| Elementary Curriculum at LIST |
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Lanna’s elementary curriculum aims to support the social and intellectual development of each individual student, and to prepare Lanna’s students for further study whether they return to their home countries or continue in Lanna’s Secondary School.
Lanna’s elementary teachers develop activities supporting a wide range of individual learning styles. Students learn while working together and while studying independently. We at Lanna International School recognise that numeracy and literacy together form the foundation for all further school work. Therefore, we give a great deal of emphasis to English and Mathematics in our elementary curriculum. |
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| Our elementary curriculum follows the framework set out by Cambridge International Primary Program (CIPP) for English, Mathematics and Science. CIPP closely follows the objectives set out for the British National Curriculum. The main advantage of following CIPP is that it offers the school a tried and tested framework in which to base the teaching of all core subjects. CIPP also gives the school the opportunity to administer standardised tests that allows teachers to report purposefully and monitor students’ progress more effectively. |
| English Language development is a major thrust of the Elementary School at Lanna. Standards and learning objectives for English as a Second Language (ESL) have been taken from CIPP to create effective schemes of work for ESL classes. ESL uses the “Let’s Go” series as the basis for the ESL programme, however other publications and resources are also used to strengthen the individual support given to our students. We aim for all students to be continuously developing their English Language skills as they progress through the Elementary School.
Students in the Elementary school study five specialist subjects, with specialist teachers: Art, Information Communication Technology (ICT), Music, Physical Education (P.E) and Thai. With the exception of Thai, all specialist subjects taught at Lanna use the learning objectives, and in some cases schemes of work, based on the British National Curriculum. |
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| Modern Foreign Languages in the form of Chinese and French, taught by native speakers, are offered during the after school activities programme as an introduction to those languages for Year 6. Students then have the option of studying one of these languages throughout their years in Secondary School.
Cambridge International Primary Programme (CIPP)
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The Cambridge International Primary Programme from University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) develops English, Mathematics and Science skills in young children across the world. It gives your child excellent preparation for secondary education.
Designed for children aged 5 – 11, the Primary Programme provides learning objectives for each year of your child’s primary education. Its step-by-step programme of learning takes children from the start of primary education to completion, before they move on to secondary education. |
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| The Cambridge International Primary Programme helps schools, teachers and parents gain a greater understanding of their children’s abilities. Schools that use the Primary Programme Progression Tests can assess students at the end of each year. These tests provide information to analyse students’ achievements, strengths and weaknesses, and give teachers invaluable information to help guide your child in the following year.
In the final year of primary education, students can take the Cambridge International Primary Achievement Test. All students completing the tests will be issued with a Primary Certificate of Achievement by University of Cambridge International Examinations.
The Primary Programme is flexible. It can be taken alongside a national curriculum or on its own. It offers schools expert guidance on how to develop their curriculum and how best to prepare their teaching and students’ learning.
Further information about this and any other of the programmes offered by CIE may be found on its website www.cie.org.uk |
