Our Key Stage 2 Curriculum

We are extremely proud of the innovative Key Stage 2 curriculum we offer here at DBIS. Our curriculum is guided and directed by the English National Curriculum but also reflects our unique international setting and celebrates our community’s diversity. We are particularly proud of the breadth of our provision and the holistic approach we take to ensure all our students achieve their full potential in all areas of learning and development.

Through experiential and motivating learning activities and experiences, the students are supported in developing skills as they encounter real-life problems to solve. As our students develop even greater independence in their learning and deepen their conceptual understandings in purposeful contexts, they are able to make connections to previous learning and can actively transfer their learning and skills in different contexts. Our Discovery lab continues to give real momentum to the STEAM-based approach adopted in learning across many of our Discovery units, focusing specifically on S cience, T echnology, E ngineering, A rt and M athematics.

Our Primary curriculum sets out in detail what will be taught in each of the different subject areas. As is the case in Key Stage 1, students in Key Stage 2 will develop confidence in different subject areas through a range of learning experiences. The students may focus specifically on one subject area or develop confidence and capabilities in a range of areas at the same time when engaged in their lessons. Our Discovery units are specifically planned to ensure critical content in all subject areas is covered through a concept-based approach which allows the students to form deeper understandings and make links between subjects and learning. The units help our students develop an international mindset alongside their awareness of their own self, encouraging them to become lifelong learners.

Alongside the core subjects, we continue to provide exceptional learning opportunities in Mandarin, Music, Learning Technologie (LT) and Physical Education (PE), which are all taught by specialist teachers.