Lower Secondary School

Grade 7 – Grade 9

Through the curriculum framework of general and technical education, issued by MoEYS, our lower secondary schoolers critically learn in constructing solid basic knowledge of Khmer Language, Social Studies, Mathematics, Moral Development, and basic Science and English Language Arts.

Students develop methods in constructing; basic skills of Khmer Language (reading, writing, speaking, and listening); Mathematics (calculating, comparing, and solving problems); basic science; critical thinking process, social communication styles, ways in health prevention and primary health care as well as ability to differentiate between right and wrong.

Students further develop positive learning attitudes as they love and value the study in schools; recognize and value generosity and compassion for family, friends, and other people; recognize, love, preserve and protect cultures, traditions, and arts of the national, regional, and international community; love and value environment, science, and technology; love clean bodies, schools, homes, and public places; construct habits and practices of healthy life styles through labor and sporting; and are responsible for their actions in the study and daily life.

They are scrutinizing human internal organs to enable deeper understanding about biology lessons.

SmartKids Lower Secondary School Class

STUDY SUBJECTS

Khmer Language (writing, dictation, composing, grammars, recitation and reading texts), Mathematics, Science (Physics, Earth-Environmental Science, Chemistry, Biology), Social Studies (History, Geography, Moral-Civics, Home Economics), English Language Arts

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES & CLUBS

Visual or Performing Arts: Visual Arts, Choir, Guitar, Ukulele

Speech and Debate

Media Literacy (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Vlog, Blog)

Cooking

Clubs

Football
Basketball
Swimming
Biking
Khmer Dance Forms
Western Dance Forms
Meditation / Yoga
Taekwondo
Kun Lbokarto (Khmer Martial Arts)
Reading & Writing
Speech & Debate
Teen Entrepreneur
Community Volunteer

Approaches and Methods

Teamwork-Based

Students are encouraged to build self-directed learning environment among their team so that they gradually acquire the 21ST CENTURY NEEDED SKILLS ‘Truthfulness, Teamwork, Innovation, Problem Solving, Flexibility, Global Knowledge, Perseverance & Resilience, Communication, Critical Intellectual, Civic Involvement, Leadership, and AI Ability.’

Steam Corners

Students passionately and joyfully take parts in pure mathematics science projects as with the geometry of banking a basket; biology experiments as with making plants move with light and extracting DNA from a strawberry; chemistry experiments as with breaking apart covalent bonds, measuring the calories in various foods and determining whether sports drinks provide more electrolytes than OJ; physics experiments as with removing the air in a DIY vacuum chamber, boiling water in a paper cup and putting together a mini Tesla coil; engineering experiments as with re-creating Da Vinci’s flying machine, racing 3D printed cars and launching a model rocket; and more.

Refresh Time

Physical Education and Arts Education are here to serve students to recharge and refocus.

Confidence Boosting

Class participation, research projects and presentation, discussion and debate, extracurricular activities, clubs, events as well as student councils are all being promoted here.