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Cambridge Kindergarten

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Kindergarten Curriculum


Every child deserves the best possible start in life and the support that will enable them to fulfill their full potential. Children develop quickly and their experiences in their early life has a profound effect on who they become in the future. A secure and high quality learning environment enables a child to make the most out of their abilities and talents as they grow.
Cambridge international section will shape the children in the following 6 prime areas as these also work as a framework to the teaching and charting of children’s progress.

Areas of learning…

The Foundation Stage Curriculum is split into six areas of learning…

  • Personal, social and emotional development
  • Communication, language and literacy
  • Mathematical development
  • Knowledge and understanding of the world
  • Physical Development
  • Creative Development

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

  • Encourages children to be independent and to interact with other children and adults.
  • Helps children to become confident, safe, secure and ready to learn from new experiences.

                                                            

Communication, Language and Literacy

  • Encourages children to develop conversational skills.
  • Will help children to develop listening and concentration skills.
  • Enables children to begin to hear sounds in words and to link these sounds to letters.
  • Encourages children to develop pencil control and to begin to make marks on paper.
  • Will help children to learn to read individual words and eventually, simple stories independently.

 

Mathematical Development

  • Helps children to count up to ten and beyond.
  • Encourages them to use mathematical words such as greater, smaller, heavier, lighter, more, less etc
  • Develops skills in comparing and sorting objects.
  • Supports children’s understanding of shape and size including 2D and 3D shapes

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

  • Helps children to gain an understanding of their world (Geography)
  • Encourages them to look at changes over time (History)
  • Encourages them to explore and investigate (Science)
  • Helps to develop designing and making skills (D&T)
  • Will give your children the opportunity to understand and use information and communication technology (ICT).

 

 Physical Development 

  • Supports children’s healthy development.
  • Provides opportunities for using a range of large and small equipment.
  • Helps them to develop a sense of space around themselves and others.
  • Encourages balance.
  • Develops practical skills such as dressing, undressing etc 

 

Creative Development 

  • Inspires children to explore colour and colour changes.
  • Helps them to explore shape and texture using all of their senses.
  • Develops an interest in music, singing and music-making.
  • Develops confidence and imagination.

About us

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Entebbe Junior school is a private modern, Day and boarding school, founded in the year 2000, We offer both the UNEB and Cambridge curriculums respectively. Our Cambridge examination registration number is UG018. Our mission is to be a centre for quality and affordable International Education that enhances skills, discipline, Integrity and professionalism to all stakeholders.

We stay true to this by setting very high education and moral standards for our students and staff, the proof of this lies in our continuous excellence in the Cambridge checkpoint exam that the students have sat for over the years, we have aspired to aim high in all the spheres of educating a child to make them dynamic, independent and creative thinkers.

The Management

The managing directors Captain Darlington Omamateker and Mrs. Rose Omamteker are the owners of the school, the need to provide quality and affordable international education drove them to start the section.

The international section is competently run by Ms. Michelle Omamateker who is the director of the section.