Curriculum Overview
WHAT WILL THEY LEARN?ONE International School follows an adapted British Curriculum and is UK D.O.E and CIS registered but includes the teaching of Visayan and Tagalog out of respect for our location and with an understanding that children benefit, in a range of ways, from being multilingual. We chose the British curriculum as the basis for our teachings due to its emphasis on the development of the whole student as well as an understanding of a child’s learning needs. Furthermore, it supports the school’s ethos that each child has the right to be viewed as a unique individual with their own distinctive interests, talents and skills.
Pedagogy focuses on practical learning and encourages lesson delivery supporting various styles of knowledge acquisition. When these factors are considered alongside the continuity and transferability offered by a British education and British qualifications around the world, we feel that this international curriculum offers our students the best opportunities for their future. See below for more information about specific age groups.
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EYFS (2-5 years old)
The EYFS was produced in recognition of the importance of the early years as a stage of development where education could be promoted through play to maximize children’s potential. This stage in the curriculum emphasizes child led, child focused and play based learning, where children at ONE International School cover all the subjects they will learn in Key Stage 1 and beyond but at their behest and following their own interests.
Elementary School (5-11 years old)
At ONE International School Philippines, throughout all key stages of the curriculum, pupils learn, practice, combine, develop and refine a wide range of skills in their work. Some of these skills are subject specific such as painting in Art and Design, whilst others are common to several subjects (i.e. enquiry skills in Science, History and Geography), additionally, some skills are universal, for example the skills of communication, improving one’s own learning and performance, and creative thinking.
Middle School (11-14 years old)
In Key Stage 3, we teach an adapted British curriculum with international elements integrated throughout. Children’s learning is centered around exploration and pupils beginning to find their own independence, applying key skills that will help them develop into global citizens. This includes combining teacher led activities with self-discovery and team building, both inside and outside of the classroom. As we are a culturally diverse school, our ethos emphasises the importance of global citizenship throughout Key Stage 3, encompassing world matters such as environmentalism and current global affairs.
High School (14-16 years old)
Here at ONE international Middle School (KS4), we pride ourselves on creating a diverse and enriching curriculum which accommodates all of our students, whilst offering a relevant but modernised version of the English curriculum. We have a fantastic staff body, all of whom are English speaking, qualified by English accreditors and we implement our curriculum with high expectations of every pupil.
Extra Curricular Programmes at ONE International School
Our extra curricular activities are only available to pupils at the school and incur a charge. Children accessing extra curricular programmes are unable to use the school bus service as the bus is out following its normal routine for children starting at 9:00am or finishing at 3:30pm. For more information on the school bus and facilities, click here.
ESL Summer Camp at ONE International School
ONE International School Philippines has grown so much over the last few years, and with an expanding school, we are now offering an English summer camp teaching English as a Second Language (ESL). The camp is available for all children aged from 8 to 16 years old, with our programmes designed for international learners of all abilities and taught by fully qualified, English native speaking teachers.