Ableland @ Tampines

Curriculum

The children at Ableland @ Tampines never experience a dull moment. They are always engaged and eager to participate in interesting, fun-filled classroom activities during lessons. The teachers ensure that they absorb key lessons and knowledge prescribed in the programmes and pay particular attention to creating a positive and pleasant learning experience for them.

The programmes in our curriculum are taught through Cambridge Project Work and play, with focus on fostering development of independence, concentration, will and self-discipline in children. Children will be engaged in concrete investigations, exploration, construction and discovery of related topics.

The innovative in-house programmes in our curriculum are designed to provide enhanced, full spectrum enrichments for our children.

We pay special attention to the five different developmental domains of children which all relate to each other. They are easily referred to as the SPICE of life:
Social – Develop the ability to form attachments, play with others, co-operation and sharing, and being able to create lasting relationships with others.
Physical – Develop Fine (small) and Gross (large) Motor Skills.
Intellectual – Help the child make sense of the world around them.
Creative – Develop special abilities and creating talents. Music, Art, Writing, Reading, and Singing are all ways for creative development to take place.
Emotional – Develop self-awareness, self-confidence, and coping with feelings as well as understanding them.

List of Programmes

• Show & Tell
  - for increasing communication fluency in both languages, building up confidence in public speaking in a group.
• Dramatic Play
  – for children to learn about kitchen set up – in the month of May.
  – for enhancing children’s awareness of things in the kitchen, increase cooperation and turn-taking during play.
• Art Appreciation
  – introduces different media of Arts to children e.g. drawing using crayons or paint, cartoon drawing.
• Music Appreciation
  – use of musical instrument to play music and improve hearing of rhythms.
• Higher Chinese (K1 only)
  – instills understanding of Tang poems.
• Han Yu Pin Yin (K2 only)
  – gives head start to Primary 1 Chinese syllabus.
• Outdoor activities
  – for enhancing children’s gross motor skills, exposure to sunlight and looking at distant objects, which may reduce chance of developing myopia.
• Fruits & Fitness Day on 7th of every month
  – for inculcating the importance of Healthy eating and Healthy living. All children are encouraged to bring a type of fruit on that day to share with friends.
• Music & Movement
  - allows children to sing and dance with the song.
• Art & Craft
  - for developing children’s fine motor skills and creativity.
• Cambridge Project Work
  - for fostering the development of independence, concentration, self-discipline and will in children. Children get involved in concrete investigations, exploration, construction and discovery of related topics.
• Fun Cookery
  - provides children with the knowledge of Food & Nutrition and introduces them to different food preparation methods.
• Computer Lessons
  - introduce children to simple computer operations and allow them to learn English, Math & Chinese through fun-filled computer games.
• Montessori Programmes
  - include Practical Life Exercise, Sensorial Training, Montessori Language and Montessori Mathematics.