Primary School Organisation
PS organization
The Pre-school integrates PYP early childhood and Kazakhstani standards caters for our three and four year old students. There are two three year old classes; A3, K3 and there are two four year old classes; A4 and K4.
Kindergarten programme merges PYP1 and Kazakhstani requirements for five-six year old students. There are three KG classes; KGA, KGB, and KGC.
Grades 1 to 4 curriculum is based on PYP 2-5 and Kazakhstany standards for Primary school. We have a slightly different structure: in each grade there are options for students to work in Kazakh, Russian or English as their language of instruction.
Since September 2020 a class with deeper Math and Languages have been opened in KG and Grade 1 with Kazakhstani programme of education.
Primary School Curriculum
Miras International School merges the Kazakhstani State Educational Standards and the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) to create a curriculum for students from three to ten-eleven years of age (Preschool to Grade 4).
The PYP is an international curriculum framework which focuses on the development of the child as an inquirer, both in the classroom and in the world outside. It encourages international-mindedness in students and a positive attitude to learning so that students become life-long learners. It emphasizes through the learner profile, the development of the whole child – physically, intellectually, emotionally and ethically. The IB Primary Years Programme guides us in what we teach, how we teach, and how we assess students’ learning. The main approach to teaching and learning is through inquiry, a process initiated by the student or teacher, which moves the student from his/her current level of understanding to a new deeper level.As we have an integrated curriculum. Our subject areas are often taught within the Programme of Inquiry, so students learn in meaningful contexts of:
Language A (Russian, Kazakh, English),
Language B (Russian, Kazakh, English), French in Grade 4
Mathematics,
Social Studies and Science,
Visual Arts,
Music,
Information Computer Technology,
Physical Social and Personal Education (PSPE): Self-awareness, Physical Education (PE),Dance
For more detailed information about IBPYP, please visit www.ibo.org
In KG and Grade 1 groups with deeper Math and Languages Kazakahstany programme is enriched with Math Logics, Robotics, LEGO construction, Chess and English classes.
