Maspalomas - Canterbury School

Canterbury School of Maspalomas

Infants and Primary

We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) in the Infant years and the English National Curriculum in the Primary years, both adapted to our geographical location and with English immersion.

Pre Nursery

Welcome to Canterbury School of Maspalomas

It is my pleasure to welcome you to Canterbury School of Maspalomas, located in a unique environment in the south of Gran Canaria.

We have a beautiful building with an extensive outdoor environment. We have a large sports area, attractive garden areas where children can grow their own plants and a “Splash Park”, a water play area so that children can explore the properties of water while they refresh themselves in a safe and exciting environment. For our youngest children we also have a purpose built, designated Foundation Stage outdoor area where the children can develop their physical and social skills.

We cater for children from 3 to 10 and follow the same curriculum as our partner schools in Las Palmas. Our class sizes are small, giving the school a friendly family atmosphere where the staff know the children and their families very well. At the same time, the staff of all our schools work very closely to ensure the best possible education for all our pupils. Lessons are designed to be exciting and fun, fostering a love of learning in children while developing a firm grasp of the English language and academic excellence.

If you require any further information or would like to visit us, please do not hesitate to contact the school office where we would be delighted to help.

Kirsty Mallinson, Head of Maspalomas

Infant and Primary School

From 3 to 10 years old

At Canterbury School of Maspalomas we follow the UK Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) in the Infant years, which consists of Nursery (3 year olds) and Reception (4 year olds). In the Primary years we follow the English National Curriculum, which consists of 2 cycles: Key Stage 1 (Year 1 and Year 2) and Key Stage 2 (Year 3 to Year 6).

Classes are lively, fun, challenging and provide students with many opportunities to think critically and independently, with an atmosphere that fosters enthusiasm for learning and promotes personal development, providing students with a learning environment in which they feel at home, they will be more willing to explore new concepts and ideas and build a firm foundation for their future learning.

New vocabulary is continually introduced and consolidated related to the topics the children study while they are encouraged to use their English to communicate with their teachers and peers in class. They become increasingly confident at using and understanding English and are keen to show off their ability, while many activities encourage and develop good listening skills.

Communication
and Language

In Nursery we move through different movements which supports children in developing both their gross and fine motor skills, getting them ready to make the movements needed to write, through using play-dough and plasticine, threading, using tweezers and small one handed tools. In Reception children enjoy P.E. lessons twice per week, developing their gross motor skills and teamwork.

Physical Development

We support children´s development, modelling sharing, taking turns, listening to each other, discuss their feeling through play, role-play, team work, speaking and listening and circle time activities. They are encouraged to become more independent, for example dressing themselves or managing their own personal hygiene as well as become increasingly aware of the need to be active and to eat healthily.

Emotional, social and
personal development

Children will develop pleasure in reading and listening, participating in discussion about books and poems, learning to consider the opinions of others; they will be able to write narratives about personal experiences and through role-play and drama they will improve both reading and writing skills.

English

Children will develop confidence and mental fluency with whole numbers, counting and place value, working with numerals, words and the four operations, developing their ability to recognise, describe, draw, compare and sort different shapes and use the related vocabulary. Using a range of measures to describe and compare different quantities such as length, mass, capacity/volume, time and money.

Mathematics

Through first-hand practical experiences ‘working scientifically’, books, videos, Children will look more closely at the natural world (plants, animals, humans, environment) and the humanly-constructed world around. While being encouraged to be curious and ask questions about what they notice they will be helped to develop their understanding of scientific ideas.

Science

Children will learn about the world, the United Kingdom and their locality understanding basic subject-specific vocabulary relating to human and physical geography and begin to use geographical skills, including first-hand observation to enhance their locational awareness and through the history of events such the Great Fire of London or people such Queen Victoria life, they develop an awareness of the past.

History and Geography

Our aim is to inspire the love of the arts in our children encouraging them to express their creativity and imagination drawing, painting and sculpture, exploring a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space; singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes and playing tuned and untuned instruments musically.

Arts, Music, Drama

With a special emphasis in teaching to use technology safely and respectfully Children will learn how to create simple program with Bee-bot and animations with Scratch.

Computer Science

Children will develop fundamental movement skills and become increasingly competent and confident, dancing, playing team games, running and jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination.

Physical Education

Our students will learn to speak clearly and convey ideas confidently using Standard English: justify ideas with reasons; develop vocabulary and build knowledge; negotiate; evaluate and build on the ideas of others. Giving well-structured descriptions and explanations they will develop their understanding through speculating, hypothesising and exploring ideas, this will enable our students to clarify their thinking as well as organise their ideas for writing.

English:
Spoken English and reading

Our children will develop the skills to write at length, with accurate spelling and punctuation, and the correct use of grammar: narratives, explanations, descriptions, comparisons, summaries and evaluations. While a strong emphasis is put in developing vocabulary actively.

English:
Writing and Vocabulary

The english curriculum for mathematics aims to ensure that all the students become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, with increasingly complex problems over time; reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof using mathematical language and can solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of routine and nonroutine problems with increasing sophistication.

Mathematics

Our aim is to provide the foundations for understanding the world through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics, they will learn the essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes and uses of science. Through building up a body of key foundational knowledge and concepts, our students will be encouraged to recognise the power of rational explanation and develop a sense of excitement and curiosity about natural phenomena, understanding how science can be used to explain what is occurring, predict how things will behave, and analyse causes.

Science

The history education will help pupils gain knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world, the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time.

History

The geography education aims to get the knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes while Geographical knowledge, understanding and skills will provide the frameworks and approaches that explain how the Earth’s features at different scales are shaped, interconnected and change over time.

Geography

Our students will learn the principles of information and computation, how digital systems work, and how to put this knowledge to use through programming. Building on this knowledge and understanding, pupils are equipped to use information technology to create programs, systems and a range of content. We use Logo in Y3 to teach mathematics, Scratch 3 in Y4 for animations, in Y5 for drawing shapes and in Y6 for making games. And for advanced students that love computing we use STAR WARS JS and all can join our Astropi Computing Club.

Computer Science

Our Art & Music education aim is to inspire and challenge our students equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art through drawing, painting and sculpture and to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, increasing their self-confidence and creativity. While developing a more rigorous understanding of art & music, knowing about great artists and musicians and understanding the historical and cultural development of their work.

Arts & Music

Our PE classes aim is to inspire all pupils to develop competence in a broad range of physical activities, to engage in competitive sports and activities and lead healthy and active lives. While competing in sport will help them to build character and to embed values such as fairness and respect.

Physical Education

British International Education

We use the methodology of English immersion, so that our children grow up surrounded by English in a natural way we place a strong emphasis on teaching the language, which allows communication in English from a very early age as we consider it essential to speak and understand the language before learning to read and write.

Welcome to Canterbury School of Maspalomas

Kirsty Mallinson, Head of Maspalomas

Infant and Primary School

From 3 to 10 years old

British International Education

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