Hope International School Siem Reap
Business Overview
Siem Reap, Angkor, Cambodia.
Hope School Siem Reap is a small community of dedicated teachers and staff who have a heart to serve the educational needs of missionary families. We embrace the diversity of our students and our smaller class sizes create stimulating and creative learning environments. It is a wonderfully interactive context for our students to play together, learn together and grow together.
Welcome to Hope International School Siem Reap
Our Siem Reap campus opened in August 2010 in response to requests from mission families for Hope School to establish a second campus to support families serving in northern Cambodia. Hope School Siem Reap started with 17 students and we continue to grow - we currently have 35 students representing 8 different nationalities.
Hope School Siem Reap is a small community of dedicated teachers and staff who have a heart to serve the educational needs of missionary families. We embrace the diversity of our students and our smaller class sizes create stimulating and creative learning environments. It is a wonderfully interactive context for our students to play together, learn together and grow together.
We provide the following services:
Preschool (from 3 years)
Junior School, Year K1 - Year 6 (Kindergarten - Grade 5).
Middle School, currently we have a Year 7 (Grade 6) enrolment, however these students will progress through to a Year 9 (Grade 8) intake in August 2013.
Support for Home School families.
Full time and part time enrolments.
Professional Christian Counselling for children and families
After school activities
Hope International School's Siem Reap campus comes under the governance of Hope International School in Phnom Penh. A representative from our Siem Reap campus holds a voting position on the Hope International School Board, and we follow the policies and procedures of the Phnom Penh campus.
Here at Hope School Siem Reap we are committed to partnering with families to grow godly, mature, and fun loving kids who know their identity in Christ and are inspired to reach their full potential and impact the world for good. We believe that a great school is a benefit not only to the students who attend but to the whole community.
Blessings,
Maaike Prins
Principal
Hope School Siem Reap
The Curriculum of Hope School Siem Reap
Hope offers an international core curriculum compatible with the Australian, New Zealand, North American and United Kingdom Education systems. The curriculum is objective led, being based upon clearly defined, progressive learning objectives. Such objectives have been developed using the expertise and experience of teachers from a range of educational backgrounds, in a range of English speaking countries. All disciplines are taught with a biblical worldview.
Hope School is accredited University of Cambridge International Examination Centreand offer the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and Advanced Subsidiary Level Qualifications (AS Level) to our senior students at our Phnom Penh campus.
Hope International School is also accredited with the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI).
The Primary and Middle School curriculum has been recently reviewed and the Interact Curriculum was adopted from August 2010. This is a biblically based integrated curriculum which develops thinking skills, faith and character.
The curriculum includes:
- Maths
- English/ESL
- Science
- Social Studies
- Physical Education
- Computing
- Music
- Art and Design
- Christian Perspectives
- Khmer
Quality teaching
Quality teaching instruction is delivered by Christians from a variety of nations, all of whom have a home country professional teaching qualification. Quality instruction includes planning, delivering, and assessing learning opportunities which will help to scaffold the next steps of learning for each child. It means addressing the needs of the whole child; academically, socially, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Academic success is valued, but only alongside the goal of developing well rounded social beings. Students should experience a rich and varied learning environment as they move through the school.
Assessment
Assessment is closely linked to the learning objectives, and clear criteria are given to make accurate judgments of ability. This is done in a way which can be interpreted by professionals from different countries making transfer from Hope School easier.
Biblical worldview
Biblical integration happens in two main ways, planned and unplanned integrative experiences. Teachers aim to reflect the love of God in their relationships with the students, and try to incorporate a biblical worldview into their teaching where appropriate. Students are encouraged to explore their faith and develop their personal worldview from a biblical perspective.
English and ESL at Hope School
Students who attend Hope School represent a number of different nationalities. Despite the number of children from non English speaking homes, 75% of all children have a level of fluency in English such that that ESL is not an issue for their learning.
Hope tries to protect this ratio as it impacts everyone, English speakers as well as English Language learners. The policy in school is to encourage English as the language of communication, so students are expected to speak English in class and in the playground.
Targets are set for English learning, and regular assessments are made of progress.
Catering for individual needs at Hope School
At Hope we believe that:
- all children are created equal by God.
- God has given us all different strengths and weaknesses which can be used by Him equally for his will.
- all children should be provided with the opportunity to reach their potential academically, socially and spiritually.
- children with Special Educational needs should be included within a mainstream setting wherever possible.
- all the people working at Hope International School have a part to play in the education of the children.
Evaluating students needs:
- Needs of the individual child are assessed using a variety of different tools after the teacher has voiced a cause for concern.
- The content of the curriculum can either then be modified or supported by extra resource and documented in an Individual Education Plan (IEP) for that area.
- The IEP is revisited every semester and targets will be added or changed depending on the child successfully achieving those set previously by the teacher or special education coordinator.
Classes at our Siem Reap Campus
Year group allocation
Children are grouped chronologically with all children placed in a class amongst others born within the same academic year, August 1 through July 31. Special consideration may be given to children born either two weeks before, or four weeks after, the 1st of August, and for children for whom there is a professional statement of special educational needs. The child’s age refers to the Western measurement of ages, i.e. how many years the child has been alive.
The delineation of classes does not reflect the system in any one particular country, as Hope is an international school, catering for many children from different backgrounds. It has been established however with consideration of portability to and from home country systems.
Students are not expected to pass the year before advancing; they move grades each August.
Pre School 0
Children can start preschool at the age of 3.
Pre School 1
Student can move to Preschool 1 the August after they turn 3.
Pre School 2
Student can move to Preschool 2 the August after they turn 4.
Years K1 - Year 6
Students can move into K1 the August after they turn 5.
Year 7
Students can move into Year 7 the August after they turn 11.
Current Classes
For the 2011-2012 academic year Hope School Siem Reap has combined classes, with students from a number of year levels together.
Preschool - Fiona Thomas
Years 1 & 2 - Rachel Chamron
Years 3, 4 & 5 - Kristen Stacey / Rachel Massingale.
Years 6 & 7 - Maaike Prins
In August 2012 we will accept enrolments for Year 8.
In August 2013 we will accept enrolments for Year 9.
What does a Hope School day look like?
School year
The school calendar at Hope covers 181 days, commencing in August and concluding in June.
School day
The School day commences at 8am and finishes at 2:30pm. Children have a 20 minute morning break and a 50 minute lunch break.
School access
Hope School has a closed campus. A guard is on duty at school, 24 hours a day, and the gates are secured.
Contact to Hope International School
Address: Siem reap ,Kingdom of Cambodia