TODDLER/NURSERY PROGRAMME (1 - 3 years)

The Toddlers / Nursery Programme is for students aged 1 to 3 and is the foundation for developing an understanding of important concepts, acquiring essential skills and knowledge, developing positive attitudes and learning to take responsible actions.

All classes in the Toddlers and Nursery use English as the medium of communication, which allows the children to be exposed to the language in a natural way. Comprehension of English is promoted by the regular repetition of greetings, farewells, questions, instructions, familiar songs, and chants. Through directed play and active learning, a vocabulary of simple nouns, adjectives, verbs, and common phrases is developed. There is a consistent focus on 'learning is fun'.

Toddlers is for students aged 1 to 2 and focuses on discovery and learning new things for the first time.

These students discover sensorial learning. They are able to touch, smell, taste, hear, and see in a purposeful way. They experiment with paints, play dough, puzzles, educational toys, water, sand, and nature.

Each child is accompanied by an adult carer. The students meet other people outside their family group for the first time in a secure and caring environment. They begin to interact with others and participate in group activities, such as singing and reading.

The students learn to handle routines such as putting their work away, and to care for themselves through exercising simple daily tasks including washing and drying their hands.

Nursery is for students aged 2 to 3 with the focus on developing independence in a safe and stimulating environment.

The Nursery students are active learners and they learn most effectively through first-hand experiences. Understanding of the world around them develops rapidly as they start to compare objects that are soft and hard, can be pushed and pulled, cut and shaped, built and demolished, thrown and caught, glued and painted.

The Nursery students are encouraged to question, explore, apply, and test out what they know and can do.