Our Curriculum
Overview
Do take a look at what we offer, or better, please call in for a chat if you have time!Our Year
The school year runs from August to June and the current school calendar can be found at https://education.greycube.in/our-calendar
Our Year Levels and Qualification
We offer a pathway leading to both the world’s most popular international school qualification, the Cambridge IGCSE and also IELTS – the world’s number one University English Langauge entrance qualification:
| Age on 1st August | Level | Qualifications | |
| 2+ | Early Years | Day Care | Early Years Foundation Stage |
| 3+ | Nursery | ||
| 4+ | K1 | ||
| 5+ | K2 | ||
| 6+ | Lower Primary | Year 1 | |
| 7+ | Year 2 | Cambridge Starters | |
| 8+ | Upper Primary | Year 3 | |
| 9+ | Year 4 | Cambridge Movers | |
| 10+ | Year 5 | ||
| 11+ | Year 6 | Cambridge Flyers | |
| 12+ | Lower Secondary | Year 7 | Checkpoint Primary |
| 13+ | Year 8 | Key English Test | |
| 14+ | Year 9 | Checkpoint Secondary | |
| 15+ | IGCSE | Year 10 | Preliminary English Test |
| 16+ | Year 11 | IGCSEs in: English Mathematics Options from: • Additional Mathematics • Biology • Chemistry • Physics • Combined Science • Global Perspectives • ICT/Computer Science • Business Studies • Economics • Accounting • Chinese as a Foreign Language IELTS |
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| Periods Per Week | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Year 1-2 | Year 3-6 | Year 7-9 | Year 10-11 |
| English | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Mathematics | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Science | 4 | 4 | 4 | - |
| Myanmar Lang & Culture | 4 | 4 | 4 | - |
| Global Perspectives | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
| ICT | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Physical Education and Library | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Music | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Art | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Library | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Young Enterprise | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Assembly & PSHE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| IGCSE (any 4 options) | - | - | - | 16 |
| 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | |
Early Years (ages 2-5)
Why are the early years so important?
All the evidence suggests that investment in the education of the very young makes the biggest difference to their lives overall. Children who attend a quality early learning centre show marked advances socially and in literacy and numeracy that really put them ahead.
Our aim is to provide a safe, caring and friendly start in life that builds this knowledge, skills, understanding and confidence in ways that are always entertaining and also fun, ensuring the fastest gains and helping to form the best habits and attitudes towards learning that can last forever.
Our programme is based on the world-renowned UK’s Early Years Foundation Stage which offers a wealth of well-developed, tried and tested activities, resources, assessments and teacher education material. All progress is carefully and accurately charted against these internationally recognised and applied standards, so you will know straightaway how well your child is doing when compared to others, both in Cambodia and abroad.
Lastly, as well know, success does not mean much unless we are also happy and healthy. We therefore put kindness, enjoyment, warmth, laughter and enjoyment as well as healthy, holistic living at the very heart if what we do – to see how we do this , do try one of our Open Days.
Our curriculum is globally minded but also structured on the United Kingdom’s Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage published in 2017, adapted to the needs of children and parents here in Myanmar.
We have chosen this framework because it is well-researched, detailed, often updated and abundantly-resourced, and many of the world’s best teachers know it well.
The Early Years Foundation Stage identifies goals in knowledge, skills and understanding in seven areas.
There are three prime areas
- Communication and language
- Physical Development
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
There are four other, specific areas:
- Literacy
- Understanding the World
- Mathematics
- Expressive arts and design
Activities through which this learning may be developed may be either:
- Playing and exploring
- Active Learning
- Creating and thinking critically
Our Report Card is issued three times per year, followed by our Parent-Teacher Conference. It will state your child’s attendance, punctuality, a grade for Skills and Attitudes and general Homeroom Teacher and Subject Teacher comments, where your child’s teachers will indicates strengths and areas for possible improvement.
Grades boundaries are identical to those set by Cambridge University.