Using language and literacy to represent ideas and thoughts
Children immersed in a language
The school focusses on, the two important elements of language :
Listening & Speaking
Reading &
Mandarin
Mandarin programme of Apple Tree Pre-school helps children to:
Develop their communication skills in Mandarin
Recognise Chinese characters
Learn the proper strokes of writing Chinese characters
Mathematics
Number Concepts, Pattern & Relationship, Geometry & Spatial Sense, Measurement, Data Collection, Organisation & Representation
In Mathematics Programme :
Children are being guided to make new connections
Children are having time and opportunities to work out different mathematical problems
Children can apply their understanding to everyday tasks and in play
Art & Craft
Involvement in creativity arts stimulates children’s senses and enhances their learning and thinking
Such experiences give children opportunity to:
Explore and experiment with ideas, materials and activities
Feel confident to try new experiences and ways of doing things
Be exposed to the art forms of different cultures
Science
Children learn to explore and understand about physical properties of materials and objects, the life of living things and the environment
Apple Tree Pre-School encourages children to:
Observe, develop and engage their senses
Learn from experiences
Gather and apply information
Demonstrate discoveries
Social Studies
Social Studies is the study of people on how they live today and in the past, how they work, interact with each other, solve problems, shape and be shaped by the environment.
Apple Tree Pre-School believes in:
Teaching and guiding children to have a sense of belonging to a family and to a community
Showing children how to care and value to living things that are a part of a community
Developing acceptable behavior in the society
Music & Movement
Apple Tree Pre-School encourages children to have opportunities to:
Experiment with their voices
Explore movements
Explore musical instruments
Be confident in performing in front of an audience