Barker Road Methodist Church Kindergarten

Barker Road Methodist Church Kindergarten (BRMCK) was established on 15 th August 1967 with the late Mrs. Joyce Foster, Lay Missionary appointed as the first principal. The Kindergarten which is an outreach arm of Barker Road Methodist Church (BRMC), enjoys close proximity and spiritual affinity with the Methodist Church in Singapore and the ACS family of schools.

Barker Road Methodist Church Kindergarten is an established kindergarten registered with the Ministry of Education since its inception. Our strength is in providing quality teaching, promoting bilingualism, training our pupils to be self disciplined, caring, risk taking, knowledgeable, open minded, reflective, well balanced and God fearing individuals. Beyond intellectual rigour and high academic standards, strong emphasis is placed on nurturing the inner spiritual health and emotional intelligence of each child. Emphasis is also placed on the ideals of international understanding and responsible citizenship to the end that BRMCK students may be equipped with the essential foundation to become compassionate thinkers, lifelong learners and informed, effective contributors in local and world affairs in the 21 st century.

• We have a long established reputation in being your child’s second home as we provide facilities to ensure your child’s stay with us is indeed their very special ‘Home away from Home’. We are equipped with the following:-
• Gym/PE Room equipped with basic gym equipment for pre-schoolers
• Sand and Water Play Area
• Nature Corner – where active learning on nature takes place with hands on activities such as sowing/planting (of seeds such as fruit/vegetables/flowering plants), reaping, the practical observation of various types of life cycles and weather observation etc.
• Our Special Rooms – are as follows: the Science/Inquiry Room, Art/Craft Room, AVA Room, Drama/Puppet Theatre, Imaginative Play Centre, Music and Movement Rooms and a large, spacious Library.
• Our Kitchen: A modern, hygienic and well equipped Kitchen with two experienced Cooks who churn up hygienic, well balanced meals for our children.
• Six large child sized restrooms fully equipped with modern sinks, countertops, mirrors, sitting bowls, cleansing lotions etc. to ensure your child’s daily visits to this very essential place is comfortable and pleasant as when he/she is at home.
• Observation Room: Equipped with two child sized beds, First Aid cabinet, air purifier and a basic selection of story books and puzzles to make the waiting period for a child who is not feeling well as comfortable and pleasant as possible.
• Resource Room: Well equipped with up to date information on educational issues to enable our BRMCK teaching staff to keep abreast in the educational front.
• Staff Meeting Room: for staff meetings and conferences
• Transport Centre: Two storey parking centre. We share this with the Methodist Centre, Barker Road Methodist Church and Anglo Chinese School, Barker Road.
• Information Technology Room (I.T. Room): This is fully equipped with a computer for every child during their special I.T. lessons. All I.T. classes are conducted by an I.T. Specialist Teacher who is assisted by the children’s class teacher.
• Our Classrooms: Modern, well equipped and fully air conditioned with air purifiers. All classrooms are equipped with a computer, a mini class library, child sized tables and chairs, child sized home centre, teaching aids and a child size wash basin, mirror and liquid hand cleansing lotion; typical of international pre-schools.

Our Curriculum is a bilingual (English 50% / Chinese 50%) International Baccalaureate Inspired Inquiry Based Curriculum delivered via Learning Centres using the latest international teaching methodologies.

It is an inquiry based approach to learning where the natural curiosity of young minds are stimulated as children are guided to take an active role in their own educational process by asking focused questions and exploring their environment to find answers to these questions. Attitudes and concepts are explored through the integrated studies of familiar themes.