English for Primary School

At Curious Thoughts Academy, children learn to be curious, critical thinkers with our through-train English curriculum for children aged 1 to 16 years old. 

Through our classes, our students transition from pre-primary to primary school, helping them get ready for the MOE primary school syllabus. These programmes lay the groundwork for students to have strong reading, writing and comprehension skills.

Our Primary school curriculum is developed by a team of former MOE educators, led by our Principal Mr Yao Shuohan, former MOE teacher of top SAP school with over 10 years of teaching experience for primary and secondary school students. Read more about him here.

 
 

Our Objective

At Curious Thoughts Academy, we encourage our students to be curious, critical thinkers. These skills are essential for success in the 21st century, and we inspire and cultivate these qualities in our students from an early age. Our goal is to foster confident and independent learners who are equipped to conquer any challenge that comes their way! 

In our General English courses, students build a strong language foundation through Jolly Phonics, Jolly Grammar and a MOE-aligned curriculum. They are seamlessly integrated into all aspects of our curriculum. Whether it's reading comprehension, vocabulary development or writing tasks, the skills acquired through Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar are applied and reinforced. This integration empowers our students to become confident learners who can communicate effectively and succeed in real-life contexts. 

 
 

Our curriculum seeks to develop Curiosity, Confidence and Creativity in our students.

Curiosity: We encourage curiosity as the driving force behind learning. We develop this through Reading. In a class, we:

  • Foster a love of reading by introducing an extensive range of age-appropriate literary works 

  • Encourage comprehension skills such as critical thinking, inference, and analysis, enabling students to understand texts 

  • Question the text, contemplate various perspectives and search for author's bias 

Confidence: We empower our students to trust their abilities and ideas. We develop this through Communicating. We teach them to:

  • Speak confidently in front of an audience 

  • Express ideas, opinions, and feelings with clarity and confidence 

  • Participate in meaningful discussions in groups 

  • Listening comprehension tasks for students to analyse, make inferences and draw conclusions 

Creativity: We believe that creativity is a powerful tool for self-expression and problem solving. We develop this through Writing. In a class, we:

  • Explore new worlds, characters and ideas through writing prompts and activities 

  • Emphasise fundamentals of writing, including grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure and punctuation 

  • Implementing ThinkSRSD approach, encouraging students to learn pre-writing techniques such as brainstorming and organising ideas