The Primary Schools
The Primary Schools on each campus are small, friendly communities of learners meeting the needs of children from the ages of 3 to 12. Our Internationally trained teachers are specifically selected to be able to deliver the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IBPYP). This programme is designed to address the multicultural nature of our school, which has students from over 35 different nationalities in primary. It is our aim to instil in our students a real passion for learning that will inspire and motivate them to become life-long learners. Our students find that learning through the IBPYP is challenging and fun. We provide our students with the ability to communicate in a variety of ways, to work cooperatively with their peers, and to apply new learning to different situations. Teachers differentiate instruction and assist students to focus upon what they need to know and understand, to think logically and to solve problems.
Application for Admission forms are available from the Download page.
The following pdf documents are also available to download:
The Primary School in Moshi
Our Moshi campus is located at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro and set in lush gardens with extensive facilities. There are four classes in the primary school with a normal maximum class size of 20 students in the Early Childhood (Kindergarten) and P1/P2 classes, and 25 students in P3/P4 and P5/P6. The Early Childhood class caters for children from 3 to 5 years old and has a classroom teacher and two assistants. The P1/P2 class has a full-time assistant and the two older classes (P3/4 and P5/6) share an assistant between them. Children must be 5 years old before 1st August to be able to enter the P1 class.The Primary School in Arusha
This is a purpose-built school set in the foothills of Mount Meru. The primary school is well-equipped with spacious classrooms, excellent facilities and extensive campus grounds. In the primary school the normal maximum class size is 20 students in the Early Childhood (Kindergarten) and P1 classes, and 25 students in P2 to P6. The Early Childhood class, which caters for children from 3 to 5 years old, has its own separate area of school and has a classroom teacher and an assistant. Children must be 5 years old before 1st August to be able to enter the P1 class.Application for Admission forms are available from the Download page.
Curriculum
International School Moshi follows the Primary Years Programme (PYP) of the International Baccalaureate. The PYP is designed for students between the ages of 3 and 12 years. It is an international, transdisciplinary programme designed to foster the development of the whole child. The PYP focuses on the total growth of the developing child, touching hearts as well as minds and encompassing social, physical, emotional and cultural needs in addition to academic welfare. The PYP combines the best research and practice from a range of national systems with a wealth of knowledge and experience from international schools to create a relevant and engaging educational framework for all children.Our Beliefs
At ISM we believe it is important to:- Recognise that each student develops in different ways at different rates and that each individual has a unique learning style.
- Determine the existing knowledge that a child brings to new experiences and build on that knowledge by enabling them to make connections to incremental pieces of new information.
- Encourage students to look at the 'big ideas', which drive our units of inquiry so that they can reflect on the connections between life in school, life at home and life in the world.
- Provide experiences, which support and stimulate a child's learning through active, hands-on activities, to engage with the environment in an effort to make sense of their world.
- Provide opportunities to practise problem solving, make decisions and take action.
- Instil in students a feeling of 'Internationalism', an understanding of what it means to be part of an international community where they are open to other people's perspectives and are empathetic to other people's situations.
- Encourage students to be independent learners and understand what it means to take responsibility for their own learning.
- Enable students to apply their learning appropriately to new situations
- Encourage students to seek out information, to interpret what they discover and explain those discoveries to others.
- Use a broad range and balance of teaching and assessment styles and methods to meet the varied needs of our learners.
- Offer structured learning support and provide challenge to the academically advanced.
- Support each student's capacity to develop individual talents, abilities, skills and attitudes.
- See our selves as part of a 'community of learners'where parents are involved in all aspects of their child's education and where peers are encouraged to support, and learn from, each other.
- Develop confident individuals with a love of learning who will be able to lead an active, healthy, productive and successful life.
Special Educational Needs
Your child will be assessed in his/her first few weeks at ISM to help us decide if he or she has any special educational needs. We have a Special Needs unit which can give your child extra help when necessary and we also have an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher who can support students having early difficulties with the English language.Other Activities
We offer a range of creative and sporting activities which have included ballet, handicrafts, football, basketball, guitar, recorder, or International clubs. These activities are optional, but regular attendance is expected once a student has opted to join. There are also a number of class camping trips, excursions related to topic work and various sports events, some jointly held by the two campuses, Moshi and Arusha.The following pdf documents are also available to download:
