Early Years

In Nursery, Kindergarten and Reception, the curriculum focuses on seven areas of learning:

• Communication and language development involves giving children opportunities to speak and listen in a range of situations and to develop their confidence and skills in expressing themselves.
• Physical development involves providing opportunities for young children to be active and interactive, and to develop their coordination, control, and movement. Children must also be helped to understand the importance of physical activity, and to make healthy choices in relation to food.
• Personal, social and emotional development involves helping children to develop a positive sense of themselves and others; to form positive relationships and develop respect for others; to develop social skills and learn how to manage their feelings; to understand appropriate behaviour in groups; and to have confidence in their own abilities.
• Literacy development involves encouraging children to read and write, both through listening to others reading, and being encouraged to begin to read and write themselves. Children must be given access to a wider range of reading materials – books, poems, and other written materials, to ignite their interest.
• Mathematics development involves providing children with opportunities to practice and improve their skills in counting numbers, calculating simple addition and subtraction problems, and to describe shapes, spaces, and measures.
• Understanding of the world involves guiding children to make sense of their physical world and their community through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology and the environment.
• Expressive arts and design involves supporting children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials, as well as providing opportunities and encouragement for sharing their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a variety of activities in art, music, movement, dance, role play, and design and technology.

Students in Reception and also have Thai Language and Culture lessons.

Primary

The first two hours of the day (8.15-9.15 and 9.15 to 10.15) are set aside for the Literacy and Numeracy classes, which follow the English National Curriculum.

Other subjects are taught in ‘Integrated Studies’ through a series of topics and themes. The source of these units is a variety of existing national and international programmes and the teacher’s own input.  This approach covers the main subject areas of Science, History, Geography, ICT, Design Technology and Art. It may also involve elements of PSHE,

The following subjects are taught by subject specialists

• Mandarin (From Year 3)
• Music
• Physical Education
• Swimming
• Thai or Thai as a Foreign Language (TFL)
• English Language Support (ELS) if required

Year 2 and Year 6 students are entered for national curriculum tests in English and Maths. Students in Years 3, 4 and 5 take optional tests in English and Maths. The results of all tests are reported to parents in term 3 in the written reports.

Secondary

In Years 7 to 9, the curriculum is based on the English National Curriculum, along with the use of the Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint programme in English. The range of subjects and number of lessons is the same through Years 7 to 9 as follows:

Years 9 and 10 (IGCSE)

Charter received approval to become an examinations centre with Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) in September 2011.

The subjects for Year 10 starting in the 2017/18 academic year are:

Required: Second Language English*, Maths, First Language Thai or Foreign Language Mandarin

*Some 10 students will take Second Language IGCSE English at the end of Year 10, and may transfer to First Language English in Year 11.

Optional Subjects:

Group 1 Language: Foreign Language Mandarin

Group 2 Humanities and Social Sciences: Geography, History, English Literature

Group 3 Science: Physics, Chemistry, Biology

Group 5 Creative, Technical and Vocational: Art and Design, Music, ICT, Computer Science, Business Studies, PE

Year 12 and 13 (A Levels)

The following subjects are offered at A Level for the 2017-2018 School Year.

Chemistry   Biology   Physics   Art   History   Maths   English   Geography   Business   ICT    Computer Science

In addition students have classes in English (TOEFL preparation), PE, Thai (for Thai Nationals)