At Dubai International Academy Al Barsha, our primary school teachers are experienced and well qualified guiding your child as they start their school journey. 

Senior Management
  • Ian Thurston - School Principal
  • Candice Combrinck - Head of Primary School
  • Andrea Allmark - Deputy Head and PYP Coordinator
  • Tom Dymond - Deputy Head
Pre-K
  • PRE K A    Victoria Reid
  • PRE K B   Jacey Hacking
  • PRE K C   Aziza Amridinova
KG1
  • KG1 A - Adele Fawthrop
  • KG1 B - Lucy Astwood
  • KG1 C - Siobhan Upton
  • KG1 D - Ciara Waring
  • KG1 E - Noreen Connolly
KG2
  • KG2 A - Kelly Mullins
  • KG2 B - Veronique Wolmerans
  • KG2 C - Laura Green
  • KG2 D - Shauna Carey
  • KG2 E - Carissa De Swardt
  • KG2 F - Katie Tucker
Grade 1
  • GR1 A - Candice Kinner
  • GR1 B - Taylor Dillon
  • GR1 C - Rebecca McCarthy
  • GR1 D - Lizbe Coetzee
  • GR1 E - Sarah Moreton
  • GR1 F - Tara Newman
  • GR1 G - Joyce Lee
  • GR1 H - Alice Carey
Grade 2
  • GR2 A - Gemma Price
  • GR2 B - Eva Moynihan
  • GR2 C - Mary Dowling
  • GR2 D - Gavin Maher
  • GR2 E - Sarah Marnell
  • GR2 F - Peter Hodnett
  • GR2 G - Mikayla Vorster

 

Grade 3
  • GR3 A - Everlyn Hand
  • GR3 B - David Groarke
  • GR3 C - Chloe Picksley
  • GR3 D - Dylan Mckenna
  • GR3 E - Nicola Donaghue
  • GR3 F - Paul O'Malley
Grade 4
  • GR4 A - Shabana Ahmed
  • GR4 B - Jonathan Asher
  • GR4 C - Amy O'Rourke
  • GR4 D - Rebecca McDiarmid
  • GR4 E - Andrew Grimwood
  • GR4 F - Angelina Date
Grade 5
  • GR5 A - Tanya Leavy
  • GR5 B - Sonali Gupta
  • GR5 C - Phillipus Gerber
  • GR5 D - Peter White
  • GR5 E - Cormac Harraghy

 

Music and Arts
  • Visual Arts - Monica Fouad
  • MUSIC - Laura Roberts
  • Performing Arts - Dance -  Chené van Wyk
  • Performing Arts - Music  -  Marco Amaral
  • Performing Arts - Music EY -  Deandra Moller
P.E.
  • PE - Max Bissell
  • PE - Amy Browne
  • PE - Aine Coleman
  • PE - Thomas Sloan
  • PE-EYFS- Maria Torcelini
  • Lifeguard - Peninah Waithera
Inclusion Team
  • Inclusion Lead - Andrea Kasem
  • Well Being Councellor -    Mandy Mitchell
  • LST - Zeina El-Sukhron
  • LSA - Hadeel Al-Qudsi
  • LSA - Nuha Balawi
  • LSA - Sondos Younis
  • LSA - Sarah Khedr
  • LSA - Rand Al Dhoori
  • LSA - Hala Al Fugara
  • LSA - Asmaa Elkhateeb
  • LSA - Marife Manalili
ICT
  • ICT - Aiza Garcia
  • ICT - Mukta Peri

 

Languages

French

  • Nadine Wells
  • Leila Yazid
  • Taziana Pinto

Spanish

  • Margot Chavez
  • Taziana Pinto

Hindi

  • Sunita Rajpurohit

Arabic 

  • Arabic A - Islam Awaad
  • Arabic A - Sherin Farag
  • Arabic A - Fatma Abdelwa
  • Arabic A - Siham Kabakibi
  • Arabic B - Noura Alshik Salah
  • Arabic B - Maryam Alkahras
  • Arabic B - Hamad Mustafa
  • Arabic B - Hassan Slyman
  • Arabic B - Ula Adel

Islamic

  • Islamic A - Safeia Abdeltif
  • Islamic B - Abdullah Abdelraouf

Library
  • Library Teacher - Simple Grover
Mother Tongue
  • Hindi Mother Tongue - Veerpal Sharma
  • Dutch Mother Tongue - Tessy van Londen
  • Swedish Mother Tongue - Anneli Saxby

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