CURRICULA GUIDE

The school offers an engaging play-based curriculum using teaching and learning materials from the highly regarded British Early Years Foundation Stage Framework. The main emphasis is on providing a secure and nurturing environment that allows all the children to develop at their own pace.

The Early Years Foundation Stage includes the following seven areas of learning.

Three Prime Areas

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Communication and Language
• Physical Development

Four Core Areas

• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the world
• Expressive Arts and Design

There is a strong emphasis on personal, social and emotional development as a means by which children develop their skills of independence, problem solving and confidence.

We understand that students have different needs and learn in different ways which is why the Primary years at BVIS are considered a formative time, where children develop their personalities, learn life skills, and grow their creativity and intellect.

At BVIS HCMC, we consider ourselves to be a learning focused school, disciplined yet fun, aiming to provide the skills, knowledge and understanding for our pupils to become successful life-long learners. To do this, we define what good learning looks like, how we achieve it and for what purpose. We ensure that this is shared with the whole school community.

We call this Key Stage 3. In these years students make the transition from Primary to Secondary school and develop the broad range of skills needed to excel in the International GCSE qualifications.

We call this Key Stage 4 and during these years students study for the academically rigorous IGCSE exams. This is an excellent preparation for A Levels and the first step in gaining entrance to the world's best universities.

In Years 12 and 13 (16-18 years old) students study for A Level qualifications in specific subjects. We use syllabuses from both Cambridge International and Pearson Edexcel which are considered the gold standard of academic excellence and are accepted by all top-ranking universities around the world.