Abantwana banomdla ababukeleyo kunye nabahloli abanomdla abaqhubekayo besakha intsingiselo ukwenza ingqiqo yehlabathi elibangqongileyo (Yogman et al. 2018). Bafunda ngokuzifumanisa kunye nokufumanisa kwiindawo zokuhlala. Kuba tyena abafundi bokuqala kwi-Kindergarten yethu, silandela indlela esekelwe kwimibuzo sisebenzisa i Inkqubo yeMinyaka ePhambili yeBaccalaureate's (PYP), apho isikolo sivunywe ngokusemthethweni.
Kwi-ISL, i-Kindergarten (ebizwayo unina ngesiFrentshi) ziquka:
IKindergarten inabasebenzi abangootitshala abaqeqeshwe ngokupheleleyo nabaxhaswa ngabancedisi bootitshala abanamava. Abantwana balandela inkqubo yokuntywiliselwa ngeelwimi ezimbini apho ikota yeveki yesikolo yabo iqhutywa ngesiFrentshi ize intsalela ibe ngesiNgesi.
Iinkalo zokufunda ezifana nokufunda ulwimi, izakhono zemathematika, uphando lwezenzululwazi, ubugcisa obubonwayo, umculo nophuhliso lomzimba zijongwa ngeeYunithi ezine zoPhando. Abantwana besikolo sabantwana abasaqalayo bayaxhamla kwiindibano zocweyo ezenziwa rhoqo ezikolweni kunye notyelelo kuluntu lwasekuhlaleni olunxulumene nokufunda kwabo. Nabo nabo basebenzise izibonelelo ezifana nelayibrari yesikolo sethu, indawo yokwenza umthambo kunye nommandla osandul’ ukufakela we-artificial-turf multi-sports terrain, abawusebenzisa rhoqo ngexesha lokufunda ngaphandle. Abantwana banokufikelela kwizibonelelo zezindlu zangasese eziyilelwe ngokweminyaka, indawo yokulala (Pre-K) kunye nesnack/isidlo sasemini.
Iprogram yabafundi bokuqala ibeka phambili i Iindlela ze-IB kwizakhono zokufunda (ATL) kunye neempawu ze Iprofayili yomfundi we-IB, ezingundoqo kwiNkqubo yePYP. Ezi zombini zibalulekile ekuphuhliseni izakhono zentlalo kunye neemvakalelo kubandakanya ukuzilawula, ukuzinyamekela kwaye ekugqibeleni, ukuzimela.
Isikolo sibonelela ngokhathalelo lwasemva kokuphuma kwesikolo ngeendleko ezongezelelweyo.
Uphando ngokudlala kwi-Kindergarten luxhasa uluvo lokuba ukufunda yinkqubo esebenzayo. Iindawo zokufunda ezikhuselekileyo, ezikhuthazayo nezikhuthazayo nobudlelwane obuxhasayo, obuyilwe baza babonakaliswa ngabahlali abafundayo, bayixhasa ngakumbi le nkqubo yokufunda.
Xa ezi zinto zikhoyo, abantwana baphendula ngokuthanda ukwazi, ukucinga, ukuyila kunye ne-arhente. Ngale nkqubo yophando isebenzayo, ngokwendalo baphuhlisa isakhono solwimi, baziqhelanise nokuphonononga okungokomfuziselo nokucacisa, baze babe ngabafundi abazilawulayo. Njengoko izakhono zabo zikhula, abantwana baphuhlisa ukuzazi ukuba bangoobani ukuze banxibelelane, babonise kwaye babe negalelo ekufundeni nakuphuhliso lwabo nabanye.
Jonga ngezantsi kwezinye iintlobo zokudlala abantwana ababandakanyeka kuzo kwi-ISL.
Ukudlala ngeNtsebenziswano kwenza abantwana basebenze ngentsebenziswano, batshintshisane, babelane ngezixhobo kunye nokusombulula iingxaki kunye.
Umdlalo-ndima unceda abantwana ukuba babe nengqiqo ngehlabathi elibangqongileyo ngokudlala indima kunye neemeko zokuzenzisa nasekukhuliseni uvelwano nokuqonda iimvakalelo zabo.
UMdlalo weHlabathi eliNcinci livumela abantwana ukuba balingise izinto ezenzeka kubomi bokwenyani, okanye amabali abawevile ngokwemo encinci, besebenzisa amanani amancinane kunye nezinto.
Ukudlala ngoluvo kunika abantwana amathuba okuba baphonononge ihlabathi labo besebenzisa izivamvo zabo ezintlanu.
Ukudlala iRecess Play kunika abantwana amathuba okukhangela ubuhlobo ngokuzimeleyo, ukuziqhelanisa nempixano/izakhono zokusombulula, kwandisa umthambo onceda ukukhumbula, ukuhoya, kunye nokugxila.
Imisebenzi yeFine-Motor Play inceda abantwana ukuba baphuhlise izakhono ezifunekayo zokubhala ngesandla kunye nemisebenzi yokuzinyamekela.
Imisebenzi yeGross-Motor Play inceda abantwana ukuba baphuhlise izakhono ngokusebenzisa izihlunu ezinkulu zomzimba ngendlela elungelelanisiweyo nelawulwayo.
Umdlalo oSekwe kwi-Inquiry-Base ukhuthaza abantwana kucwangciso kunye ukwenza uphando, ukucebisa iingcaciso, ukubuza imibuzo ethi “kuthini ukuba” nokwenza unxulumano ekufundeni kwabo.
Umdlalo woYilo wenza ukuba abantwana baveze izimvo zabo, amava kunye neemvakalelo zabo ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo ngelixa befunda ukuvakalisa iingcinga zabo ngokucacileyo.
Ukudlala Kwangaphandle kunika abantwana amava okufunda kwindawo etyebileyo ngokweemvakalelo enezithintelo ezimbalwa zendawo, ingxolo kunye nokuvumela amathuba amakhulu onxibelelwano loluntu.
Izibalo ngokuDlala zenza ukuba abantwana baphonononge kwaye benze ingqiqo ngehlabathi ngokufumana iipateni, ukulawula iimilo, ukulinganisa, ukuhlela, ukubala, ukuqikelela, ukubuza iingxaki nokuzisombulula.
UkuFunda nokuBhala Ngokudlala kunceda abantwana bafumane iindlela ezintsha zokwenza intsingiselo nokuphonononga ihlabathi ngolwimi oluthethwayo, ezincwadini nakwindlela ebhaliweyo.
Ukufumana iinkcukacha ezongezelelweyo zeKharityhulam yeKindergarten kunye nePrayimari, nceda ujonge amaxwebhu ethu ePYP: