Art & Design
Gives learners a platform to express themselves, sparking imagination, creativity, and developing transferable skills. Students explore and push boundaries to become reflective, critical, and decisive thinkers. They learn how to articulate personal responses to their experiences.
Cambridge Global Perspectives
We are delighted to introduce Cambridge Global Perspectives for learners aged 5 to 11 years as part of our primary program. The program develops the skills of research, analysis, evaluation, reflection, collaboration, and communication. It strengthens the links across English as a first or second language, mathematics, science, and ICT Starters. Making Cambridge Global Perspectives available to younger students will develop and embed cross-curricular skills at an earlier age, supporting them in their studies as they progress to Cambridge Lower Secondary and beyond.
Cambridge ICT Starters
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is now part of the educational experience worldwide and is regarded as new ‘literacy’ alongside reading, writing, and numeracy. Cambridge ICT Starters is a series of modules that evaluate candidates on their ability to use a range of computer software to communicate, handle information, model, and program solutions. It is suitable for candidates of any age and is typically used for learners aged 5 to 14 years. Learners will develop key ICT skills in a range of applications including computer programming, word processing, digital graphics, databases, spreadsheets, email, presentations, video/animation, the internet, and web authoring. They will also consider wider issues such as E-safety and the adaption of their work to suit their audience.
Digital Literacy
Digital literacy is an essential skill for learners of all ages, including the youngest primary students. The digital world allows us to connect, collaborate, innovate and discover new information on an ever-broadening scale, and learners must be able to effectively use technology from the very beginning of their educational journey. Students develop digital skills that will help with many aspects of their future learning and development. They will:
- understand their place, and the place of others in an interconnected world, and make educated decisions about the information that they encounter online
- develop knowledge and understanding that will allow them to respond to, and evaluate technology of the future
- develop skills to create increasingly sophisticated documents and presentations
- learn how to become positive contributors to the digital world
- use digital technology safely and protect their own physical and emotional wellbeing.
English as a Second Language
Our new English as a Second Language curriculum empowers even the youngest learners to communicate confidently and effectively. It helps them to develop the skills needed to respond to a range of information, media, and texts. The program promotes active learning, develops thinking skills, and encourages intellectual engagement. This subject is for learners who speak a language other than English at home – there is no expectation that they will have prior experience of English before starting this course. This curriculum develops learners’ curiosity about other languages and cultures, and how these shapes our perceptions of the world. They will see themselves as successful language learners, be able to communicate effectively, and become confident in and enjoy reading a range of texts as their skills develop.
Mathematics
Math helps us to think analytically and have better reasoning abilities. Our primary mathematics curriculum encourages life-long enthusiasm for analytical and rational thinking. Learners develop a holistic understanding of the subject, focusing on principles, patterns, systems, functions, and relationships. They will become mathematically competent and fluent in computation, which they can apply to everyday situations. ‘Thinking and working mathematically’, a unique feature of our curriculum, encourages learners to talk with others, challenge ideas, and provide evidence that validates conjectures and solutions. When learners are thinking and working mathematically, they actively seek to make sense of ideas and build connections between different facts, procedures, and concepts. This supports higher-order thinking that helps them to view the world mathematically.
Music
Music fosters creativity and builds confidence. It helps learners to express themselves and shows them the importance of communication as they learn to connect with other musicians and with audiences. Learners explore music as performers, composers, and informed listeners. They make, understand, and appreciate music from different cultures, times, and places, helping them to develop leadership and collaboration skills as well as self-confidence.
Cambridge Primary Music learners
- cultivate a joy of music through participating in meaningful and enjoyable experiences
- develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to contribute as musicians
- collaborate with others in purposeful and expressive ways through singing and playing instruments
- nurture their individual and collective creativity
- use their growing knowledge to explore and generate music that is unique, relevant, and valuable.
Students develop creative skills that will help with many aspects of their future learning and development.
Physical Education
Physical education is a vital part of a balanced school curriculum. Regular exercise improves physical and mental health and there is growing evidence that it improves academic performance across the curriculum. Establishing good patterns of exercise in primary school provides learners with the foundation for an active and healthy lifestyle. This subject is about learning to move and moving to learn. Learners develop skills through a wide variety of age-appropriate physical activities, including games, gymnastics, and dance. As individuals and team members, they will:
- increase confidence, moving with increasing control, fluency, and variety
- improve their understanding of concepts, rules, tactics, strategies, and compositional ideas
- participate in respectful and responsible ways, engaging appropriately and safely
- improve knowledge and understanding of how physical education can contribute to a healthy and active lifestyle
- develop transferable skills promoting physical, cognitive, and social development and become independent, critical, and reflective movers and thinkers.
Students develop creative skills that will help with many aspects of their future learning and development.
Science
Our exciting new primary science curriculum helps learners develop a life-long curiosity about the natural world, and enables them to seek scientific explanations of the phenomena around them. Students will think scientifically and develop practical skills alongside knowledge and understanding, which is vital for explaining the world around us. Improving learners’ awareness of science in the world around them develops their sense that ‘science is for me’, helping to connect themselves to the subject.
This approach provides them with the knowledge and skills they require to excel at science in later stages of education and to make informed choices, including considering sustainability issues and meeting the challenges facing our environment.
