Yew Chung International School of Chongqing

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Early Childhood Education

Primary

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World Classroom

Yew Chung primary education nurtures in each student creativity, competence, exploration, acquisition and problem-solving capability. We provide a challenging bilingual and cross-cultural international curriculum. The formal curriculum is based on the National Curriculum of England that meets international standards and is taught in English by native-speaking western teachers. Chinese language and culture is taught by Chinese teachers in Putonghua. Through this modified curriculum, students develop the capacity of being bilingual and multi-cultural. This attribute plays a key role in setting a solid foundation for further education.

The curriculum is designed within an international perspective and elements of the curricula from England, Australia, Canada and the United States are utilized.

Part of the curriculum is conducted according to the normal subject classification where integrated learning is the major methodology. The core curriculum is thematically designed with a fusion of various subjects. Students are trained to learn actively, think independently, collect, integrate and analyze data. Learning through practical situations empowers them to interweave textbook knowledge and real life experiences as well as to link up individual exploration and build up a sense of team work so as to integrate their creativity, thinking and problem-solving skills. Students are encouraged to make use of the library and computers in order to discover the most current information in their subjects.

The focus of the key stage groups is to ripen students' skills and abilities to work independently and cooperatively and to think critically rather than simply focusing on the acquisition of knowledge. a well-defined comprehensive syllabus that eases transition from one country to another is provided in the following subjects:

-	Mathematics (number, shape, space & measurement data, problem solving)
-	Science
-	English (speaking & listening, writing language, spelling, reading)
-	Chinese (language and culture)
-	History
-	Geography
-	Music
-	Art
-	Information and Communication Technology, and
-	Physical Education

In addition, the school emphasizes "threads" of learning in all subjects. They are:

-	INTERGRATED LEARNING, with a focus on how the students' learning in one subject is connected to their learning in another subject and to conditions in the real world.
-	PROBLEM SOLVING, with a focus on problems that lend themselves to more than one type of solution and novel ways of solving them.
-	LEARNING BY DOING, with an emphasis on students doing practical tasks rather than following textbook or teacher developed examples.
-	ACTIVITY CENTERED LEARNING, with an emphasis on students learning in interdependent and small group learning activities.
-	COMMUNICATION, with an emphasis on students learning how to reason and write clearly and logically.
-	REAL LIFE PROBLEMS, with an emphasis on students solving problems using real life situations.
-	ENQUIRY PROCESS, with a focus on students using the scientific approach to investigate and seek answers to questions.
-	FUTURE REFERENCE, with a focus on students acquiring the knowledge and skills to prepare them for a changing world, new technologies and a different tomorrow.

Address: No. 2, Huxia Street, Yuan Yang Town, New Northern Zone, Chongqing 401122, P.R.C.
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