Nursery Section

CURRICULUM

Hopespring Foundation School Nursery section has three classes with two arms each – Sparrow (Nursery 1); Penguin (Nursery 2); Swan (Nursery 3). These classes were named after birds because the age characteristics of the children mimics that of birds. Our class comprises of 23-30 children with 4 adults. Making a ratio of at least 7-8 children per adult. The Nursery goals are to foster each child’s cognitive, emotional, physical and social development; to nurture each child’s learning style.

Character development is part of our curriculum. This helps the child develop his self-identity, self-reliance and social skills by first learning about their classmates and families, and later community helpers. The children also take part in age appropriate community service activities to encourage a regular practice of giving back and respect.

Nursery activities include an assembly each week, daily playground time, celebrations like – Cultural day, Thanks giving, Easter egg-hunt, Valentine, Field Trips, and outdoor learning activities.

Subjects we do are as follows;

• English Language Art
• Mathematics
• Thinking Skills
• Circle Time
• Rhymes
• Reading
• Music
• Sports
• Karate
• Dance
• Swimming
• Cookery

All these are taught through the use of I. P board, software, incorporating the different learning styles. (Eight Intelligence)

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Circle Time

Starting from our Sparrow through Swan class the children are exposed to the same concept but at different levels. By the end of your child’s stay at the Nursery section, he/she would have discussed the following topics as part of a themed curriculum in the Nursery section.

• Marvelous Me – Myself, My family, My country/culture, My environment( Places around me).
• Supermarket
• People and work - “What I want to be when I grow up”
• Transportation
• Construction sites – Tools and machines.
• Seasons/Weather
• Animal kingdom – wild, domestic, birds, ocean life
• Insects and Spider – life cycle of an insect
• Garden - life cycle of a plant
• Life cycle of a frog
• Food and diet

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In Mathematics – they would have mastered numbers up to 1000, know number words up to two hundred, tell time, skip count numbers in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s; understand the concept of multiplication and division, solve simple and complex addition and subtraction; solve some sums by regrouping, identify and spell shapes up to 14.

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In English Language Art, they would have mastered the following concepts: identify, read and write the letters of the alphabet (upper and lower case), say the single sounds, identify initial, middle and end sound; read and spell words with six letters, read level 2 books scholastically, identify diagraphs, homophones, compound words, noun, verbs, Antonyms and synonyms. They will be able to form simple sentences.

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In Science/Discovery class, through observation, exploration and experimentation the children will learn the following concepts: the five senses, water cycle, life cycle of a frog; life cycle of a butterfly; tools and machines, parts of a plant, healthy and unhealthy food, float and sink; understand different textures and soil types.