1-6 forms

Supported by the council of the “Mkhitar Sebastatsi” Educomplex, April 21, 2011

2011-2012 Academic year

Curriculum

Interpretations of the curriculum

1.      This curriculum is the appendix of the state alternative educational programme “Creator’s school: an individual’s educational order- media education” henceforth :programme.

2.      Children becoming six before the 31st of December 2011 are admitted to the first form. Admittance to the forms 2-6 is done with the learners of the corresponding forms (or according to the learner's development level, peculiarities and the degree of readiness). The learners' parents are to accept the programme and sign the educational contract in an established order. Children, born in 2006, are admitted to the preparatory class in an established order. 

3.      Instruction in the class is organized with electronic smart boards and electronic smart pens. Learners can be involved in the “Notebook is my classmate” programme at their parents’ choice.  

4.      Learners’ density in the class is 20-22. Courses according to learners’ preferences are organized in groups of 12-22.

5.      The director of the Educomplex confirms the alterations in the orders of the curriculum interpretations when they are introduced by the educational program supervisor.

 6.      The learner’s academic records and other necessary information are registered electronically in the established order.

 7.      The academic year is organized with the yearly educational calendar of the Educomplex. Participation in granted camps, educational reviews, Educational Digitecs, media Olympiads, folk ceremonies and holidays is an obligatory educational activity.

8.      We have a 6-day school week. Saturdays are allocated for the organization of country studies, educational trips, educational social projects and further education.

9.      The school day begins with a 15-minute general morning training in an established order and programme. The organization of this training is part of the educational social project.

10.   The instruction is organized at school and at home with effective use of digital means. At home the learner has a computer attached to the Internet. At school the learners have a constant access to the Internet, computer, electronic smart board, digital audio recorder, digital camera and the cell phone. Assignments and their answers are also presented electronically.

11.   The learners and teachers are subscribers of the Educomplex  library. The library provides the learners and teachers with necessary teaching materials, teaching means and printed or digital books.     

12.   Visiting the school website and participation in its work is the learners’ obligatory educational work. 

13.   The lessons are interrupted by merry gymnastics in an established order.

 14.   Outdoor lessons are considered to be the realization of learners’ rights.

15.   Educational trips being realized in an established order are components of different school subject courses. 

16.   The learners take part in the realization of projects intended for environment improvement. This is extracurricular work.

17.   The learners take part in the obligatory self-service work; maintaining of hygiene demands, taking care of educational territories and belongings. This is extracurricular work.

18.   For the learners having been out of Armenia for a long time or for some reasons having not assimilated the subject courses, instruction with individual curriculum and subject syllabuses is organized.  

19.   The subject courses which are intended for grades 1-4 with the curriculum form the “Fun of Knowledge” programme the class-master of which takes part in the organization of all the activities.

20.   The school subject “My Environment and I” in grades 1-4 includes the following courses: “Country Studies”, “Science”, “Space”, Plant and Animal Care”, “Safety Traffic” and “Health Care”.  

21.   Foreign languages, means of media and the Internet are taught and used beginning from the first grade. Everyday lessons of foreign languages and computer (and other digital means) are conducted. The learners use their own electronic mails beginning from the first grade.

22.    The course “Media technologies” is organized in the form of practical work. The learner gets acquainted with the application of computer programs and digital technical means.

 23.   In grades 1-6 science lessons are organized in the laboratories on the bases of experiments and in the form of outdoor ecological lessons by taking care of plants and animals.

24.   In grades 5-6 science lessons include some knowledge in ecology, physical geography, biology, physics, astronomy and chemistry.

25.   In grade 5 “Mythology” includes ancient Armenians myths and the national epic.

26.    “Technology” in grades 5-6 consists of courses “Kitchen work”, “Household keeping”, “Plant and Animal Care” and “Design”.

27.   “Music” includes teaching of singing and dancing, listening to music, musical literacy.

 28.   National games and art gymnastics are components of physical culture in grades 1-4

29.   Each pupil of grades 5-6 becomes member of on of the sport clubs in an established order and takes part in team trainings.

30.   The theatre is one of the effective ways of learners’ activities.

 31.  In grades 2-4 two academic hours a week are allocated at learners’ choice to take part in one of the  following courses “Music-dance”, “Technology”, “Gymnastics”, “Mathematical Ken guru”, Chess and other logical games”. In grades 5-6 learners are provided with the opportunity to be involved in their preference activities of a journalist-translator, mathematician, country studies, athlete, musician, biologist, designer, and handicraft.   

32. For the courses of further education a contract with the learner’s parents is signed. The following courses of further education are provided: foreign languages (English, Georgian, Russian, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, Persian and Arabic), mathematics, technical creation, physics, chemistry, astronomy, ecology, film making and photo taking, computer graphics, applied computer programs, electronic smart board, piano, folk musical instrument, vocal art, dancing, fine art, sculpture, pottery, cutting and sewing, carpet making, carpentry, metal work, plant and flower care and design, cooking, chess, sport (swimming, football, basketball, handball, volleyball, table tennis, art gymnastics and athletics).       

33. The execution of the curriculum and subject syllabuses is seen in the term reports of programme supervisors and the heads of educational centers as well as in the monthly reports of teachers and that of 5-6 grade learners.  

34.   The work done by the learners of 1-4 grades isn’t evaluated with marks. At the end of each month learners present their work portfolios done either individually or in small groups. At the end of the term a development reference form for each learner is filled in an established order. The following components are taken into account in the development reference form: learner’s system of values, assumed knowledge, the qualitative characteristics of the gained skills, the learner’s immediate aim.

35.  Beginning from grade 5 different ways of evaluation are used which are brought to 10-point system. The evaluation is based on the individual or group work (self reviews, mid term and term reviews, fulfillment of distant tasks, investigating and creative work, work with educational website, social educational projects, educational trips, hikes of country studies, creative reviews, gatherings, Olympiads, media exhibitions, participation in festivals and monthly reports.) Other ways of evaluations may also be put in practice. The learner’s self control of educational activity and self reviews and presenting this sort of work by means of media is encouraged.

36.  The media material created as a result of everyday studies in class and at home is placed in the Educomplex website in an established order. They may also be published electronically or kept in the media library.  

37. Learners’ other work results are presented at demonstrations, exhibitions and creative gatherings.

38. The results of the work done in grades 4 and 6 are studied by the examination centre at the end of the academic year.