We nurture students’ curiosity with truly transformative experiences, including activities through our collaborations with world-leading organisations like UNICEF, MIT and Juilliard.
Performing arts are so much more than what is seen on stage. They encourage self-expression and self-awareness, as well the development of empathy, confidence and cultural exploration. Our collaboration with Juilliard, the world-renowned performing arts school, combined with our outstanding dance, drama, and music programmes, inspires our students’ creativity, team-work and resilience.
The Juilliard School is recognised around the world as a leader in the performing arts; our exclusive collaboration with them harnesses their expertise and experience to create an arts programme that both inspires our students and sparks their passion to pursue their talents and interests.
We love the performing arts at NAIS Dublin! We strongly believe they play a crucial role in enabling students to become intelligent, confident, well-rounded global citizens, with a deep appreciation for culture. Through our dance and drama co-curricular offerings, our students – at all levels - will develop a passion that will remain for life. Our performing arts co-curricular offerings allow for students to participate in school productions and learn the skills and techniques to create and perform.
Engaging with a broad range of genres and styles, our individual music lessons instill a curiosity and passion for the art that will last a lifetime.
We are proud to offer a rich variety of bespoke instrumental lessons –piano, cello, guitar, drums – just to name a few! Lessons are offered to students from their start in Early Years and are delivered by specialist teachers from around Dublin.
Our students strengthen their linguistic abilities, broaden their knowledge and build up their academic competencies through our diverse range of language and academic support clubs.
Expanding students' creativity and problem-solving abilities our technology co-curricular activities combine fun and learning and are always popular.
1. On the Citizenship Expedition in Arusha, Tanzania, students cultivate a sense of global citizenship through service work with the local community, help to build a local village school and learn about sustainable development and the environment.
2. The Personal Challenge Expedition in Les Martinets, Switzerland, challenges students to see beyond their limits – then push themselves to achieve their goals. In the awe-inspiring Swiss Alps, students persevere through challenging hikes while working in teams on cooking and navigation tasks.
Imagine a summer learning and performing with a team from the Juilliard Artist Faculty. Through the Juilliard-Nord Anglia Performing Arts Programme, our students can participate in the institution’s Summer Performing Arts Programme.
The programme welcomes students from around the world, who come together in a vibrant community of young and inspired artists.
Bringing together more than 25,000 students from around the world each year, the Nord Anglia range of festivals and challenges is an exciting palette of discovery for our students. NAIS Dublin students can choose to participate in sports competitions, music festivals, STEAM challenges and Model UN events with their peers from around the world.
Our collaboration with MIT centres around design thinking, inspires curiosity and creativity by way of onsite challenges – not to mention an annual visit to MIT itself, where students are taken under the wing of university experts.
Students also participate in an annual festival in collaboration with The Juilliard School. Immersed in performing arts, creativity, reflection, and teamwork, dancers, actors, and musicians discover new artistic possibilities and make new friends through engaging workshops, masterclasses, social activities, and professional performances.
Bringing learning to life through excursions to places of historical and cultural importance enhances students understanding of the world around them. Our programme includes visits to the Airfield Estate and EPIC Museum, and educational visits by curriculum specialists.
Fostering strength and purpose in our students is at the very heart of our curriculum because we know that confident and motivated students don’t just perform better – they’re happier and more resilient, too.
At Nord Anglia International School Dublin, wellbeing means doing good and feeling good. We give our entire community a sense of wellbeing – even our parents and staff!
We also teach learnt wellbeing by embedding in our curriculum the six pillars of sustained wellbeing. We link this approach with resilience-building, empowering students with an understanding of wellbeing that is unique to NAIS Dublin, focusing on how students can live their best life possible.
Our campus is a thoroughly enriching learning environment, complete with gorgeous surroundings in which students can grow, mature and set their sights on realising their dreams and aspirations.
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OUR SOCIAL PURPOSE
At Nord Anglia International School Dublin, we believe that students with a global mindset have competitive advantages in an ever more interconnected world. That’s why we seek to inspire creative, confident citizens with a thirst for knowledge and a vision to effect real and positive change in society.
Through CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service), a mandatory core subject of the IB Diploma Programme, our students collaborate and engage with the community. This includes fundraising initiatives and community service, teaching them to respond genuinely to authentic need and helping them develop real-world skills.
Our students have the drive to make their mark on the world and we work hard to empower them to do so. Our global partnership with UNICEF opens their eyes to the world around them and encourages them to develop a genuine sense of purpose. Every year, our students support hundreds of local causes through activities with UNICEF and work toward the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.