Whether it's a transport that flies in the sky, travels on land or sails in the water, children can get in touch with it all.
At BMH Pre school, the children's lessons are never short of fun and new ways of learning are always on offer. When K2 entered the 'Transport' unit of inquiry, the teachers used creative and engaging experiences to open up the new world of transport for the children.
In our inquiry programme, we encourage children to have hands-on experiences, so they are always on an adventure.
This unit of inquiry started off with a BMH air journey. The children take their tickets and passports to queue for check-in, take their seats in an orderly manner, experience the view from the clouds and communicate with the friendly flight crew.
After experiencing flying, the children went on a school bus trip. While the bus took the children around the road near the school, they began to explore the Mission Hills community, observing the traffic and marking the number of different types of transport they saw on the table, such as trucks, vans, bicycles and traffic lights.
The students engaged in this activity brilliantly. They showed curiosity and wonder thinking about the similarities and differences between the transport types they saw.
Based on the theme of the inquiry unit, the children use a variety of forms to deepen their understanding of the theme during inquiry play, art lessons and outdoor play.
In art class, children use their creativity to combine geometric shapes to create their favourite vehicles such as planes, cars and boats ...... Step by step, the children created their own unique transport.
This term's nature lessons started with a refreshing autumn breeze and the children created 'natural' vehicles using fallen leaves, a gift from nature, to give new life to the yellow leaves in their hands.
And during inquiry play time, they can make colourful transport with paint. They also got to make kites, paper aeroplanes and even rockets with their own hands. They also starred as handsome captains, well-mannered passengers and professional staff in their favourite role-playing game.
As mentioned in our post about the Pre school English programme, our English teaching is structured around four parts: Phonics Programme, Talk for Writing, Guided Reading, speaking and listening.
Our inquiry programme is also integrated into the English curriculum so that children can learn a variety of English words related to 'transport' as part of this unit of study.
In the Phonics and Talk for Writing sessions, they will be introduced to English words for various types of transport. Now you can even compete with them and the children may know more than you do!
In the Guided Reading lessons, children wander through specially selected themed books in which they learn more about transport and how to use the English vocabulary.
In the daily show and tell sessions, children share their favourite means of transport and to talk about their experiences of travelling on them. In this process, their communication and language skills are developed greatly.
Inquiry is a key pedagogical approach at BMH, aiding the development of children’s critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Not only are the K2 children continuing their adventure on the BMH campus and beyond, but students from PreK to 6th grade are also doing their own explorations, and ideas are blooming everywhere.
