Kindergarten 1

EARLY YEARS AT WESGREEN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Given an environment in which they can thrive and in which they can take pleasure, young children can become competent learners and skilful communicators, with a strong sense of self and belonging. Three of the key elements of the Foundation Stage are exploration, investigation and experimentation and our ‘learning through play’ philosophy in the Early Years of Wesgreen International School can prove very effective for our students.

The partnership between school and home is a very important one. Children learn successfully when teachers carefully plan structured activities which build on their previous knowledge and experience. At Wesgreen International School, teaching and learning in the Foundation Stage is often topic based and cross curricular rather than being organised into different subjects as they are later on in your child’s school life, but aims to cover the learning goals in six main areas of development, each area as important as another.

  • Communication, Language and Literacy
  • Mathematical Development
  • Physical Development
  • Creative Development
  • Knowledge and Understanding of the World (which may be later compartmentalised into History, Geography, Science, and Information and Communication Technology)
  • Personal, Social and Emotional Development.
  • Arabic
  • Islamic

Any single activity has the capacity to encompass more than one developmental area. The children of KG1 experience activities, including many aspects of Mathematical Development and Communication, Language and Literacy, including an introduction to phonics, which children enjoy as play, but come to recognise as purposeful and useful learning and which can be further built on as they progress to KG2.

Your child’s diary is an essential form of communication between home and school, giving all kinds of information, including that of the phonic being introduced in a particular week, for children of KG1 and, in KG2, a summary of the Literacy, Numeracy and Science topics during the week. Assessment is carried out on a continual basis.

KG1 topics for 2008/2009

First term                                                 Second term

1) Ourselves                                               Under the Sea

2) Stories,Tales and Rhymes                      Carnival

Goals within the Six Developmental Areas:

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

  • Gain confidence to follow routine and move around the classroom independently.
  • Increase their concentration and be able to complete developmentally appropriate tasks.
  • To learn to share and take turns.
  • To work and play with peers.
  • To learn to treat the environment with care.
  • To gain the confidence to join in group activities.

Communication, Language and Literacy

  • Introduce the initial sounds using Jolly Phonics.
  • Increase English Vocabulary.
  • To develop a love and appreciation of stories.
  • Understand and respond to basic instructions.
  • To initiate conversation.
  • Recognize their own name.
  • Over write name.

Mathematical Development

  • Recognize, name and use the numbers 1 to 10 out of sequence.
  • To recognize and name the four basic shapes. Circle, square, rectangle and triangle. And are introduced to other shapes.
  • Recognize and name the primary and secondary colours.
  • Be introduced and use positional language.
  • Be able to match objects 1 to 1.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

  • Explore ICT activities and learn to use a computer mouse.
  • Develop the confidence to discuss family, environment and home life.
  • Develop the confidence to talk about past events in own life.

Physical Development

  • Develop fine motor skills with the use of puzzles, gluing activities, painting, drawing, play dough, painting and colouring activities.
  • To use the correct pencil grip.
  • To hold scissors correctly and cut accurately.
  • Develop gross motor skills including being aware of personal space, balance, throwing and catching.

Creative Development

  • To develop an awareness of colour and textures.
  • Experiment with painting, collage, drawing, gluing, and mixing colours.
  • Exploring dance and movement.
  • To participate in songs and rhymes.
  • To learn to follow a simple rhythm using a variety of instruments.
  • To explore play with sand and water activities.
  • To develop a love of music.
  
 
 
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