Student+Learning

At MPS, our goal is to stimulate and challenge all our students’ individual needs at their level. We are committed to excellence in learning, and building it up through partnerships with colleagues, students and parents.

The intended project would ensure our children’s learning is further developed in an interdisciplinary learning framework encompassing VELS 8 key learning area s. Such interdisciplinary learning involves, communication, designing, producing and analyzing as well as building relationships and community engagement. Our integrated approach to the curriculum would allow for the focus of our project to be explored in a deep, broad and purposeful way. With every child having their own computer through our one to one laptop program, we envisage our children utilizing technology through comparisons of movie versions, written stories and other productions, as well as many of our children learning new skills in technology such as light, sound and special FX production.

At MPS we approach teaching and learning through a thinking curriculum, that draws on learning through multiple intelligences. The project would address 6 out of the 7 suggested intelligences. From Verbal Linguistic Intelligences e.g. memorizing and public speaking, to Body Kinesthetic Intelligences e.g. dance, performance and model building. Not only are these key skills children would refine through the project, but many children would learn interpersonal skills, particularly working as a team across a wider age range. The promotion of positive self- image, personal esteem, self worth and satisfaction would be of great importance to our students' learning during the project. The integrated nature of the project will provide challenging opportunities for all students and introduce those, who at times are inclined to be disengaged, to the broad scope of tasks required to produce theatre. As with the previously mentioned difficulties faced with certain attitudes towards Performing Arts from particular children, it is our belief that all children can be engaged in an aspect of Performance, whether on stage or behind the scenes.

Our intended target student group would be Grades 3 to 6, and the number of children is approximately 80-90. With a high population of ESL children in grade’s 3 to 6, the project would also provide varied learning experiences in speaking, listening, reading, viewing, building an understanding of language and developing language skills, supporting our belief that language is an integral part of learning that impacts across all curriculum areas. We hope that with script writers provided through the program our children will also have opportunities to integrate our Studies of Asia program into the text of the performance.