Cambridge International Primary Curriculum

The Personal, Social, Physical Education (PSPE) curriculum at The Grange covers a variety of topics related to personal development, social growth and physical activities. The curriculum is organised around these strands of learning: Self-Awareness, Social Interaction and Active Living. Where authentic opportunities arise, our PSPE curriculum makes interdisciplinary links with Cambridge Global Perspectives units of learning. 

Art at The Grange develops students’ appreciation and understanding that Art is a powerful mode of communication through which students explore and construct a sense of self and develop an understanding of the world around them. Art provides students with a range of opportunities and means to respond to their experiences and engage with historical, social and cultural perspectives. The students are stimulated to think and to articulate their thoughts in new ways and through a variety of media and technologies. Art develops the whole child, promotes creativity, critical problem-solving skills and social interaction. The curriculum is organised around the learning strands of Art Techniques, Appreciation, and Expression. Where authentic opportunities arise, our Art curriculum makes interdisciplinary links with Cambridge Global Perspectives units of learning.

The Music curriculum is organised around the learning strands of Music Theory, Appreciation, and Performance. Where authentic opportunities arise, our Music curriculum makes interdisciplinary links with Cambridge Global Perspectives units of learning. We hope to inspire students to see music as an important common language through which humans communicate our emotions, ideas, identity, rituals and culture. Through our music education, we hope our students will see more similarities between people instead of differences.  

At The Grange, we believe that technology is an integral tool that supports learning in the classroom, including Cambridge Global Perspectives units of learning. We hope to develop students’ digital literacy and to become skillful at using technology for communication – to access information, collect and record information, analyse data to synthesise information, and then to present information, thinking about the purpose and the audience. Internet safety and cyber etiquette are also important knowledge and skills we want to impart to students. 

At The Grange we value students’ language development. Every student can choose one of the following languages options, in addition to the Cambridge Primary English lessons: 

• Mandarin Foreign Language 
• Japanese Mother Tongue Language 
• Additional English Language 

Growth Charting Strategies   

At The Grange, charting your child’s growth journey is one of our priorities. Assessment for improvement and growth is therefore an integral part of teaching and learning. The school monitors every child’s progress using both formative and summative assessment practices, aligned to Cambridge International assessment and evaluation benchmarks. 

Formative assessment modes such as quizzes and performance tasks provide teachers with important feedback that they can use for improving and customising instruction and learning 

A more formal assessment mode such as paper and pencil tests are used to evaluate every child’s learning at the end of an instructional chapter or unit 

Parents are also invited to the parent-teacher conferences as they are a key support and motivation in the growth journey of their child.