At SAIL
International School, our Reception Class “P1” is a gentle first step into
formal learning where confidence and curiosity grow hand in hand.
Guided by the
Cambridge Primary Curriculum, we nurture each child’s development through
engaging, play-based learning that builds a strong foundation for future
academic success.
At SAIL, classmates come from many different countries - each with its own school system. Some countries, like Germany, even have several regional school systems. For your orientation, please refer to the overview of our learning stages.
In the Reception Class, children are usually five to six years old. While this class is an obligatory preschool year in Poland, within the Cambridge curriculum it is already considered the first year of primary school, with textbooks marked for the first class. Therefore, we call it P1 (P for Primary).
Our Reception Year brings together children from a wide variety of cultural and linguistic backgrounds at an important stage of development. It combines a strong focus on school readiness with the hands-on approach and wider perspective of the Cambridge International Curriculum, giving children a confident and inspiring start to their learning journey.
With classes intentionally kept small, usually around 16 children and never more than 20, each child benefits from close attention, dedicated care and effective learning support.
Our warm and attentive teaching team, coming from four continents, creates a truly international environment. As a general principle, we aim for no more than 50% of children in a class to come from the same country, helping to build an open, diverse and genuinely global community from the very beginning.
Learning takes place each day in three learning blocks, during which children explore themes from their everyday lives, such as water, food or transport, in a practical and playful way. The daily rhythm remains flexible and is adapted to the children’s age, concentration and individual needs.
Beyond the core learning time, children may stay at our school from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm. During this time, they can enjoy supervised play, spend time with friends in day care, or take part in extracurricular activities such as dance or piano lessons. The selection of clubs and activities is set at the beginning of each school year.
