Each school day begins with the students having Circle Time with their Class Teacher. Circle Time is an activity that aims to ensure that the students start their day feeling grounded, engaged and ready to learn. It involves games, poetry recitation, music, rhythmic exercises, and discussions on important and interesting themes.
Circle Time is then followed by the Main Lesson with their Class Teacher and lasts 1.5 hours. Each Main Lesson topic is studied daily over approximately three weeks, and some subjects (but not specific topics), such as English, occur more than once.
There is break time for 20 minutes at 10:25, followed by subject lessons (e.g. crafts, gardening, Spanish). Classes 1 and 2 have a longer Main Lesson period and later morning break. Their first snack is an integral part of the Main Lesson.
Teachers accompany primary students to the cafeteria at lunchtime where they will eat together. Lunch is from 12:25 to 13:10. Subject lessons continue after lunch with their class teacher until 15:30. At the end of the day, Class 1 children may be picked up earlier at 14:45 if preferred.
There are a range of after-school extracurricular activities which run from 15:45 to 16:45; a small monthly fee is payable for each activity. (link here to extra-curricular activities).