{"id":3657,"date":"2010-04-21T21:45:03","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T21:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/provolearning.com\/blog\/?page_id=3657"},"modified":"2020-08-12T13:49:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T17:49:54","slug":"curriculum-classes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/provolearning.com\/blog\/our-curriculum\/curriculum-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary Curriculum and Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finding quality education is an important consideration and we would like to assure parents that their children will receive a well-balanced, high standard of education here at Provo Primary School.<\/p>\n<p>Our goal is to combine excellence in teaching with enjoyment of learning.&nbsp; We have created a unique curriculum that is based on the framework of the British Primary Curriculum and which encompasses our philosophy.&nbsp; We have adapted this to suit our children and the context in which they work.<\/p>\n<p>We&nbsp; aim to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>take ownership of our curriculum and adapt it, along with our physical environment, to the needs of our children, to our locality and our international diverse community.&nbsp; We are fully inclusive and happy to consider supporting learners with diverse needs.<\/li>\n<li>develop the distinctive character of our school, building on existing strengths and working closely with the community;<\/li>\n<li>be creative and innovative in how we teach and in how we run the school;<\/li>\n<li>combine subjects through meaningful topics that nurture children&#8217;s curiosity for learning.<\/li>\n<li>use assessments and targets to help every child develop to their true potential and to measure school performance.<\/li>\n<li>help children form mind habits that will allow them to grow up and flourish in our 21<sup>st<\/sup> century TCI and worldwide arena.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Years 1-6 we follow a topic-based, creative curriculum. This approach links all subjects through a central theme that classes explore together over a half or full term.&nbsp;By centring learning on one topic area, children learn&nbsp;to apply their newly acquired skills in a meaningful and purposeful ways across the curriculum. Children learn to adopt a multi-disciplined approach to their work in order to research, investigate, reason and inquire.<\/p>\n<p>See our latest topic maps below:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/provolearning.com\/blog\/school-information\/newsletters-2\/newsletters-topic-maps-2015-2016\/<\/p>\n<p>We have classes throughout the school from Toddlers to Year 6.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 210px;\" border=\"1\" width=\"98%\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#3399cc\">\n<td width=\"16%\">\n<div><strong>Our Classes<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"19%\">\n<div><strong>Age<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"22%\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>England and Wales Equivalents<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"23%\">\n<div><strong>USA \/ Canada Equivalents<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Toddlers \/ Preschool<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1 &#8211; 2 years \/ 2 &#8211; 3 years<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Junior Kindergarten <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<div>3 &#8211; 4 years<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;Nursery<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Kindergarten<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<div>4 &#8211; 5 years<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Reception<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;Pre-School\/ Junior Kindergarten<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Year 1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<div>5 &#8211; 6 years<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Year 1<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Kindergarten\/ Senior Kindergarten<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Year 2 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<div>6 &#8211; 7 years<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Year 2<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Grade 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"18\"><strong>Year 3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<div>7 &#8211; 8 years<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Year 3<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Grade 2<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"18\"><strong>Year 4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<div>8 &#8211; 9 years<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Year 4<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Grade 3<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"21\"><strong>Year 5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<div>9 &#8211; 10 years<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Year 5<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Grade 4<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"21\"><strong>Year 6<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<div>10 &#8211; 11 years<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Year 6<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Grade 5<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding quality education is an important consideration and we would like to assure parents that their children will receive a well-balanced, high standard of education here at Provo Primary School. 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