K1
Welcome to the pages for K1 at UWCSEA East. Here you will find information and resources for the K1 learning programme. As the first year at school, K1 is a special time for our students as they become used to routines and begin to lay the foundation for their education. We hope these pages will help you stay connected to them as they learn and grow in K1.
Class announcements
Each teacher publishes class announcements weekly to help parents stay up to date with classroom learning. You can access these announcements in the Seesaw app on your mobile device or computer.
Rachel Rhodes
Head of K1
Belinda Robinson
Laura Dias
Naomi Udaiyer
Rebecca Clapp
ANNOUNCEMENTS from the Head of Grade
Learning programme
Below you you will find an overview of the five elements of the UWCSEA learning programme in the Primary School on East Campus. In addition to providing descriptions of each subjects available through the Academic programme, you will find information on the Activities, Outdoor Education, Personal and Social Education (PSE), and Service programmes.
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:
Unit of Study (Humanities and Science)
The Activities programme is designed to provide students with opportunities to follow their passions and develop new ones, alongside like-minded peers who share their interests. 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. They build leadership and social skills as well as an understanding of group dynamics. Most importantly, they experience both success and failure and learn to persevere.
The opportunities for learning at UWCSEA extend far beyond the classroom as students take on experiential challenges that build resilience, collaboration and leadership. The UWCSEA Outdoor Education programme in Primary School is designed to take students into the unfamiliar and present them with age-appropriate challenges which require them to assimilate and adapt. It begins formally in Grade 1, with a sleepover in the classrooms. We then build upon the challenges for students year after year in order to provide the confidence and self-esteem that inevitably follow mastering a skill and overcoming obstacles. As they progress through Grades 2 to 5, we place students in varied situations, for increasing lengths of time.
We know that in order for learning to be effective, learners must feel secure and supported. The Infant School, more than any other place in the College, emphasises the importance of Personal and Social Education for students. 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.