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Westfields International School (WIS) provides an exceptional educational experience for children of more than 30 nationalities around the world.

The goal of the school is to provide each learner with enjoyable and meaningful experience, while discovering and developing skills and talents that will facilitate success both here at Westfields and beyond.

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Pre-school Curriculum


What do I learn at Preschool?

 

Social Skills

 

Learn to be away from my parents  and this may take  some time

Learn to work with teachers and other adults

Learn to work with a large group of children

Learn to work alone

Learn simple rules and routines

Learn to share and cooperate

Learn to complete a task or activity

Learn to question and answer

Learn to be independent but not afraid to ask for help

Learn to select and choose

Learn to share my family and experiences with others

Learn to share my family and experiences with others

 

  

Remember: I will learn at my own rate and this may be faster or slower than others

 

 I learn MATHEMATHICS as I:

 

Recognize the names of numbers

Am able to say them in right order

Match each number with the correct amount of things

Know the names of shapes and colors and be able to match them

Put things that are alike into sets (groups)

Learn that things can be put in order e.g. from smallest to biggest

Learn about size more, less big, small

Learn about weight

Learn about space in, on, behind, through

Learn that things are constant e.g. water in a tall dish is still the same in flat dish

Learn that things are constant e.g. water in a tall dish is still the same in flat dish

 

 

Learn Pre-Math skills in all areas of Preschool- especially through Math games,  sand, waterand block play

 

Before I learn to WRITE I need to:

 

Know what happens when I put pencils or paint to paper

Be able to hold a pencil or brush comfortably

Have time to scribble, draw circles and make shapes before I am able to draw things, or letters this may take me a long time

Learn about letters and words (e.g. my name)  how they are formed and what order they go in

Enjoy drawing and painting in order to learn to write

I need you to praise and encourage me, even if you cannot see what I have created

I'll need lots of practice, plenty of paper, paint and pens

 

 

 

 

 

I need to learn all these skills to GROW
into a happy, healthy person.

 

Before I can learn to READ I need to know:

 

What a book is

That it contains words and pictures

That a book has a beginning and an end - a back and a front

I may begin to understand that reading and writing is done from left to right, top to bottom and that each printed word represents one spoken word

That these words are words that I can read

I need to learn to love and care for books in order to want to read

I may not learn all these pre reading skills before I am five but I will learn some of them

Books are enjoyable  I can find out such a lot of things

My language and listening skills grow with lots of stories, poems, singing, puppets, games and music

 

 

All activities at the preschool are provided to allow me to develop my curiosity, my imagination and through my enjoyment, my concentration. Talk to me about them and my language will grow too.

 

I need to LEARN about the WORLD AROUND ME by:

 

Finding out what things are called

How they work

Where they come from

What they are made of and who makes them

What they are made of and who makes them

Will they hurt me?

How do they grow and develop?

 

 

 

  

 

 

I may get dirty, wet, or even a little hurt while I am finding out about things, but if i make a discovery then it’s been worth it

  

Before I learn to WRITE I need to:

 

Can act them out in play

Can express them in my art

Can find successful activities to let off steam

   

 

To get the most from Preschool, I need an encouraging adult to help me do it my way and my way is through play.