Writing

Students develop their writing skills through short writing exercises. They will learn how to apply basic writing techniques such as the 5Ws and 1H and five-senses description.

Students also exercise their creativity and articulate their personal thoughts in different text types such as letters and folk tales.
 

Reading

Students further build on their reading foundation through a structured reading programme. Students will also learn how to recognise important sight words.
 

Understanding, Listening & Speaking

Students hone their understanding, listening and speaking skills through:

• Weekly interactive storytelling sessions
• Responses to direct and opinion-based questions corresponding to texts of different genres (stories, poems, factual texts) and video clips
• Short verbal presentations and poetry recitals
   

Vocabulary and Grammar

Through different monthly themes, students will build a strong vocabulary foundation.

Students are also introduced to basic grammar rules, including:

• Singular and plural nouns
• Prepositions and
• Simple present tense and simple past tense
   

Contextualised Learning

Students engage in a series of interactive activities and are also exposed to a wide range of themes that allow students to explore the different parts of the world.

Key topics of interest include:

• Tourist destinations
• Food and culture
• Festivals

Content Mastery

Students will continue to build their understanding of topics such as Numbers to 100, Fractions, Money, Measurement, Geometry and Managing Word Problems

Students will learn new topics such as Introduction to Multiplication and Division as well as the place value concept of ‘tens’ and ‘ones’ with emphasis on the proper presentation of workings and number equations.

Skills and Techniques

• Students will identify and relate to instructional keywords
• Students will learn to jot down annotation for word problems, allowing them to solve the questions independently or with minimal guidance
• Students will form addition and subtraction sentences by identifying parts and whole, and multiplication sentences by applying the multiplication rule
• Students will learn various speed math strategies and adopt their preferred method in their own calculations
• Students will use the value chart to solve vertical working involving addition and subtraction
  
• On top of reinforcing on the heuristics learnt in K1, students will apply new heuristics such as Guess and Check to solve word problems
   

Applied Learning

Students will play interactive games and in-class activities to generate interest in the subject

• Students will be given Number Idiom booklets to expand their math vocabulary
• Students will participate in a series of role-playing activities such as planning a time table or making a money transaction to equip them with the essential life skills to be ready for school