Academics

Welcome to RCCA Pre-Primary. Situated in Tutungeni. The Pre-Primary is where many students begin their careers at RCCA. We offer classes for 3 to 4 year old; 4 to 5 year old and Grade 0, in a happy, fun environment with many outlets for the little ones to use their exuberant energy. This enables them to learn to shine as individuals while developing all the necessary interactive and social skills. We want our students to develop a love for school and learning, become strongly literate and numerate, be confident in themselves and respectful of others, despite our many different cultures and backgrounds.

There are six main learning areas within the Foundation Phase and these are Language and Literacy Development, Executive Function, Social and Emotional Development, Physical Development and Wellness, Cognitive Development, and Creative Expression. The learning programs within these six areas are designed to provide for the holistic development of the learners. We endeavor to equip our learners with knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes through the acquisition of concepts and skills described within the Learning Outcomes of the six learning areas.

Kindergarten (3-4 Year old)

With improved coordination and thinking the world begins to open up for preschoolers. Our program introduces language, math, science, and social skills in a natural sequence to nourish learning one step and a time, with individual attention suited to your child's unique needs.

GIVE YOUR TINY TOT A HEAD START

Language and Literacy Development:- Involves children’s abilities to convey their ideas, thoughts, and feelings through speaking and writing, and their ability to demonstrate early reading skills.

·        engage in longer conversations with adults and other children using a greater variety of words

·        begin to identify the first sound in a word

·        identify and name five to ten letters and begin to know sounds for some

·        recognize his or her own name

Executive Function:- Focuses on the development of skills necessary for learning, such as self-regulation, attention, and persistence.

·        take on simple activities independently like setting the table with cups and plates and continue until the task is done

·        pay attention to a person or activity for five to ten minutes

·        examine new objects or situations with deeper curiosity

·        control impulses with fewer adult reminders

Social and Emotional Development:- Supports your child’s ability to express and regulate feelings and develop relations with others.

·        build relationships with familiar adults, talking about thoughts and needs with them

·        seek out other children during play time and begin to build relationships with them

·        play with other children showing the ability to resolve disagreements with little help from adults

·        express a variety of emotions by incorporating emotions into pretend play

Physical Development and Wellness:- Gives your child opportunities to build large- and small-muscle skills, strength, stamina, and knowledge needed to live a healthy lifestyle.

·        begin to gallop while improving jumping and hopping skills

·        trace letters and simple shapes while also showing signs of a right- or left-hand preference

·        gain independence with self-care skills such as undressing to use the toilet and remembering to wash hands

·        identify healthy and unhealthy foods

Cognitive Development:- Supports the mental processes needed to think, make sense of the world, and understand knowledge across different subjects, including mathematics, science, and social studies.

·        connect number words and numerals to the quantities they represent

·        engage in pretend play alone or with others by taking on roles

Creative Expression:- Helps your child creatively explore the arts, movement, drama, and music.

·        create detailed artwork that includes  people, animals, and things

·        play movement games that involve following directions as well as creating unique moves

·        play a character role in simple dramatic scenarios from books

·        repeat more complex melodies and rhythm patterns.

Kindergarten (4-5 Year old)

Getting Ready for a Lifetime of Learning:- Your child will gain independence while getting ready for the transition to Gr 0 with a more organized environment.

Language and Literacy Development:- Involves children’s abilities to convey their ideas, thoughts, and feelings through speaking and writing, and their ability to demonstrate early reading skills.

·        describe familiar people, places, things, and events with detail

·        retell a familiar story with the beginning, middle, and end in order

Executive Function:- Focuses on the development of skills necessary for learning, such as self-regulation, attention, and persistence.

·        remember information and thoughts from past experiences

·        complete challenging activities that require greater focus and persistence

·        recognize the feelings of others and respond appropriately like comforting a friend who is upset

Social and Emotional Development: Supports your child’s ability to express and regulate feelings and develop relations with others.

·        seek out interactions with a variety of adults, with both new and familiar people

·        routinely share, take turns, and interact with other children in a respectful and helpful manner

·        recognize and accept similarities and differences among people and showing an appreciation for diversity

·        demonstrate an ability to resolve conflicts using words

Physical Development and Wellness:- Gives your child opportunities to build large- and small-muscle skills, strength, stamina, and knowledge needed to live a healthy lifestyle.

·        coordinate different body movements to catch and throw a ball and move through obstacle courses

·        participate in physical activity for at least half an hour daily

·        use scissors to cut simple shapes and writing utensils to trace letters and numbers with greater accuracy

·        discuss how exercise makes the body feel

Cognitive Development:- Supports the mental processes needed to think, make sense of the world, and understand knowledge across different subjects, including mathematics, science, and social studies.

·        create simple patterns and arrange objects according to size

·        use knowledge and personal experiences to predict outcomes of scientific experiments

·        explore a variety of cultures by identifying ways people are alike and different

Creative Expression:- Helps your child creatively explore the arts, movement, drama, and music.

·        craft detailed works of art using various materials like  paint and modeling clay

·        move to a tempo, beat, or style of music

·        follow multi-step directions as stated in a song, like hopping or clapping

·        participate in a variety of musical experiences

Grade 0- Preschool

SHAPE A CHILD, SHAPE A NATION

The grade 0 program is a full year program design to develop higher-level skills from the developmental domains of Language development, executive function, and social and emotional development which prepare a child to be ready to learn to read. Cartoon animals and stories, 60 paces -12 pace in each core subject – Math, English, Social Studies, Science, and Word Building. The program also enables the child to achieve the level of physical development activities necessary for success in reading and learning. Bible and character-building stories are employed to foster quick learning of the letter sound. It includes animal stories and song lyrics for each alphabet song. It encourages understanding of number concepts and word relationships, to strengthen memory, visual, auditory, and coordination skills, and to build Biblical character traits. In each project-related learning phase, children are engaged in key competencies that ensure their success in Gr 0 and beyond, such as critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity.  The program lays a solid foundation on which to build the rest of the child’s education.

The learning programs within these six areas are designed to provide for the holistic development of the learners.

Language and Literacy Development:- Involves children’s abilities to convey their ideas, thoughts, and feelings through speaking and writing, and their ability to demonstrate early reading skills.

Executive Function:- Focuses on the development of skills necessary for learning, such as self-regulation, attention, and persistence.

Social and Emotional Development: Supports your child’s ability to express and regulate feelings and develop relations with others.

Physical Development and Wellness:- Gives your child opportunities to build large- and small-muscle skills, strength, stamina, and knowledge needed to live a healthy lifestyle.

Cognitive Development:- Supports the mental processes needed to think, make sense of the world, and understand knowledge across different subjects, including mathematics, science, and social studies.

Creative Expression:- Helps your child creatively explore the arts, movement, drama, and music.