Brighton International School Phnom Penh, Cambodia

At Brighton International School Phnom Penh, we are committed to the implementation of our vision, mission and curriculum.

Vision: Creating opportunities through the empowerment of education.

Mission: To give Cambodian children an international education whilst maintaining their Khmer culture and traditions. To produce Cambodian citizens who can compete within an international and local context.

Curriculum: Solid UK curriculum involving benchmarking against international standards through:

The maintenance of a student portfolio mapping the learning of each student in all area according to the specifications of Ofsted (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted/about)

Focus on the 10 areas of child development:

PRIME AREAS OF LEARNING

Communication and language
Physical development
Personal, social and emotional development

SPECIFIC AREAS OF LEARNING

Literacy
Mathematics
understanding the world
expressive arts and design

CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE LEARNING

Playing and exploring
Active learning
Creating and thinking critically


Our staff: Fully qualified teaching staff with additional certification in special education and Jolly Phonics. In addition, we have supporting local staff and foreign staff working as assistants, mentors and coaches for the children.

Our school is also a fully certified Cambridge International Exams preparation centre.

PROGRAM SUMMARY
-Nursery (2-3 years old): Full immersion English language.
-Kindergarten 1 (3-4 years old): Full immersion English language.
-Kindergarten 2 (4-5 years old): Full immersion English and introduction to Mandarin. Full immersion is used as well as IT-based resources, giving the children an early introduction to IT.
-Year 1 (5-6 years old): English, Mandarin and Khmer script.