Key Stage 1
Overview
All stages of a child’s education are important but during KS1 (Years 1 and 2, ages 5 - 7), many new skills are established. We therefore use a variety of teaching approaches at SKIPS and aim to make our teaching of Reading, Writing, Spoken Language, Maths and Science, rigorous and challenging for all children no matter what their individual stage.
All children follow ‘Floppy’ phonics and use the online ‘Reading Eggs’ programme with additional reading activities that support individual progress. Children are assessed regularly and helped to become increasingly aware of what they need to do to progress to the next stage in their learning.
Together with rigorous teaching of basic skills, a topic-based inquiry approach is used to link the various areas of the curriculum and provide relevance and interest. This helps children to develop their thinking skills and encourages them to function increasingly independently, preparing them as lifelong learners for a rapidly changing world.
We visited numerous international schools in Klang-Valley and Sri KDU Subang Jaya was not even on our list. Reason being it is way out of our travelling radius. However, we are glad we made the visit to the school before our final call, and it was the best decision ever! It was a huge transition period for us during the first 2 weeks into school, but the school’s team (Teachers, Administrative and Parent’s Teacher Association) made us feel right at home. We were given clear guidance and was kept well informed on the happenings in the school. My daughter blended into the community quite well with the care provided by the Homeroom teacher. All the teachers here are the kindest, as she told me. She looks forward to going to school and has become more disciplined in terms on knowing what tasks she needs to complete daily. She has gained so much confidence during this short period of time and was given the encouragement to explore and develop her abilities here. She was just selected as the new Primary House Captain for Year 6 AY2022/2023.
Every parent want to find the ‘perfect’ school for their child and are afraid of making the wrong decision. For us, as long she is safe and happy, we believe, she will eventually find the way to her own success.