Primary School

At SMT, our primary school students enjoy magical experiences filled with excitement, adventure, discovery, and creativity. We offer students excellent learning opportunities within a modern, fun, and well-resourced classroom.  Our carefully designed curriculum meets the individual needs and interests of our students children through engaging, hands-on activities. 

The areas of learning that we focus on are:

• Personal Social and Emotional Development - making friendships, self-confidence, managing feelings and behaviors
• Communication and Language - Listening and attention, understanding and speaking
• Physical Development - Gross and Fine Motor Skill Development
• Literacy - Reading and Writing
• Numeracy - Numbers, Shapes, Space, and Measurement are emphasized in Singapore Math
• Understanding the World - People and communities, the world, technology
• Fine Arts and Design - Exploring and using materials
• Science - Understanding the world through hands-on activities

Learning to read and write is key to children accessing the wider curriculum at school.  Reading and writing start when your child begins - looking at picture books, learning phonics, and letter formation.  We encourage a love of reading and we celebrate reading at every opportunity.  In the early years, reading is taught through phonics comprehension, fluency, and expression.  In addition to our science based reading curriculum, students are also exposed to programs such as Great Books and Accelerated Reader. Children learn through both whole-class and small group instruction.

Math is taught through rigorous and engaging content provided by Singapore Math. Your child will learn to manipulate numbers and understand their value while developing an appreciation for distance, time, money, and spatial comprehension.  Students always move from the concrete with hands-on activities to abstract problem-solving.