Elementary Specials
AST elementary students have specialist teachers in STEM, ICT, Art, Music, and Physical Education. The richness and variety of the program ensures that students can discover passions, hone talents, develop skills, and explore concepts in a variety of contexts.
STEM
In STEM, elementary students from first grade to fifth grade develop fundamental skills and understandings of the Design Thinking process. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics come together to make a class full of wonder, investigation, making, and fun!
ICT (Information and Communications Technology)
In ICT, lower elementary students are working on basic computer skills, such as controlling the mouse or trackpad and typing with Typing Club’s Jungle Junior. They also learn about how to be safe and respectful online when visiting websites on their Chromebooks. Students are introduced to programming with sequences, loops, and events on Code.org.
Upper elementary students are building upon what they have learned previously in computer science about being responsible digital citizens. Students delve deeper into programming concepts like conditionals, functions, and debugging through independent and pair programming. They further explore the Google Suite, utilizing Classroom, Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Forms.
Upper elementary students are building upon what they have learned previously in computer science about being responsible digital citizens. Students delve deeper into programming concepts like conditionals, functions, and debugging through independent and pair programming. They further explore the Google Suite, utilizing Classroom, Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Forms.
Visual Arts
The elementary art class allows students from first grade to fifth grade to develop fundamental skills and understandings in visual arts. Students will explore a variety of media such as paint, printmaking, sculpture, clay, drawing, and collage. Students learn how to communicate and express creative ideas through art, and develop skills and craftsmanship through technique.
Music
Elementary music provides students with the opportunity to explore the elements of music and develop their musical skills. Music elements include expression, rhythm, form, melody, timbre and texture/harmony. Musical skills encompass listening, singing, playing musical instruments and reading and writing music notation. A wide selection of music from different cultures and genres is used to engage students in active music making and help them develop a lifelong appreciation of music.
Physical Education
This quarter, lower-elementary students will be learning about hand eye coordination, core muscle strength and balance. Starting with developing ball skills exploring everything you can do with a ball from throwing in/at different targets to rolling and bouncing them. We will then move on to racket sports and practice hand eye coordination with a short implement (badminton, pickle ball rackets). We will end this quarter with a gymnastic unit practicing body balance, core strength and tumbling. We will give our students the opportunity to explore and practice new skills creatively and actively.
The second quarter will be about hand eye coordination, core muscle strength and balance. We will start with ball sports that include throwing, catching objects and bouncing and rolling a ball. Then we will move on to badminton and pickleball. We will end the quarter with a gymnastic unit practicing the fundamental movements in gymnastics. We will have a school wide charity Fun Run in November and we are planning to take students outdoors on the Fun Run route. Get ready to be ACTIVE!!
The second quarter will be about hand eye coordination, core muscle strength and balance. We will start with ball sports that include throwing, catching objects and bouncing and rolling a ball. Then we will move on to badminton and pickleball. We will end the quarter with a gymnastic unit practicing the fundamental movements in gymnastics. We will have a school wide charity Fun Run in November and we are planning to take students outdoors on the Fun Run route. Get ready to be ACTIVE!!
