Yes frenchie and kiwi all the non arab parents have the same problem and its already discussed many times with the principal directly but the answer they heve is that its by the orders of SEC ,although i think they r just trying to avoid the hassle of appointing teachers who are bilingual
My daughters are studying there for three years and i was very happy with the progress they made in arabic when they were taught with english translation, but this decision from the school management just stopped their learning process in arabic and in islamic studies too(which i m more worried about because before the religious studies were taught in english but now all in arabic so they are just playing in the class with zero learning)
The reason from SEC is that if they can learn english in english why they cannot learn arabic in arabic