Early Years

As Michaelmas term draws to a close, it brings with it the excitement of Christmas. The birth of Jesus sparks in the hearts of young and old a wonderful feeling of togetherness and anticipation of gladness. At St Edward’s College, the various age groups are well into preparations, particularly since the children leave school before…

Sensory perception is one of the most important aspects of development. The development of touch and feel works in sync with sight and sound to give the human body an experience that is stored in memory. Such experiences can be informal, learnt through random play, semi-formal or learnt through guided play or formal and learnt…

As part of the emergent curriculum development, every class kicked off its topic with a ‘web’. This holds ideas the children share about the topic itself and any questions they wish to learn about. This is a living document that carries on evolving throughout the topic development. Our nursery Y class chose their topic following…

KG2x students have chosen the topic on the farm to explore together. This got them discussing a variety of animals and their habitats. Needless to say, it was a great opportunity to get messy as they created their own mud in class to give their craft pig a better home. The boys loved digging into…

Nursery Z students started their day calling out jungle animals and learning about their features. This then led to a spontaneous matching activity where the students matched pairs and extended this into an “acting out” session, prompted by their teachers. The children also used finger puppets and magnifying glasses to look closely at the animals…

It makes sense to say that children of various ages make sense of life in different ways. Any student of psychology will tell you that in the first years of life, the child’s knowledge of the world is accrued through the senses. This is why, at an early age, at St Edward’s College, we try…

At KG level, learning is not simply about schooling. It is mainly about adapting to the use of a highly sophisticated machine also known as the body. Both fine motor skills and gross motor skills need honing at KG level, and what better way to do this than to have fun with colour? So, snails,…

As part of their current topic ‘Transport which was selected through the emergent curriculum, KG1W spent the day learning all about road safety. This included aspects such as walking on the inside of pavements, looking out for Zebra Crossings and Traffic Lights, and that roads are for cars while pavements are for people. As usual,…

There was a time when the pen was considered as mighty a tool as the sword. Today we get creative. The students in Year 2Y  at St Edward’s College used different writing tools to practice their writing skills. Sometimes they even use ingredients. Year 2Y used dried pasta to practice writing words consisting of the…