Curriculum

British Curriculum Overview

• Social and Emotional Development
  • Expresses affection, empathy and sympathy to others and balances needs and rights of others and self.
  • Engages in positive relationships and interactions with adults involved in their learning.
  • Engages in positive relationships and interacts in socially appropriate manner with minimal conflict amongst peers.
  • Demonstrates increasing ability to self-regulate impulses/emotions and return to equilibrium after experiencing stress.
  • Demonstrates ability to ask for as well as offer help when needed.
• Approaches to Learning
  • Demonstrates eagerness, curiosity and flexibility as a learner.
  • Developing ability and self-direction to set and follow through with goals and complete an action or task.
  • Joins in and co-operates with others in play and learning.
• Physical Development and Health
  • Developing large muscle co-ordination and co-ordination through activities such as pulling, throwing, catching, kicking etc.
  • Developing travelling skills by using locomotors skills to maneuver in their environment and in a large group.
  • Participates in structured and unstructured activities.
  • Developing large muscle control and balancing skills through such as walking (front and backwards), skipping, running, climbing, hopping, stretching, reaching etc.
  • Using a variety of tools and materials to build grasp and release skills, scissor skills and ability to use thumb/forefinger in pincer grasp.
  • Developing eye-hand co-ordination using a variety of materials.
  • Developing pre-writing and drawing skills using a variety of tools.
  • Learning about importance of nutrition and healthy routines and how they benefit their bodies.
  • Demonstrates increasing ability to complete self-help/personal care tasks and life skills independently (washing hands, toileting, using eating utensils etc.)
• Social Science and Knowledge
  • Developing understanding of their personal and family structure.
  • Developing awareness of their family, the community, the classroom and their responsibility in each.
• Mathematical Knowledge and Skills
  • Developing ability to recognize numbers recite them in order and recognize that numbers represent quantities.
  • Uses numbers, one-to-one counting and identifying number of objects in a set, without counting them, to determine the quantity.
  • Developing ability to identify, predict, create and extend simple patterns.
  • Developing ability to measure wide variety of objects using many different attributes (weight, length, size etc.).
  • Developing ability to classify, compare, sort and order a wide variety of object by different attributes.
  • Identify basic shapes and beginning to identify their parts.
  • Developing understanding of co-ordination and positional language (1st, 2nd, 3rd directionally up and down) and spatial awareness (next-to on top of etc.)
• Scientific Knowledge and Skills
  • Developing observation and enquiry skills using their senses and tools (including technology) to gather and investigate information.
  • Makes predictions and inferences about change in materials.
  • Communicates and documents information gathered using a variety of methods (drawing maps, graphs, charts and through discussion).
  • Developing knowledge of science concepts through exploration of the different sciences (life science, physical science, environmental science, technological science.
• Creative Arts
  • Visual arts: uses a variety of materials to make art creations to reflect thoughts, feelings, experience or knowledge.
  • Drama: participates in dramatic play using creativity, imagination and objects/props to express themselves.
  • Dance and movement: participates in expressive dancing and movement activities.
  • Music: participates in music through activities by listening, performing, singing or using musical instruments.
• Language and literacy Development
  • Understands and follows at least 2-3 step instructions.
  • Uses increasingly complex and varied vocabulary, grammar and syntax in conversation and storytelling.
  • Speech is clear and understood by others.
  • Developing awareness of print (in books and environment)and recognizes that print conveys meaning (recognizing own name).
  • Recognizes how books are read (front to back one page at a time) and characteristics of books (title, author, and illustrator).
  • Listens to and describes items/actions in books.
  • Notices and discriminates sounds of language (rhyme, alliteration etc.) and that letters have distinct sounds associated with them (such as beginning and/or ending sounds.
  • Recognizes and identifies letters of the alphabet.
  • Demonstrates increased emergent writing skills such as controlled scribbles, basic shapes, letter like marks etc.