It is the aim of the management to have a Kindergarten where children can realize their full potential regardless of race, colour, religion or gender. To achieve this TEK works to ensure that:
The curriculum is balanced and broadly based, and promotes the moral, cultural, mental and physical development of our children and of society, and prepares our children for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life. All children are expected to acquire skills in speaking and listening, reading, writing, numeracy and information. In the event where children have English as an additional language and needs specialist teaching to develop appropriate fluency, parents will be guided and supported in finding such support outside school, as well as being advised to the support the school can provide.
TEK provides full time supervised education for children between the ages of 3 years-5 years and each level, prepares children for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of the next stage of their education and lives.
At TEK, we aim to provide an engaging and meaningful curriculum that focuses on children learning through real life experiences and exciting activities. The curriculum follows a topic overview plan, where planning is based around a main theme, inspired by children’s interests. Outdoor learning is pivotal to our curriculum and is incorporated into topic weather permitting.
The objectives of our curriculum are:
Planning is responsive to individual pupil progress in the EYFS. Regular formative assessments, based on observations, photographs and examples of work, inform everyday planning as well as providing ‘learning priorities’ for each pupil, ensuring that children move to the next step in their learning. An individual profile is completed throughout the year and observational assessments are matched against the scales on the EYFS profile.
On entry to EYFS, all children are carefully assessed through the Early Excellence Baseline and careful observation, in order to ascertain stages of development, strengths and needs. Detailed and flexible planning between all teachers in the Foundation Stage ensures the delivery of a wide, varied and effective curriculum to facilitate the progress of all children.
All assessment and cohort information is stored electronically on software as well as photo portfolios
At The English Kindergarten, we believe that each child is a valued individual, and has the right to a balanced curriculum.
Unfortunately, we are not equipped to receive children with special needs. However, if the child is facing minor learning difficulties such as light dyslexia, light speech delay, he/she will be accepted. In this case, the parents will be asked present all the needed support to help their child and offer for him/her all the needed extra assistance from specialists. (Speech therapy, Occupational or behavioral therapy…).