Curriculum

The Curriculum for 4, 5 and 6 Year Olds
Guided by a set of developmental domains and a set of habits of mind outcomes, the curriculum for 4 to 6 year olds consists of both the structured curriculum and emergent curriculum. The structured curriculum focuses on literacy and math concept and skills that prepare children for school readiness. The emergent curriculum allows children to apply these skills and concepts in projects based on topics that meet their interests.

Four trans-disciplinary themes provide the framework for the exploration of knowledge in project work. Teachers and students are guided by these broad themes as they design curricular units for exploration and study as follows.

• The Child’s World
• Communicating in the World
• People in the World
• Wonders of the World

Six subject knowledge are integrated into the 4 trans-disciplinary themes of the curriculum model as follows.

1.Language learning and communication
2.Early mathematical Learning
3.Early science Learning
4.Aesthetic and creative expression learning
5.Health and physical learning
6.Social and personal learning

Students explore the subject areas through these themes, often in ways that transcend conventional subject boundaries. In the process, they develop an understanding of important concepts, acquire essential skills and knowledge, develop particular attitudes and learn to take socially responsible action.

The Mandarin Curriculum
The Chinese programme for 18 months to 6 year olds adopts a literacy-based curriculum where children in the different age groups are introduced to listening, speaking, reading and writing the chinese language. Through a variety of stories, songs, rhymes, poems, music and games, the curriculum seeks to immerse children in the chinese culture, to build interests in the language and to learn moral values.