Green School’s Primary School provides a nurturing and challenging environment that is student centric with regards to contexts and academic learning. The program is delivered via a student-centred structure described as the ‘Three-frame Day’. This scaffold is designed to deliver a consistent, well-rounded and comprehensive learning experience. Grade teachers oversee the students’ learning programs and have responsibility for their pastoral care. Specialist teachers of drama, art, music, health and well being, Indonesian and environmental studies (Green Studies) extend the program and a learning support team, counsellor, and English language learning teacher support the students

2. PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM
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INTRODUCTION
At Green School, ‘Primary School Program’ refers to the learning offered from Grade One through to
Grade Five. Students typically become seven years old during the academic year they join Grade One
and eleven years old during their last year in Primary School. The Primary School provides a nurturing
and challenging environment that is student centric with regards to contexts and academic learning.
The program is delivered via a student-centred structure described as the ‘Three-frame Day’. This scaffold
is designed to deliver a consistent, well-rounded and comprehensive learning experience. Grade teachers
oversee the students’ learning programs and have responsibility for their pastoral care. Specialist
teachers of drama, art, music, health and well being, Indonesian and environmental studies (Green
Studies) extend the program and a learning support team, counsellor, and English language learning
teacher support the students.
THE THREE FRAME DAY
Integral Frame
Utilises thematic teaching and
focuses on engaging, and satisfying,
the ‘whole person’.
It includes thematic lessons to
challenge the students in four
ways: physically, emotionally,
intellectually and intra-personally -
in daily sessions which are engaging
and creative. These occupy the
first 1 hour and 45 minutes of
the day, thus, every day, students
start with a deeply satisfying,
human experience. These thematic
lessons are delivered by the class
teachers with specialist teachers,
in drama, dance, music, physical
education, art, and environmental
education making contributions
over the course of the theme in a
shared-teaching atmosphere.
Together, these three
frames work to foster
a creative, holistic,
student-centred
environment with-in
a natural setting,
to nurture and inspire
future green leaders.
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Instructional Frame
Focuses on core, discrete intellectual competencies that require repetition to reach proficiency, namely
literacy, numeracy, and languages other than English; attention to detail for individual learners maximises
success in this frame. Delivered in 15, 50-minute proficiency lessons - each week. In these sessions,
traditional subjects, including: Mathematics, English and Bahasa Indonesia, are studied and ensure that
students have a firm foundation in basic academic skills. Each proficiency lesson subject gets a minimum of
three lessons per week – with Maths and English receiving 5 lessons. Our curriculum is strongly rooted
in internationally recognized learning outcomes, and we use these outcomes to drive our instruction.
A scope and sequence has been designed to fit with Green School’s unique vision, mission and educational
philosophy, using Singapore Maths and Australian English Curriculums.
Experiental Frame
Occupies about 2 hours each day. Practical subject areas are
offered weekly: Enterprise Education, Green Studies, Physical
Education, Drama, Art and Music. These sessions link students
to adult enterprises and take advantage of hands-on learning
opportunities that arise on, or off, campus, i.e. the arrival of a
culture group or the installation of a power generator. In these
practical lessons, students engage real-world workers,
technologists, and entrepreneurs with increasing depth as they
progress through the Primary Program.
or a deeper understanding…
THEMATIC LESSONS
within the Integral Frame
Thematic lessons occupy the first hour and 45 minutes
of each school day. One theme, positioned within a subject
(e.g. ‘Chinese Hero Legends’, grade 4 English), forms the
focus for the entire block; that is, the same context is
presented for about twenty consecutive teaching mornings.
Although all TLs are centred on a particular context
within a particular subject, they also include elements
that connect across several areas of learning and
provide stimulation of all four intelligences; physical, emotional, intellectual and intrapersonal. TLs are
a creative and engaging means to introduce academic content that will be further covered in the
second frame of learning, proficiency lessons. A wide variety of themes are explored that are specifically
designed to suit the developmental stages of learning in each age group as children progress through
primary school. When choosing themes for the year, teachers are guided by a map which ensures a
balanced approach that addresses all learning needs for their students.

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PROFICIENCY LESSONS within the Instructional Frame
Mathematics, English and Indonesian Language are offered as proficiency lessons. All subject syllabi
included in proficiency lessons are expressed as a series of skills and understandings, which enable
teachers to tell the students precisely what they will be learning – not merely what they will be doing.
Learning Objectives are grouped by grade for practicality but, in practice, they are applied as a continuum.
New content introduced in the thematic lessons is practised for proficiency in this frame.
English Proficiency Lessons
The Australian English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of Language,
Literature and Literacy. Teaching and learning programs balance and integrate all three strands.
Together the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding and skills in
listening, reading, viewing, speaking, writing and creating. Learning in English builds on concepts,
skills and processes developed in earlier years, and teachers will revisit and strengthen these as
needed. Literacy is not a separate learning area but permeates all learning areas. For students
to be successful learners of each key learning area, they need to be successful literacy learners.
Mathematics Proficiency Lessons
Singapore Maths teaches students mathematical concepts in a three-step learning process:
concrete, pictorial, and abstract. The first of the three steps is concrete, wherein students learn
while handling objects such as shells, dice, or paper clips. Students then transition to the pictorial
step by drawing diagrams called “bar-models” to represent specific quantities of an object. This
involves drawing a rectangular bar to represent a specific quantity. They can use this method
to solve other mathematical problems involving subtraction, multiplication, and division. Once
students have learned to solve mathematical problems using bar modelling, they begin to solve
mathematical problems with exclusively abstract tools: numbers and symbols.
Bahasa Indonesia
Indonesian language and culture form an important part of the education offered at Green
School. The arts and culture of Bali feature in our festivals and assemblies and are taught as part
of the Visual Arts and Performance Arts practical lessons. Bahasa Indonesia, the language, is also
taught as a proficiency lesson.

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PRACTICAL LESSONS within the Experiental Frame
The practical subject areas are offered weekly: Enterprise Education, Green Studies, Physical Education,
Drama, Art and Music – one subject area per day. These practical sessions link students to adult enterprises
and take advantage of hands-on learning opportunities that arise on, or off, campus. In these practical
lessons, students engage real-world workers, technologists, and entrepreneurs with increasing depth
as they progress through the Primary Program. Occasionally, one subject area will take over the entire
week of practical lessons when significant learning opportunities arise. These moments are balanced
out over the course of a year.
Enterprise Education
In the Green School Primary Program, Enterprise Education(EE) is a subject in its own right.
EE projects respond to authentic opportunities that arise in the community such as a dance
production, play area development, animal and environmental conservation activities, visiting a
performance group or a local market, etc. and provide structured systems to engage appropriately
with the opportunity. Teachers enliven every enterprise project by linking to ‘real-world’ practi-
tioners or events. Each class typically completes two to three Enterprise Education projects per
year.
Physical Education - Games
The focus of Physical Education at Green School is on the enjoyment of physical activities, building
physical skills and abilities and providing opportunities for students to participate in a variety of
sports. PE in the Primary Program is offered daily in the form of short aerobic fitness sessions,
once per week as personal skills and agilities and once per week as a games lesson within the
practical lesson program.
Green Studies
Environmental Education, called Green Studies at Green
School, is central to the mission of the school and permeates
every aspect of our operations, including the grounds,
permaculture gardens, the stunning bamboo buildings and
all the learning opportunities. Green Studies is a dedicated
subject in its own right. In the ‘Primary Program’ it is delivered
via term-long topics and a range of extended projects. It also
plays a role in many of the Thematic Lessons, Enterprise
Education as well as in the basic Mathematics and English
proficiency lessons.
Performance Arts
Performance Arts permeate many of the Thematic Lessons.
In addition it is a dedicated subject in its own right and several
of the Enterprise Education projects are drama based. In
the Primary School, the subject is delivered via a range of
topics and extended projects in the practical frame of the
day.

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Music
Music is delivered experientially as a practical lesson.
It occurs as part of the practical lessons program
through such activities as marimba ensemble, drum-
ming, musical plays, and singing.
Visual Arts
Two dimensional and three dimensional art and handcraft
projects are explored in every PS grade as a component
of the practical lessons. The creativity, mental energy,
and school enthusiasm generated by the arts earns
them an uncompromised place in the program. Often
the projects reflect content that is being studied in the
Thematic Lesson part of the program.
Cultural Festivals
Each year, every grade in the Primary School actively participates in cultural celebrations from
around the globe with a special focus on Balinese festivals. Chinese New Year, Nyepi (Balinese
New Year), Galungan, rice harvest festivals, Halloween, Saraswati Day, and others festivals specific
to nationalities attending the school are included.
Environmental Action
In Green School education in sustainability deeply penetrates
the entire operation; it is part of the air we breathe and the
ground we walk on, at every turn. In short, ‘sustainability’
components attach to thematic teaching in all subject
areas; working shoulder-to- shoulder with other teachers in
those subject areas. Our environmental educators are viewed
as researchers and teacher educators who have the
important role of increasing the green wisdom of the
entire staff. Environmental sustainability, deep respect for
the earth, and intentional eco-harmony are not subjects in
the Green School curriculum–they are inevitable consequences
of the way we live. Each class also has a garden of vegetables
and flowers that they tend. Composting, worm farms, water conservation, life cycles and other
topics relevant to organic gardening and permaculture are discussed and become part of the
experiential learning process. In summary, Green School’s entire approach is sustainable.
The school offers education where environmental responsibility is an inevitable consequence of
its humane schooling vision.
PRIMARY SCHOOL ETHOS
In additional to the Primary School curriculum, Green School offers important events, celebrations,
festivals, and style that contribute to our ethos. Here are some of the elements:

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Involvement with Organisations in the Community
All Primary School classes have involvement with charitable organisations, both global and in the
local community. Examples of affiliation and support for these charities are: Yayasan Senyum
(Smile Shop), Dr. Ating Foundation and Jane Goodall’s Root and Shoots, Bali Animal Welfare
Association (BAWA), MEI club, Kul Kul Farm, Kul Kul Connection and Kambali.
Mindfulness
Social and emotional skills of Mindfulness play an integral role in self development. Mindfulness
offers easy strategies for helping students to focus their attention, improve self-regulation skills,
build resilience and develop a positive mind-set whilst at school and in life. Mindfulness as a
practice in class and school wide, is a feature of each day: as the day or lesson begins, at moments
of transition or even waiting for lunch.
I RESPECT Values
As a school we subscribe to a set of values - I RESPECT. These are the values of Integrity, Responsibility,
Equity, Sustainability, Peace, Empathy, Community, and Trust. At all times we should be teaching
and modeling these values and supporting our students in doing the same. We encourage all
teachers to honor and recognize theses values in our students at all times with on-going
dialogue, discussions, and reinforcement.
Integrity – being honest and ethical with thoughts and actions.
Responsibility – being accountable for thoughts, actions and deeds.
Empathy – understanding and caring for the feelings of others.
Sustainability – ensuring that your own body and surroundings are cared for so
they are clean and healthy for as long as possible.
Peace – contributing to a state of harmony.
Equality - respecting everyone as an equal and as an individual.
Community – being part of a group seeking common goals and taking care of each other.
Trust - building and maintaining strong relationships with each other,
the school and the environment.