CWS Elementary School PROGRAM (ESM)
For International Students Only
What is the CWS Elementary School Program (ESP)?
CWS Elementary School Program (ESP) is a curriculum framework designed for students aged 6 to 10. ESP prepares students for the intellectual challenges of further education and their future careers, focusing on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both in the classroom and in the world outside.
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Curriculum for Elementary School Program
The CWS Elementary School Program (ESP) is organized according to:
- The written curriculum;
- The taught curriculum;
- The assessed curriculum
The CWS Elementary School Program (ESP) engages the learning student to find himself/herself as they observe and learn their environment. The ESP program initiates the learning experience by allowing the CWS student to explore his/her opportunities, how to achieve them, and how to resolve problems. Questions that will be left to the CWS student are described below:
Curriculum Areas of Study
The CWS Elementary Curriculum covers areas of study as follows:
- The Arts
- French As a Second Language
- Health and Physical Education
- Language
- Mathematics
- Science and Technology
- Social Studies
Curriculum Areas of Study
The Arts
Since arts experiences offer other modes and ways of experiencing and learning, children will have opportunities to think and feel as they explore, problem-solve, express, interpret, and evaluate the process and the results. The CWS Learning experiences in the arts include aesthetic experiences, creative engagement, and the development of skills of expressive participation, as well as the acquisition of knowledge and skills related to specific arts.
ARTS – includes Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts
In this curriculum, fundamental concepts are listed separately for each of the arts – dance, drama, music, and visual arts. These concepts represent essential aspects of each of the arts. They consist of elements in the Dance, Drama, and Music strands and elements and principles in the Visual Arts strand. The elements and principles used in this document are listed in the table below.
French as a Second Language Curriculum
The ability to speak and understand French allows CWS students to communicate with French-speaking people in Canada and around the world, to understand and appreciate the history and evolution of their cultures, and to develop and benefit from a competitive advantage in the workforce. While the knowledge of any language has value, French is not only a global language but the mother tongue of many Canadians and an integral part of the Canadian identity.
Through the study of French at CWS World Schools, students experience multiple opportunities to communicate for authentic purposes in real-life situations. These opportunities enable CWS students to build on and apply their knowledge of French in everyday academic and social situations, thus developing effective communication skills.
To develop the skills necessary to become lifelong language learners, CWS students will be given multiple opportunities to:
- listen and respond to texts and others;
- speak and interact with others;
- read, view, and respond to a variety of texts;
- write a variety of texts for many different purposes and audiences.
CWS Health and Physical Education Curriculum
This curriculum helps CWS students develop an understanding of what they need to make a commitment to lifelong healthy, active living and develop the capacity to live satisfying, productive lives.
Healthy, active living benefits both individuals and society in many ways – for example, by increasing productivity and readiness for learning, improving morale, decreasing absenteeism, reducing healthcare costs, decreasing antisocial behavior such as bullying and violence, promoting safe and healthy relationships, and heightening personal satisfaction. Research has shown a connection between increased levels of physical activity and better academic achievement, better concentration, better classroom behavior, and more focused learning. Other benefits include improvements in psychological well-being, physical capacity, self-concept, and the ability to cope with stress. The expectations that make up this curriculum also provide the opportunity for CWS students to develop social skills and emotional well-being.
The CWS Health and Physical Education programs are most effective when they are delivered in healthy schools and when students’ learning is supported by CWS World Schools staff, families, and communities. The CWS Health and Physical Education offers students a unique opportunity for kinesthetic learning – they learn about healthy, active living primarily by “doing”, that is, through physical activity. In CWS health and physical education, students discover the joy of movement, learn about their bodies, and develop physical and cognitive skills that will contribute to their lifelong health and well-being.
The CWS Language Curriculum 
The CWS curriculum organizes the knowledge and skills that students need to become literate in four strands or broad areas of learning:
- Oral Communication,
- Reading,
- Writing
These areas of CWS learning are closely interrelated, and the knowledge and skills described in the four strands are interdependent and complementary. CWS Teachers are expected to plan activities that blend expectations from the four strands to provide students with the kinds of experiences that promote meaningful learning and that help students recognize how literacy skills in the four areas reinforce and strengthen one another.
The Mathematics Curriculum
CWS the mathematics curriculum is categorized into five major areas of knowledge and skills in the mathematics curriculum.
The CWS program in all Mathematics grades is designed to ensure that CWS World Schools students build a solid foundation in mathematics by connecting and applying mathematical concepts in a variety of ways. To support this process, CWS teachers will, whenever possible, integrate concepts from across the five strands and apply the mathematics to real-life situations.
The five strands are:
- Number Sense
- Numeration,
- Measurement,
- Geometry and Spatial Sense,
- Patterning Algebra, and
- Data Management and Probability.
THE CWS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM
The CWS science and technology curriculum expectations are organized into four strands, which are the major areas of knowledge and skills in the science and technology curriculum. The four strands are as follows:
- Understanding Life Systems Understanding Structures and Mechanisms
- Understanding Matter and Energy
- Understanding Earth, and
- Space Systems.
The CWS students are expected to learn three skill areas:
- scientific inquiry/experimentation skills
- scientific inquiry/research skills
- technological problem-solving skills.
The CWS Science and Technology curriculum will involve subjects of study as illustrated below:
The CWS Social Studies Curriculum
The CWS Social studies program is an interdisciplinary subject that draws upon economics, geography, history, law, and politics, as well as some of the subjects in the social sciences and humanities. The social studies program enables students to investigate various ideas, concepts, and issues using an interdisciplinary approach, giving students an integrated learning experience and leading to a deeper understanding of the interconnections between social, political, economic, and environmental ideas and issues.
The components of the CWS Social Studies are:
- Grade 1 – CWS social studies students will examine various roles, relationships, and responsibilities, how and why these may change, and how they are connected to one’s identity, culture, and sense of self.
- Grade 2 – CWS social studies students will develop their understanding of their local community and begin to examine the global community.
- Grade 3 – CWS social studies students are introduced to some of the diverse communities that existed in Canada between approximately 1780 and 1850. Students will explore what life was like for different groups of people during that period and will compare the lives of these people to those of present-day Canadians.
- Grade 4 – CWS Social studies students will develop their understanding of how we study the past, as they use various methods to examine the social organization, daily life, and the relationship with the environment in different societies that existed between 3000 BCE and 1500 CE.
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