Primary School Curriculum

CSM has a unique curriculum approach which continues to evolve as an enriching program, taking from the best and most-relevant aspects of several sources: the Ontario Ministry of Education Elementary curriculum, the Italian Ministry Elementary Program, and the International Curriculum designed for a global educational context.

From Kindergarten to Grade 5, children are taught following the curriculum from Ministry of education of Ontario, Canada, with some elements from the Italian Curriculum. Our inquiry-based approach to learning encourages students to adopt the attributes of character education through the fundamentals of:

• Language Arts (Reading, Writing, Oral Communication)
• Mathematics
• Coding (computer programming)
• Social Studies (History and Geography)
• Science & Technology
• French
• Italian 1 (Idoneità Prep) or Italian 2 for beginners
• Arts (Music, Art, Drama)
• Health & Life Skills
• Physical Education (includes Ice Skating (K-G5) and swimming lessons (N-PreK)

Inquiry based learning is a combination of the following elements:

• Exploring, wondering and questioning
• Making predictions and acting purposefully to see what happens
• Experimenting and playing with possibilities
• Making connections between previous learning and current learning
• Collecting data and reporting findings
• Solving problems in a variety of ways