PRACTICAL INFORMATION

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Rainbow offers a 2-year-package course to cover all the academic subjects.
 

	Complete English education: Pre-nursery & nursery (2 - 3 year-olders).
	Small numbers	Butterflies – Elves: 1 teacher = 9 students.
		Dragonflies: 2 teachers = 12 students.
		Personal teaching: 1 teacher = 2 students.
	Extra curricular activities.
	Weekly report-book
	Rainbow trains your babysitter with basic English.

BUTTERFLIES First year

Speech: English conversation
Only English is spoken at school. The children learn English the way they learn their mother-tongue. Speech is introduced through lots of songs, role-plays and games. The entire curriculum is in English.

Reading
The children are trained to read words instead of letters (ABC). Letters are taught later. By the end of the school year the children are able to read short sentences handwritten on the board.
Books: Readers 1 & 2, Blank Reader, and English Little Books: ‘I love’, ‘This is’ and ‘Take it’ – for one year.

Writing
Pre-writing is practiced with a special material and equipment.
Later the children trace words using stencils to make sentences.

Math
Numbers 1 - 100 and addition within 10 are taught during the first year. Numbers are taught their real quantity-value. Numerals are also taught during the first year. ‘Comparison’ or ‘classification’ is taught from the first month.

Non academic subjects
The children go through lots of activities to develop a practical intelligence. At the same time they develop physical skills through hand-eye coordination, sense of touch, etc.

Practical Life – Transferring, building blocks, printing, opening lids, etc.
Arts and Crafts — Coloring, tracing, modeling, flower arrangement, etc.
Puppets, props and free play — The children also enjoy non-directed activities.

Weekly Blue Curriculum
The school provides a note-book called Blue Curriculum that contains the material that the children will work on during the following week. It is updated every week, and given to the parents who may follow the activities going on in the class, and participate at home. The notebook also contains the teacher’s observations and comments of the child in the classroom. The Blue Curriculum notebook must be returned to school every Thursday or Friday for updating.
 

ELVES Second year

English speech
Elves can already speak English. Their speech improves with lots of attractive materials and methods during the year. Vocabularies are also introduced for practical life situations with various subjects using stories, songs, rhymes, etc.

Reading
At the beginning of the school year, Elves can already read short sentences handwritten on the board. They learn to read letters and phonograms (oy, all, ing, etc.) during the year. They continue learning reading words and composing sentences. At that appropriate time, the child learns letters and phonograms very fast.
The material for reading comes from various sources: natural science, practical life, stories, etc., and the children’s books: English Reader 3 and 4; Yosi book, etc.
Elves enjoy their books very much.
Books: English Readers 3 & 4, Blank Reader 2, Story-flashcards books: ‘Can you see me?’ + ‘My baby brother’ — for the whole year.

Math
Elves are taught additions within 20 during the year.
They also continue practicing ‘classification’.
Book: ‘My math book.’

General knowledge
The children learn bits of general knowledge that cover land, sea and air animals, fruits, vegetables, transportation, professions, etc. General knowledge is developed through discussions and attractive equipment.

Writing
As the children learn to read letters, they also learn to write them. Elves practice tracing the alphabet through calligraphy and with erasable plastic worksheets. They also learn to compose words as they write letters. The children are taught spelling through songs.
Books: ‘My own writing book’, Mazes 1 & 2, ‘I can write numbers 123’, ‘I can write abc’ and ‘Writing 1-20’.

Non-academic subjects
Practical life activities: Dressing, table dressing, folding, transferring, etc.
Arts and crafts: Clay, painting, drawing, decoration, flower arrangement, etc.
Puppets, props and free play — The children also enjoy non-directed activities.
Classification: Evolution, gradation, discrimination, related-unrelated, etc.
The list of subjects cannot end and is continuously improved.

• Montessori equipment is used in the classroom.
• The children make crafts which they bring home at the end of each semester on the days of the children’s parties.
• Elves are given a personal training.

Weekly Blue Curriculum
The school provides a note-book called Blue Curriculum that contains the material that the children will work on during the following week. It is updated every week, and given to the parents who may follow the activities going on in the class, and participate at home. The notebook also contains the teacher’s observations and comments of the child in the classroom. The Blue Curriculum notebook must be returned to school every Thursday or Friday for updating.
 

DRAGONFLIES One-year program for 3 years old children.

Speech: English conversation
Only English is spoken at school. The children learn English the way they learn their mother-tongue. Speech is introduced through lots of songs, role-plays and games. Dragonflies achieve some fluency during the year.

Reading
Dragonflies are trained to read words instead of letters (ABC). Letters and phonograms are introduced during the year when the children can read words. By the end of the school year, the children are able to read short sentences handwritten on the board. The reading material is set to prepare the children for entering formal school (TKA)
Books: Readers 1 & 2, Blank Reader 1, English Little Books in 3 titles: ‘I love’, ‘This is’, and ‘Take it’, and Storybooks: ‘Can you see me?’ – all for one year.

Writing
Dragonflies learn to write letters they can read. They practice tracing the alphabet through calligraphy and with erasable plastic worksheets. They also learn to compose words as they write letters. The children are taught spelling through songs.
Books: ‘My own writing book’, and ‘Mazes 1 & 2’.

Math
Numbers 1 - 100 are taught within the first semester. Two-digit addition is taught within the second semester. Lots of attractive material and equipment make learning enjoyable. Montessori equipment is also used in the classroom.

Non-academic subjects
Dragonflies go through lots of activities to develop a practical intelligence. At the same time, they develop physical skills through hand-eye coordination, sense of touch, etc.

Practical life activities: Dressing, table dressing, folding, transferring, etc.
Arts and crafts: Poster Collage, Hand Print, Necklace, Flower Collage, Free Painting.
Puppets, props and free play: The children also enjoy non-directed activities.
Classification: Evolution, gradation, discrimination, related-unrelated, etc.

• Montessori equipment is used in the classroom.
• The children make crafts which they bring home at the end of each semester on the days of the children’s parties.

Weekly Blue Curriculum
The school provides a note-book called Blue Curriculum that contains the material that the children will work on during the following week. It is updated every week, and given to the parents who may follow the activities going on in the class, and participate at home. The notebook also contains the teacher’s observations and comments of the child in the classroom. The Blue Curriculum notebook must be returned to school every Thursday or Friday for updating.
 

EXTRA CLASSES
 

 During the extra classes, the children practice non-academic subjects such as practical life activities, arts and crafts, etc. At times they also practice pre-writing with clay and calligraphy. It is also a time of singing, free play, and lots of Montessori toys.

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Back up at home
Parents are invited to back up RAINBOW’S teachings at home. This is not compulsory but it gives a real advantage for the child.

Speak English to the child at home!
It is enough that one parent speaks English to the child.

Do not translate!
When speaking English, ONLY speak English and NO other language.  Use gestures or explain yourself in English. Do NOT test the child by asking questions.

Do not mind your English. Even if you speak broken English, the child will pick OUR English syntax and pronunciation. Believe our experience; it will be worse if you don’t speak at all, for other children are catching fast. The babysitters may also speak the simple sentences the child learns at school.

Do NOT teach A B C at home
Don’t teach the alphabets to your child and stop anybody at home who is trying to do that. Learning the alphabets is not a method to train your child. If you teach ABC to your child, he will have difficulty to follow his classmates who will read twice faster than him.

Help the teacher with discipline
Butterfly mothers and babysitters are invited to join the class to help during the first 3 – 4 weeks. During that time, they are also requested to help discipline the child, and let him get used to the new environment. Some simple things which can be applied, as :

• sitting while eating and drinking
• pay attention to the teacher
• answer the teacher’s questions and greetings
• say ‘thank you’
• don’t run
• no fighting

Encourage your child to get closer with the teacher
Butterfly mothers and babysitters are kindly requested to encourage the child to interact and play with the teacher. Let the teacher attend to the child and give drinks, paper, toys, etc. Don’t do it yourself.

No food, no toys in the Butterfly classrooms
We kindly request parents and babysitters not to give food like candies or cookies and toys (toy-cars or others) to the children in the classroom. Butterflies are too young. Toys and food cause the children to fight among themselves and disturb the class.

Elves may bring toys to show their classmates. Food will be kept aside for breakfast after class.

Babysitters and mothers have to leave the classroom
After a period of 3 to 4 weeks, Butterfly mothers and babysitters will be asked to leave the classroom. In the beginning, the parents and babysitters will be asked to leave the classroom for only 20 minutes. This will be done for several days.

The children always cry for several sessions over days. They are free to search for their mothers and babysitters within the premises of the school. Therefore we hope that mothers and babysitters will leave the school.

Separating the child from his mother or babysitter improves the child’s social life and the ability to learn. Separation is a must for every child. We make it progressive and safe.

During separation, mothers often like to have a glimpse of their children. But children seeing their mothers will cry more, and even if they have stopped crying. Mothers and babysitters must NOT let the children see them!

No toy-guns at school
No guns, no blades, no toy-weapons of any kind are allowed at the school. Do not let the child bring any toy-weapon to the school. Weapons will be immediately confiscated and perhaps never returned.

Teaching system
Rainbow welcomes the parents who are interested to know about the teaching system of the school.

The parents may learn about the teaching system but may not change it. IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM, you may TALK TO THE SUPERVISOR – NOT the teachers.

The Rainbow teachers teach according to a system they are requested to follow. They cannot change the teaching system without the permission from the school.

Therefore the teachers cannot satisfy to the parents’ many requests and CANNOT make promises. The parents who want to request any change or make any improvement in the teaching system must approach the concerned Supervisor:

Miss Dewiwati for all the morning classes.
Mr. Erwin for extra classes.
Miss Dewiwati for all the levels from Koala (SD1) and below.
Mr Erwin for all the levels from Smurf (SD2) and above .

Babysitters to obey the teachers
Babysitters often give troubles when refusing to assist the teacher in the classroom — like holding the child instead of pushing him towards the teacher; touching, talking to the child to remind that she is there, when she should let the child be forgetful of her presence. It often happens that the babysitter simply gets expelled. Please, talk to your babysitter before you send her to the school.

Ask the office for proper information
Teachers or any other staff of the school CANNOT speak for Rainbow’s administration.
If you want to get proper information, ask the office.
Rainbow cannot be responsible for any misunderstanding between parents and the staff of the school. Any parent spreading rumors or false information will not be entertained.
 

DVD

DVD for Young Learners
We record special moments of your child’s school days in a DVD. Their innocence and creative intelligence are captured forever in a DVD. 60 minutes of your child’s activities during academic and extra classes. You will be proud showing this DVD to your family, relatives and friends. You can also keep it as a memory for your child in the future. This DVD is a personalized record of the child’s activities; that is, your child appears in the video for about 40 minutes. You will want to have it! This DVD is given to parents in June.
 

PHOTOS

Rainbow makes available the children’s photos that appear in the photo-galleries: Graduation, Birthday parties, Child’s activities, etc. You may order the prints of these photos, or request to have them in a CD, and print yourself, or download them into your PC at home! Contact the office to order.

A4 size print, laminated = Rp. 10 000 per photo.
Jpeg photo on CD = Rp. 1000 per photo. Minimum 5 photos = Rp. 5000.

 

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