Early Years

KG2 students continue to explore their Space topic as the classes are now filled with spacemen, rockets, and planets. Topic learning allows our youngest pupils to learn within a concept, and through games. KG2W played number games using rockets as they practised their number value skills. KG2V learnt all about the sound ‘r’ for ‘rocket’…

Our nursery classes use the Emergent Curriculum approach for their topic learning. Thus, our nursery team use their continuous observations to identify common interests of our youngest students at College. This time round, our Nursery Y students have shown increasing interest in their class farm animals resources. Therefore, it was a given that ‘On the…

As part of their current topic ‘L-Ikel’ Year 1Y boys had a sandwich making activity. Each student brought in his ingredients and made their favourite sandwich, which of course they then enjoyed eating. The students were asked to explain what their sandwich was made of to the class. The students identified common ingredients as well…

At St Edward’s College, we place great emphasis on fine motor development for our Early Years students. Fine motor muscles, just like any other muscles, develop over time and young students especially need to use them periodically to strengthen them. Activities whereby students are encouraged to manipulate objects during their play and craft making help…

At St Edward’s College, KG1Z had a blast helping Joey water the plants and their growing potato produce which they had planted in March! The class also spoke about composting and where taken to see the bins. Thanks to SEC Eko-Skola they saw related videos and discussed the importance of food and not wasting.

This week would have been Sports Day week. Alas, Covid-19 restrictions meant that the usual fun day the children used to have with parents had to be ditched as mixing households was strictly unacceptable. However the children were not deprived of their fun and games, let’s say an extended PE lesson with all the precautions…

Rhythm, starting from a heartbeat to the complexities composed in symphonies, is something that can be recognised at a very early age. Our KG1, the children truly enjoyed their music sessions as they explored instruments and even created their own. Some then even ventured outside and created their own bands as they marched to a…