MPS follows special bilingual KG curriculum for Arabic and English.
Arabic: Aghareed Atuful Special Arabic Curriculum
English: EYFS Early Years Foundation Stage (UK Curriculum)
Curriculum Outcomes for KG1
By the end of the academic year the Kindergarten 1 learners are assessed on these outcomes:
Mathematics
Recognizing numbers from 0 to 5
Counting objects from 0 to 5
Forming numbers from 0 to 5
Identifying and copying basic shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, diamond)
Identifying colours
Sorting objects into sets based on attributes e.g. colour
Position in space
Analysis and synthesis: building of a 12 piece puzzle
Life orientation
Obedience
Self-confidence
Co-operation
Emotional intelligence
Socializing with friends
Independent work
Task completion
Tidying up
Responsibility
Knows name and address
Knowledge of body parts
Fine motor skills
Strengthening the small muscles in their hands by manipulating mate-rials such as:
Pencils: encouraged to hold a pencil correctly
Scissors: correct handling of scissors with dominant hand, cut on a straight and curved line.
Threading
Drawing
Gross motor skills
Ball skills: throw and catch, bounce and kick
Balance: stand on one leg, walking on a straight line
Climbing apparatus
Jumping
Literacy
Develop good listening skills
Understands basic English
Learning new vocabulary as we discuss in different themes
Speak clearly so others could hear and understand them
Participate in oral discussions
Memorising songs and rhymes
Time concept
This outcome is not formally assessed, but we put a lot of effort into it throughout the academic year:
Days of the week
Months of the year
Curriculum Outcomes for KG2
By the end of the academic year the Kindergarten 2 learners are assessed on these outcomes:
Mathematics
Recognizing numbers from 0 to 10
Counting objects from 0 to 10
Forming numbers from 0 to 10
Identifying and copying basic shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, diamond)
Identifying colours
Sorting objects into sets based on attributes e.g. colour
Position in space
Identifying, copying and continuing patterns
Time concept: days of the week, months of the year, birthday, yesterday, today and tomorrow
Counting: cardinal counting up to 50, in 10’s up to 100, backwards from 10 – 0
Analysis and synthesis: building of 35 piece puzzle
Life orientation
Obedience
Self-confidence
Co-operation
Emotional intelligence
Socializing with friends
Independent work
Task completion
Tidying up
Responsibility
Knows name and address
Knowledge of body parts
Fine motor skills
Strengthening the small muscles in their hands by manipulating materials such as:
Pencils: encouraged to hold a pencil correctly
Scissors: correct handling of scissors with dominant hand, cut on a straight and curved line.
Threading
Drawing
Eye-hand coordination
Gross motor skills
Ball skills: throw and catch, bounce and kick
Balance: stand on one leg, walking on a straight line
Climbing apparatus
Jumping
Skipping
Literacy
Develop good listening skills
Understands basic English
Learned new vocabulary as discussed in different themes
Speak clearly so others could hear and understand them
Participate in oral discussions
Memorising songs and rhymes
Phonic awareness: knows the phonic sound of each letter.
Tries to blend and read CVC words
Concepts that are introduced but not formally assessed are:
Ordinal counting – first, second, third….
Numbers before, after and between.
Symbols and meaning of + and =