & Values
The late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Founding Father of the UAE, said: "The real asset of any advanced nation is its people – especially the educated ones - and the prosperity and success of the people are measured by the standard of their education." Inspired by his words, Ora leads the future of global early-childhood development from Dubai through our forward-thinking Zayed Early-Learning Framework. Combining traditional cultural values and modern ideas paired with educational research and cutting-edge technology, our framework focuses on child-initiated teaching methods that nurture little ones to think beyond boundaries and embrace curiosity, creativity and talent. By fostering young people’s authenticity, we help them develop the skills they will need to lead the sustainable nations of tomorrow.
ABOUT THE ORA CODE
The Ora Code encapsulates the values that guide our educators' approach to early education. These are:
- Community awareness
- Mental and physical wellbeing
- Pioneering individuals
- Critical thinking
- Active learning
- Inclusiveness
- Innovation
- Future consciousness
- Sustainability
- Creativity
The Experience
By empowering children to explore their individuality, we offer them the tools needed to craft a future beyond the next hundred years. Prioritising your little one’s growth in a safe environment, our progressive educators encourage young people to engage in not just the learning process, but the teaching process too. While our talented team has garnered vast experience in forward-thinking Nordic countries, the UK and other nations, our visionary nursery plays a vital role in our teaching methods too. Our nursery’s state-of-the-art facilities and learning zones encourage interaction, curiosity and social-and-communication skills development. We also consider parents to be vital and authentic partners in young people’s learning processes, which is why we like to involve them in the early-years journey as much as possible. By accessing our custom-built interactive Ora app, parents can monitor their little ones’ progress anytime.
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Our Team
With over ten years' experience in running premiere educational establishments in the UAE, Ora’s highly-trained team is made up of a carefully curated group of education experts. We have handpicked Ora’s early-years faculty based on their knowledge of child-initiated learning, their passion for fostering curiosity, and their commitment to helping your little ones explore their talents. At Ora, we transform today’s young people into self-aware, responsible and empathic leaders of the future, delivering social change while conveying the vision of the nation’s forward-thinking leadership.
We believe that educators are more than just teachers. Playing the role of active researchers, they reflect on what children reveal during their early-years journeys and use their insights to adapt and refine the direction of our Zayed Early-Learning Framework. Our educators regularly attend accredited international teacher training programmes that cover the world’s most pioneering teaching techniques from countries like Finland – a recognised global leader in innovative play-and-discovery based learning. Inspired by well-known education pioneers, our educators have experience working in Nordic countries, the UK and other pioneering nations, using fluid techniques to ensure young people become active participants of both learning and teaching. By respecting littles ones’ personalities, learning styles and paces, they foster natural talents, promote curiosity and help children develop the practical life skills needed to design a sustainable future. Your child’s wellbeing and happiness are Ora’s top priorities. All educators are First-Aid qualified, and we have two fully-qualified nurses on site. We adhere to a close educator-to-child ratio of 1:3 for children under 12 months, 1:4 for children aged 13–24 months, 1:6 for children aged 24–36 months, and 1:8 for children aged 36–48 months.
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Our cutting-edge facility has been designed by award-winning interior-architecture practice Pallavi Dean Interiors, a specialist in early-years education design. Housing a soft-play area with a dedicated monochrome space, exploration corners, mindfulness areas, sensory sections, a Mars Lab, and an English-Arabic library showcasing several books we’ve written ourselves, every aspect of the nursery has been designed to foster curiosity, creativity, independence, communication, coordination, motor skills, emotional intelligence and a love of learning. We want little ones to immerse themselves in the present, so they can develop their unique visions for a brighter future.
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