Junior Years

PAS believes that a strong early childhood foundation is paramount for the future success of students, not only academically but emotionally as well. The PAS junior years curriculum is divided into 03 sections; Pre-School, Pre-Kindergarten, and Kindergarten. The Prospective students for Pre-School have to be 2.5 to 03 years old to be accepted into the Pre-School class.

A junior school is a place where students begin their learning process by way of play and fun. PAS uses activity and theme-based instructional model for early year’s education. PAS’s Junior Years Program aims to provide play-based activities in a friendly and stimulating environment, working in partnership with parents and the wider community. The junior school has spacious classrooms, play and learns equipment, playgrounds, library, art and music rooms. Classrooms are equipped with the latest audio and visual technologies.

Indoor Environment designed with Learning Areas:

Junior year classrooms are designed according to different learning areas with resources that involve our students and help them in exploring their interests. Learning areas such as

• Dramatic play
• Language and literacy
• Social Studies
• Science
• Math and Manipulative
• Art and Craft
• Building Blocks
• Reading Corner

These areas enable the children to play, draw, acquire new skills and are integrated with the main theme. Children develop a sense of achievement after attaining their targets such as building blocks, fixing the puzzles, performing in role plays or problem-solving activities. These activities improve socio-emotional skills as children learn to interact, share things, take turns, and participate in group activities. We provide a variety of manipulative and materials that children can use in creative ways. Our teachers integrate well-planned theme, finer motor, and literacy and numeracy practices into our daily learning areas.

Assessments Criteria

Our academic year is divided in two terms, Mid-Year and Final term. In early years students are evaluated through continuous assessments, observations of their socio-emotional, linguistics and physical development. These assessments enable the teacher to identify children who need additional support or guidance. It helps in developing or enhancing their skills.

Admission Policy

Pre-school to Kindergarten students have to go through an informal aptitude test along with an interview. The admission test is based on their reading ability, knowledge, concepts, vocabulary and confidence. Age appropriateness is of great importance during admission in the early years.

Pre-School

At PAS Preschool curriculum enables children to continue their exploration. Preschool students are of the age from 2.5 to 3.5 years. The objective of the program is to foster children’s development by learning and practicing child development through theme and play-based approach. These approaches will enhance social, aesthetic and motor skills in young children. Preschoolers focus on learning by:

• Exploration
• Building communication skills
• Encouraging positive peer interaction
• Presentations
• Mathematics readiness
• Language readiness,
• Fine and gross motor skills development
• promoting cognitive development

Attainments/ Targets

At the end of the academic year, our preschoolers are able to sharpen their motor skills, communicate effectively and fluently. The will be able to recognize sounds, letters, numbers, shapes, and express creative ideas. In order to make the transition from Pre-school to Prekindergarten smoother, we help our children to become more familiar with their environment and develop social skills.

Pre-Kindergarten

Pre-Kindergarten students are of the age from 3.5 to 4.5 years Children of Pre-Kindergarten are exposed to hands-on activities along with their textbooks, giving them the chance to master the environment. They are encouraged to be independent and prepare them for their next exciting level i.e Kindergarten. Students are exposed to writing practices that enable them to form letters and numbers on their own. They enhance their vocabulary development. Sensorial resources are designed in order to maintain a balanced development of all senses.

The Mathematics material familiarizes our students with one-to-one communication, sequencing of numbers, numeration and basic mathematics practices. In language, children are prepared to read using a multi-sensory approach that involves phonics and linguistics. They learn about social science and nature so that we can motivate the child’s ability to discover and explore the outdoor environment. Creative arts and crafts enhance their self-expression and fine motor development skill. Our children attend music lessons to enrich listening skills, rhythmic movement, and singing.

Attainments / Targets

By the end of the year of Pre-k students are able to count objects, identify shapes, numbers, sounds, rhyming words, and letters, infer and analyze, identify book parts and features, differentiate between fiction and no fiction stories and build new vocabulary.

Kindergarten

K.G students are of the age from 4.5 to 5.5 years. In Kindergarten, students learn to listen attentively, follow directions and express themselves confidently in complete sentences. Students are exposed to a variety of comprehension skills. They can describe and identify the characters of the story. Students are able to write independently and express their ideas among their peers. Students are able to count, sort and compare objects. They can recognize pattern shapes and figures. They are able to develop problem-solving skill. Students are able to discover common materials, objects, and living things.