Curriculum Aims and Framework
Joyful Learning through Play Balanced Development All the Way
Core Value
Adopt “child-centredness” as our core value, and uphold the essential principle of “Understanding and respecting the unique developmental patterns of every child.”
Implement the policy of Free Quality Kindergarten Education
This curriculum review includes the following key emphases:
1. focusing on nurturing in children a balanced development
2. strengthening the promotion of moral education
3. providing elaboration on the learning objectives of each learning area
4. reinforcing catering for learner diversity and promoting an inclusive culture
5. promoting the use of real-life themes to connect each learning area
6. promoting learning through play and strengthening the element of free exploration in play
7. anhancing the interface between kindergarten and primary education
Curriculum Rationale
With reference to the curriculum aims and framework set out in this Guide, the school’s mission and characteristics, as well as children’s development and needs, kindergartens can set their own curriculum aims and design content and related learning and teaching strategies with school-based characteristics.
The Kindergarten Education curriculum adopts the principle of promoting comprehensive and balanced development in children covering five developmental objectives, namely “Moral Development”, “Cognitive and Language Development”, “Physical Development”, “Affective and Social Development”and“Aesthetic Development”, with a view to actualising the development in the five domains of ethics, intellect, physique, social skills and aesthetics respectively.
Curriculum Aims
The aims of the Kindergarten Education curriculum are as follows:
1. To foster children’s balanced development in the domains of ethics, intellect, physique, social skills and aesthetics
2. To help children develop good living habits and a strong and healthy body
3. To foster in children and interest in learning, and inquisitive mind and eagerness to explore
4. To instill in children positive values and attitudes
Curriculum Framework and Learning Areas
The curriculum framework of Kindergarten Education comprises three interrelated components, namely “Values and Attitudes”, “Skills”and “Knowledge” and covers six different learning areas, including “Self and Society”, “Nature and Living”, “Physical Fitness and Health”, “Arts and Creativity”, “Early Childhood Mathematics” and “Language”, which concurs with the five developmental objectives proposed in this Guide. This provides children with comprehensive learning experiences.
School-based curriculum features
1. Encouraging learning activities should focus on games and exploration to promote children's love of learning; and the curriculum orientation of this kindergarten emphasizes "expression", "exploration", "empowerment", "experience" and "environment". Use environmental stimuli to arrange different learning areas in the classroom, emphasizing that the environment is the third teacher for children, and cultivate children to learn independently, to be brave to try, solve problems and accept challenges.
2. The teacher encourages children to learn by themselves under the guidance of their own interests. They learn how to explore their own interests, discover problems and actively seek answers, and are willing to share their learning experiences with others.
3. Cultivate children's positive learning attitudes, such as a spontaneous spirit, an independent spirit, a strong interest in learning, ample curiosity, rich imagination, and a strong sense of responsibility.
4. Implement appropriate and diversified teaching activities to allow children to learn from pleasure. Curriculum at all levels is integrated in a spiral and coherent to promote the sustainable development of the curriculum, thereby enriching the learning process of children and helping children to develop their multiple potentials in a balanced manner.
