The Kindergarten is part of the Immersion Programme which consists of three stages that are comparable to the U.K. system:

• Early Years - Kindergartin 2 and 3

• Key Stage 1 - Prathom 1 - 2

• Key Stage 2 - Prathom 3 - 6

     The Kindergarten English Programme focuses on increasing the children’s phonological awareness, teaching the children appropriate vocabulary, developing their speaking and listening skills and helping them to form upper and lower case letters correctly. Our objective is for the pupils become familiar with English and gain confidence through regular English and Physical Education lessons taught by a qualified Native English speaker teacher.

     In Kindergarten 2 children are encouraged and taught to speak in English using correct pronunciation and grammar, through a wide range of structured and informal learning activities e.g. rhymes, games, stories, language patterns, imaginative role-play situations, poems, songs and chants.

     Throughout Kindergarten 3 we begin to teach Literacy in a more formal way in order to prepare the children for Prathom 1. The children have the opportunity to borrow books from the class libraries that help them to learn and practise using phonics, as well as recognizing sight words and high-frequency words. In this year more emphasis is put on acquiring correct letter formation and beginning to write simple words and sentences.

     The children study English in half class size groups with the Thai classroom teachers providing support during each lesson. The small size of the group allows individual attention and the chance for the teacher to interact with each child. Individual reports are made on each pupil at the end of the semester, and these are passed on to the Prathom teachers at the end of KG3.