LEARNING AND TEACHING POLICYDulwich College Beijing

Early Years

At Dulwich College Beijing, our children live and learn in a diverse, exciting and challenging environment.

We believe that in order for children to grow and develop into life-long learners and responsible global citizens,

learning and teaching should be underpinned by:

CreativityPlay

Effective communicationDeveloping independence

Making decisions and problem solvingPositive relationships Celebrating diversity

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Creativity• Learning opportunities that are

practical, engaging and use diverse and exciting resources

• Offering open-ended learning activities that encourage children to express themselves

• Following the children’s interests and being flexible in our approach to planning

Play• Promoting play as a planned and

purposeful part of our curriculum

• Providing opportunities and sufficient time for play through appropriate stimuli such as role-play areas and resources

Effective communication• Placing speaking and listening

opportunities as a priority in all areas of school life

• Respecting children’s home language and its role in the development of learning English

• Promoting a range of different models for communication throughout the curriculum, in areas such as ICT, reading, writing, music, art and drama

Developing Independence• Giving children the confidence and

belief in themselves to take risks• Encouraging class routines that

allow children to take responsibility for themselves and their environment

 

Making Decisions• Offering choices to children and

equipping them with the skills to make those choices

• Providing opportunities for learning that are open-ended and challenging

• Encouraging children to make connections in their learning

Positive Relationships• Creating an environment based on

respect and care for others• Explicitly addressing relationships and

emotional needs • Planning activities that encourage

collaboration and team work• Developing a working partnership with

key carers

Celebrating Diversity• Ensuring the curriculum reflects and

promotes a global viewpoint • Creating a sense of belonging within

our school community• Offering children the opportunities

to express themselves as unique individuals

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A Learning Environment that should:

• Support and extend children’s development and learning

• Promote effective partnership between Teachers, Assistant Teachers, support staff and the wider community, working together to ensure a high standard of learning and teaching

• Be stimulating and attractive, complemented by and a well-considered and flexible lay out

• Reflect the positive behaviour management policy of the school

• Enable free movement between indoors and outdoors, where possible

• Have resources that are open–ended, attractive and multifunctional

Learning and Teaching in the Foundation Stage

The Curriculum• Is based on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), which focuses on

the six areas of development – Personal, Social and Emotional Development; Communication, Language and Literacy; Problem Solving Reasoning and Numeracy; Physical Development; Knowledge and Understanding of the World; and Creative Development.

• Is play-based • Includes provision for Chinese language and culturePlanning• Is responsive –based on observations and the interests of the children• Takes into account the next steps of each individual child’s development • Involves all practitioners in the class• Reflects the areas of provision such as sand and water, role-play and

mark-making 

Learning and Teaching in Key Stage 1

The Curriculum• Follows the National Curriculum for England and Wales, but is adapted to

suit our international context• Has an emphasis on practical activities: investigation, problem solving, and

activities that develop children’s skills, creativity and understanding• Recognises the importance of children recording their work but not as the

focus of their learning• Reflects the importance of ICT and integrates technology throughout all

subjects• Makes cross curricular links where relevant• Includes provision for Chinese language and culture

Planning• Has clear Learning Objectives that are shared with the children and build on

previous learning• Shows differentiation and how the needs of all children are being met• Encompasses all areas of the curriculum and recognises that many

unplanned learning opportunities will present themselves throughout the day