Distinctiveness of Education
Accredited Cambridge International School
KD International School, which has joined the Cambridge educational community, works with leading educational professionals, receives support in the integration of educational programs, bilingual practice and daily activities: preparing educational plans, assessment system, teacher training, setting up classrooms, using best practices from 10,000 other Cambridge schools schools around the world.
At KD school, education is carried out by integrating the General Primary Education and Cambridge programs, and we also have international classes, where education is conducted only in English.
XXI century education in Katino Dienelės
Most important in our school is:
• Learn how to learn
• Raise questions
• Clarify/solve problems
• Argue your opinion/choices
We are creating today‘s and tomorrow’s education. Ability to collect information is not a hard task for all of us, but it is crucial to be able to choose the information. In today‘s society it is important to not just follow orders, but also to take initiative in creation of our future‘s success. We believe, that the best way for our children to take responsibility for their choices and decisions is by learning how to learn, improving their personal motivation, creating their own future.
Our learning environment is calm, respectful for child, enabling the child to take responsibility for their future‘s creation. We are raising self-confident, determined and active citizens of the world creating paths in our modern society throughout their own experience.
Learning through playing
Games are very important and necessary for all children, therefore KD International School we learn by playing. We believe that learning the elements of thinking through play is easier than in class. By playing, we develop a more complex form of thinking - abstract thinking. Children learn to connect symbols (e.g. letters represent the alphabet for them), see their new meanings and thus learn to look at the situation from different aspects.
During the game, we learn cooperation, teamwork, communication, leadership, conflict resolution, engineering, creativity, responsibility, and many other life skills. We learn by playing and we learn by playing. Therefore KD International School we give children more time and opportunities to immerse themselves in real play and experience more versatile learning.
Independent self-directed education
The most successful and effective learning is that which is initiated by the learner himself. Our children themselves choose the most acceptable activities, set learning goals and self-assess their progress. Without a strict educational schedule or curriculum, children can learn independently, according to their needs and abilities, in the mode most acceptable to them.
International community
Our community is very diverse - both families and educators come from different corners of the world, different races and religions, so everyone KD International School is welcome and loved. We are united by common values, aspirations and goals, language, and reflect traditions and internal culture KD International School the uniform worn from our very youngest to the administration.
Time
In our educational institution, children have all the time in the world to devote to their hobbies and interests. They have time to play, socialize, think or just be with themselves. The most important thing is that children have time to learn to learn. The ability to manage their time creates an environment for children to learn to solve problems, refine them, communicate and cooperate with the environment around them and develop, deepen and practice their skills, abilities and knowledge. We believe that if a person knows how to study effectively, he can achieve anything he wants. A purposefully created educational environment gives children opportunities to discover what they themselves want, what is interesting and relevant to them at the time, so that they can become lifelong learners.
The intertwining of age groups
Children of different ages KD International School they successfully cooperate with each other, learn from each other, observe the abilities and skills of their elders, try to model, develop competences, and grow up. Such interweaving of age groups encourages the elders to be more creative and playful, to take into account the abilities and needs of the younger ones. For younger children, this method of education develops a sense of responsibility, encourages them to acquire new skills, and learn cooperation, teamwork with people of different ages, interests and intelligence.
Contextual Education
We believe, that child‘s wish and motivation for learning comes from the child himself, who must take responsibility for their educational process, when simultaneously professional educators who are paying attention to child‘s abilities, and purposefully created educational environment and contextual education, encourage child‘s curiosity, understanding of a topic from different perspectives. When the child starts to explore a certain topic in time of all subjects, it automatically becomes more interesting for them, child raises questions, willingly takes upon an activity. For instance, during the space education week children are learning about it through exploration of the world, improves mathematical skills, counting space bodies, comparing sizes and weights, their rotation trajectory, they improve their speech development by reading/looking through books about space, sensory abilities, creativity is educated by arts in the classroom, they pretend to be astronauts and finish some tasks (problem solving) by changing into talking astronaut costumes in the drama centre, etc.
KD International School the teacher is like a guide, catalyst and navigator, helping the child to constantly improve, so our education system is flexible, adapting to the children's needs, interests, their context and the environment. There is a child KD International School at the center of the educational process. Part of contextual education is individualization and differentiation. A child learns when new information is meaningful to the child, teachers take into account each child's age, abilities, child's experience, ability to concentrate, family situation, needs.
Lithuanian education lessons
Lithuanian education classes for foreigners or children of Lithuanian families living abroad at KD International school of Vilnius started in mid-September. Lithuanian lessons are devoted to learning the Lithuanian language, starting from basic words and phrases to more complex grammar rules. Interactive tools and games are used in the lessons in order to interest and motivate language learning. Educational tools are chosen that have a rich visual context and are adapted to foreigners. It is learned not only by playing, but also by singing in order to strengthen phonetic sound recognition and auditory memory. Students are also helped during these lessons to understand the educational material that is currently being studied in the classroom with the main teacher, as in small groups more attention can be given to each student.
We learn to read, write and speak Lithuanian with the help of cards, posters, exercises and games. The lessons are also a great opportunity for students to share their cultural experiences and traditions, promoting intercultural dialogue.