International School Registered with ICT Regulatory Authority ( Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority ) 2012 Bloomfield International School Website. All rights reserved. Website created by Bloomfield Experts Stages of Literacy   1st Stage = Pre-Nursery (Routine Building): 2nd Stage = Nursery (Letter Building): 3rd Stage = KG (Word Building): 4th Stage = Grade 1 (Sentence Building): 5th Stage = Grade 2 (Paragraph Building): 6th Stage = Grade 3-5 (Skill Improvement): 7th Stage = Grade 6-8 (Essay writing):      1st Stage = Pre-Nursery (Routine Building):   Children of age from 3 to 4 years are   admitted to Pre-Nursery. This is the  stage of “Routine Building”. Usually  these children join school at any time of the year.  They spent anywhere from 3 months to 9 months  at this level. Their syllabus includes mostly  recognition of numbers, letters and some basic  words. At this stage children learn to follow the  school routine by spending a few hours in the  school Monday thru Friday. Their schedule is  flexible in Pre-Nursery. In the beginning, the time  spent in the classroom varies from child to child.  Some children start from 1-hour routine in the  school and finally get acclimated to 4-hour  routine. It is very important for those children who  have not spent a lot of time away from their  parents.   2nd Stage = Nursery (Letter Building):   Children over 4 years of age are  placed in Nursery. At this stage  students must be able to follow a 5-  hour routine Monday thru Friday. This is the  stage of “Letter Building”. Nursery syllabus  focuses on memorizing and writing Urdu and  English letters with sounds. Students also learn  to write numbers at this stage. Their syllabus  includes all English and Urdu letters with  sounds and numbers from 1-100. All students  must complete this stage in order to qualify for  the next stage that begins in KG.  3rd Stage = KG (Word Building):   Only after passing the Nursery, a  student can enter this stage of “Word  Building”. Students usually enter KG  at the age of over 5 years. KG syllabus focuses  on 2, 3 and 4 letter words of English and Urdu.  Basic arithmetic also begins at this stage. Once  the students are able to read, write and speak  simple words in English and Urdu, they qualify  for the next stage in Grade 1. 4th Stage = Grade 1 (Sentence Building):   When the students pass KG and have  learned to build words out of letters,  they qualify for grade 1. This is the  stage of “Sentence Building”. Grade 1 syllabus  focuses on building simple sentences from simple words in English and Urdu. From this stage,  students are given separate tests for Spellings,  Reading and Composition. Basic arithmetic skills  such as simple multiplication and introduction to  division are also taught at this stage. Students  must be able to read, write and speak simple  sentences and phrases in order to qualify for the  next stage in grade2.   5th Stage = Grade 2 (Paragraph Building):   Once the students are able to read  and write simple phrases and  sentences, they enter the  stage of  “Paragraph building”. At this stage children are  only introduced to paragraph building. Children  learn to write multiple sentences on certain  given topics. Children are also introduced to  Social Studies and Science at this stage but  they are not forced to memorize any long  answers to questions. Instead, they are given  MCQs. Children must be able to write a few  sentences on a given topic in order to qualify  for the next stage in grade 3. 6th Stage = Grade 3-5 (Skill Improvement):   Children usually enter this stage at the  age of 8 years. At this stage the  syllabus focuses on “Improvement” of  all the basic skills to which they have been  introduced to earlier. Children begin creative  writing and practice all of the basic arithmetic  skills at this stage. This is the stage when  children begin to read children storybooks in  Urdu and English without difficulty.   7th Stage = Grade 6-8 (Essay Writing):   After brushing up on the basic skills of  writing in grade 5, children learn to  write essays at this stage. Their  syllabus focuses on outlining and organizing  simple 5 paragraph essays. 8th graders should  be able to write well organized essays and class  presentations on various topics. Students also  develop skills in basic Arithmetic, Algebra and  Geometry. This is the stage that equals to the  international standard of Adult Basic Education.  After completing this stage, students are ready to  enter any high school level course such as O  level, American High School or Matriculation.     A student can join Bloomfield Learning System at Bloomfield International School as early as at the  age of 3 years. While some students with some basic skills may join this school at the age of 4  years. Bloomfield system for basic skill building is prudently designed for optimum results.  Bloomfield School System is comparatively simple and therefore puts less burden on kids. Students  must complete the following 7 stages successfully in order to accomplish the goal of literacy at  Bloomfield..