Overview

Early Years Education within the Competency Based Curriculum (C.B.C) accommodates pre-primary, which we commonly refer to as pre-school and comprises of learners aged 3-6 years, and lower primary which caters for Grade 1 to Grade 3. The Pre-school education forms the foundation years for all other academic levels. Therefore, it is a very crucial stage in a child`s academic, social, emotional and physical development.

Makini Junior School Migosi has fully embraced the new C.B.C. Here, we are keen on enabling all our learners to develop the Core Competencies of the curriculum; communication and collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving, imagination and creativity, citizenship, learning to learn, self-efficacy and digital literacy. These competencies are embedded in all the learning areas.

Our teachers always endeavor to deliver a 21st century lesson which is learner-centered, child friendly and one that sets us apart from other education providers. This, they achieve by employing fun-filled learning experiences that ignite the urge of our learners to acquire new skills, knowledge and competencies. They are willing and happy to learn.

One of the ways in which we achieve this love for learning in our lessons is by incorporating plenty of play during lessons. For instance, a Number Work lesson at Migosi will not miss exciting games such as the Jenga puzzles, where learners arrange and rearrange blocks to come up with different number values and number sequences.

Likewise, in a Language Activity lesson, fishing and the Scrabble game enrich learning experiences. Consequently, all these and more fun-filled learning approaches help develop the imagination and creativity, critical thinking and problem solving of our learners, as they solve word and number puzzles, as well as communication and collaboration as there is a lot of conversation and coordination going on during the games.

Furthermore, the learning games help impart values such as patience and respect as learners take turns to play with the puzzles.

Digital literacy is another competency which is at the very heart of learning at Makini Junior School Migosi. Lessons are enriched with short, content related videos, songs and virtual games which are projected in class. We have also embraced the use of live worksheets via links sent to respective WhatsApp class groups by class teachers on a weekly basis. Parents are required to guide learners at home over the weekends to work on the live worksheets and thereafter the children share the feedback with fellow learners and the class teachers.

What is particularly interesting about the live worksheets is the fact that they are done virtually, they are self-marked and feedback on score is given there and then. This is useful to both the parents and learners as they get to know the learning progress in real time. More so, the consistent use of live worksheets as one way of assessing the learning progress has helped bring on board parental involvement in the learning progress of the learners, which is also a crucial area of focus in the Competency Based Curriculum.

It also goes without say that as learners manipulate various digital devices to work on the given worksheets, they are slowly but surely sharpening their skills on digital literacy.