Shirogane International School provides learning and developmental activities, which nurture creativity, independence, physical development, social development, and problem solving in children. Our curriculum is designed to focus on active learning around your child's interests, which provides a unique environment open to different avenues of exploration and fun!
Our activities are based on monthly-themed units throughout the year, which incorporate both teacher-directed activities, real-life experiences, and student-directed activities.
Through each unit we coordinate our interests into three steps:
1.Introduction to the unit: Teachers will introduce a specific topic and help gather information with the children through books, pictures, experiences, questions, and other activities.
2.Real-life experience in the unit: Whether it is a trip to the zoo or a hunt for butterflies this is when the children experience the theme first hand.
3.Expressing the unit: After we have observed the information and real-life experience it is time to explore, manipulate, create, dismantle, and construct to express what such things mean to us.
On a daily basis, the children are able to choose 2 to 3 different activities (centres). These include all or more of the following: life skills, art, science, math, social studies, drama, structured games, songs, music and movement classes, Japanese classes, stories, special themes, athletics and sports, Total Physical Response (TPR) English Language Learning and phonics. Also we sometimes have wonderful field trips and daily trips to the local parks.
Play is encouraged in all activities! In our curriculum, we also allow for a multi-cultural experience. We have numerous events throughout the year to introduce different cultures and events. We encourage parent participation! Often our parents visit the classes for the day and have a wonderful time learning more about each other, singing a few songs together, and even reading a book or two
