K2
Welcome to K2 at UWCSEA Dover. Learning is a journey, not a race. We endeavour to meet the needs of individual students by offering a transitional approach to learning. This provides students with a safe and nurturing environment where they are supported in their own learning journey. Students reach stages of readiness at different points throughout the year. As a result, the K2 curriculum supports students’ development by tailoring the programme to individual learner backgrounds, interests and learning needs. This is achieved by assessing students’ stages of readiness and providing interdisciplinary provocations that develop interest and curiosity for learning. K2 begins with the continuation of the invitational model used in K1 where students are invited to different areas of the curriculum in a play-based environment. The environment and structure naturally progress to incorporate small group and whole class workshop models, while maintaining the fundamentals of a play-based approach.
Below you will find a link to the grade blog and to grade level curriculum information on the five elements of the learning programme.
We hope these pages will help you stay connected to your child's learning.
Class teachers
Evelyn Hurtado Head of K2
Rassamee Hayes
Emily Nocita
Thomas Mooney
Here you will find an overview of the five elements of the UWCSEA learning programme in the Middle School on Dover Campus. As well as providing descriptions of each of the subjects and courses available through the academic element of the programme, you will find overview information for activities, outdoor education, PSE and service.
ACADEMICS
The Academic programme in our Infant School is developed around an holistic, inquiry-based approach to learning. In developmentally appropriate ways, students explore concepts and develop their essential understandings in these areas through interdisciplinary Units of Study. Guided by the UWCSEA profile and learning principles, students explore:
The Activities programme is a vital part of student life and learning and is designed to provide students with opportunities to discover new interests, develop their strengths and pursue their passions. Through the Activities programme, students have the chance to explore their talents, develop new skills and to be successful beyond the classroom. By trying out new things, they discover what they are good at, and are motivated to succeed.
Outdoor education is a core part of the UWCSEA learning programme. The UWCSEA Infant School Outdoor Education programme is designed to take the students into the unfamiliar and present them with age-appropriate challenges, which require them to assimilate and adapt.
We know that in order for learning to be effective, learners must feel secure and supported. The Personal and Social Education element of the learning programme is focused on helping students to understand themselves and each other. The ability to know themselves and to interact effectively with others, to cooperate, negotiate and identify what's important to them is at the heart of the Infant School experience.
Service is at the heart of the UWC movement and even our youngest students become involved in service activities. The programme empowers students to become aware, able and active contributors to the community. Beginning in K1, the programme fosters empathy and helps students to recognise that part of being human is seeking opportunities to put yourself aside in the service of others.