FOUNDATION SUBJECTS
- Art and Design: Children experience a wide range of artistic activities, involving a variety of media. Relevant skills are taught, matched to the growth and development of the child. The children are introduced to the work of artists, both past and present. Artwork feeds into the rich displays that celebrate our children’s work and make our school a stimulating place to be in each day.
- Design and Technology: This allows the children to use a variety of tools and materials to plan, make and evaluate objects, working models and their immediate surroundings. Children develop constructional and simple engineering skills.
- Geography: Children begin by investigating their local area and learning about a contrasting area either in the U.K. or abroad. This is extended as they progress through school and develop understanding of physical, human and environmental geography linked to an understanding of globalisation. Themes include weather, settlement and environmental change.
- History: At Key Stage 1, children are given opportunities to develop an awareness of the past, how we find out about it and how it differs from the present. At Key Stage 2, children learn about important episodes and developments in Britain's past, the history of other parts of the world and the study of ancient civilisations.
- Music: Children throughout the school have opportunities to:
- Sing individually or in arranged groups;
- Play tuned and untuned instruments;
- Listen to music of different types and from different composers;
- Make their own music.
Children are encouraged to have confidence in, and gain pleasure from, music.
- Physical Education (P.E.): P.E. promotes physical activity, fair play, honest competition and regard for safety. It develops performance of skills in dance, basic gymnastics, team games, netball, hockey, football, cricket, tennis, swimming and athletics.
- Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE): Although not a National Curriculum ‘subject’ as such, aspects of PSHE are regularly taught both formally and informally. Children learn to respect the views and rights of others, whilst being taught to understand their responsibilities to other people and the role of society. Health education and the need for basic hygiene are taught at appropriate age levels.
- Second Language: In an international school, we believe that learning a second language from an early age should be a priority. We start teaching Italian and/or French in Reception for the pupils for whom English is their mother tongue. For those who are not native English-speakers, additional English lessons are provided.
- Religious Education is provided to all pupils. It acknowledges the individual faith of each pupil whilst teaching them to understand and respect the faiths of others. Parents have the right to withdraw their child from assemblies and religious education lessons, during which time alternative, supervised teaching is provided. In keeping with our laïque (secular) principles, outward display of religious symbols is discouraged.
- Reproduction and Sexual Relationships. The school approaches ‘sex education’ with care and sensitivity and always within the context of loving, stable relationships and the family unit. In adherence to the National Curriculum and forming part of Science, Religious Education and English lessons, children are taught first about the birth and care of babies, both animal and human, and later about human reproduction and sexual responsibility. (NB: Parents retain the right to withdraw their child from this part of the curriculum if they so wish.)
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