THE BILINGUAL SCHOOL OF FLORENCE PARENTS AREA ABOUT US ACADEMICS ENGLISH ADMISSIONS WHAT WE OFFER CALENDAR CONTACTS TEACHING ENGLISH The Kindergarten school is accredited by Cambridge International and promotes an educational approach and curriculum aimed at the development of each student’s confi-dence, creativity, and autonomy. The Cambridge International programs are recognized all over the world and are used by over 9,000 schools in 160 countries. Cambridge International provides a certified educational pathway for students aged 5 to 19. Joining the Cambridge International School network confirms our international path that places emphasis on multilingual and intercultural competency, or the ability to activate – in a manner appropriate to the circumstances – the articulated and varied repertoire of linguistic and cultural resources in order to respond to communication needs or to interact with others so that they can develop this same repertoire. The Cambridge Curriculum is utilized at the Pre-School as well, where children will learn the language sounds using the approach “I hear, I see, I do.” Every year, the Pre-School staff creates a program of activities according to the “Competency Units” in order to gradually reach the linguistic goals necessary to move forward into the bilingual primary school. The Kindergarten Pre-School proposes a structured and uniform Italian-English education, based on the Italian Curriculum and on the “Early Years Foundation Stage,” the British curriculum for Pre-School education; Cambridge Primary is an educational program for students from ages 5 to 11, that develops an international level curriculum dedicated to creating confident, responsible, reflective, innovative and com-mitted young students. Students will approach subjects with different cultural perspectives and with a high degree of analysis in line with the Italian National Ministry’s instructions. The Cambridge International subjects adopted by the Kindergarten Primary School are: English (6 hours) and Science (2 hours). As well as two CLIL* subjects taught in English: Music (2 hours) and Art (2 hours), for a total of 12 hours a week in English, taught only by mother tongue teachers. At the end of the five years of Primary School, students take the Cambridge Primary Checkpoint exams for English and Science, an important instrument for measuring learner performance, as well as a certifi-cation, recognised worldwide, to show the student’s level . The Cambridge International pathway continues on to the Middle School years, where the students will continue learning English (5 hours) and Science (3 hours) as well as two CLIL* subjects taught in English (2 hours of Art and 2 hours of Technology) and then, at the end of the 3 years of middle school, they will take the Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint exams. *CLIL = Content and language integrated learning (Italiano) Le esperienze all'estero: Immersion Stay & Erasmus+ (Italiano) CEFR - i livelli europei di conoscenza delle lingue This website uses technical and profiling cookies. Read Cookie Policy Accept Phone. +39 o55.495061 scuola@kindergarten.it COOKIE POLICY PRIVACY POLICY KINDERGARTEN SRL Via San Gallo 105, Florence – P.IVA 03920220484 WORK WHIT US CALENDARIO DOCENTI