Curriculum
The importance of Infant Education resides in the fact that it is during this stage the individual assimilates the most stimuli from the environment and forms the basis for future education.
We seek to stimulate and to promote a comprehensive development of the child during this stage. We distinguish between two essential levels for the development of the child: an initial level of acknowledgement and awareness of the social and physical environment, and a second level of consolidation and acquisition of the necessary skills for their admission into Primary Education.
What is more, we introduce children to the learning of the English language, with fifty per cent of the hours devoted to this subject, following the principles of globalization and organizing the different areas that make up the curriculum in order to permit children to move forward according to the needs and demands of today’s society.
Our active, lively and imaginative methodology stimulates the child’s creativity and his/her capacity for observation.
To provide children with life experiences and meaningful learning, to consolidate oral and written expression and to educate with joy and liberty are the main objectives pursued during Primary Education.
The use of a larger number of teaching and technological resources will help children in their absorption of knowledge and will make them participants in and protagonists of their own learning.
At this stage, children continue with their extensive study of the English language, which is also the language of choice for the teaching of a number of subjects.
Our main objective is to facilitate the growth of our students into open-minded men and women who can think critically, who are tolerant and respectful and who love progress and culture.
In order to achieve this goal we have launched new teaching initiatives which accelerate the learning cycle of our students in a constructive environment of emotional motivation.
The following aspects should be emphasized:
Project-based learning, a more interdisciplinary style and the extensive study of the English languagewill endow students with an all-important multicultural perspective of the world we live in.
Education in ethical values continues to be at the center of the whole teaching process. Both academic performance and correct behavior at School will be the basic parameters in the process of selection and permanence of everybody in the School community.
Our main objective is to facilitate the growth of our students into open-minded men and women who can think critically, who are tolerant and respectful and who love progress and culture.
In order to achieve this goal we have launched new teaching initiatives which accelerate the learning cycle of our students in a constructive environment of emotional motivation.
The following aspects should be emphasized:
Project-based learning, a more interdisciplinary style and the extensive study of the English languagewill endow students with an all-important multicultural perspective of the world we live in.
Education in ethical values continues to be at the center of the whole teaching process. Both academic performance and correct behavior at School will be the basic parameters in the process of selection and permanence of everybody in the School community.
The Diploma Programme (DP) of the International Baccalaureate® (IB) is an educational program with its own assessment system for students between the ages of 16 and 19.
What is the Diploma Programme?
The Diploma Program is aimed at high school students between the ages of 16 and 19. It promotes students’ personal and academic development and encourages them to think critically and transdisciplinary and to ask the right questions. IB education also fosters diversity, curiosity and an eagerness to learn.
What does the DP offer students?
Through the Diploma Program, schools will be able to develop students who:
- Achieve excellent breadth and depth of knowledge.
- Grow physically, intellectually, emotionally and ethically.
- Study at least two languages
- Excel in traditional academic subjects
- Explore the nature of knowledge through the Theory of Knowledge course, which is unique to the program.
- Pathway to university and the world of work
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) is recognized and respected by the world’s leading universities, and there is evidence that DP students enter university and higher education at a higher rate than students who do not take the program.
Advantages of the IB
The IB enables students to direct their own learning trajectory and develop the skills and self-confidence they need to progress and make a difference. It also equips teachers as architects of learning excellence who share a journey with colleagues engaged in a rewarding profession and supported by a strong global network. Finally, it helps schools build a strong reputation for achieving positive results that strengthen the entire community.
Information taken from the IB website: www.ibo.org