Maple Bear Elementary
At Maple Bear, curiosity, exploration and imagination are encouraged.
6-14 years old
Canadian Primary School offers innovative education in a program that uses Canada’s best teaching methods and strategies. Developed exclusively for Maple Bear by renowned and recognized Canadian education professionals, it covers the best practices of the Canadian education system, adhering to the requirements of Ukrainian education.
The Maple Bear Program supports children’s natural desire to learn through stimulating and varied experiences. We are teaching children how to think, how to problem solve, how to research, how to communicate, and how to be independent reflective thinkers.
Elementary and Middle core curriculum
Maple Bear has developed an excellent, hands on, rigorous and relevant elementary curriculum in each subject area based on the highly successful Canadian approach to learning and instruction. Maple Bear encourages the development of the child’s basic skill in literacy, numeracy, science, technology, analysis, problem solving, information processing and computing, Critical and creative thinking skills are promoted and encouraged so that children can be successful in today’s world. The Elementary Program is designed to educate the whole child – physically, intellectually, emotionally, and socially.
The Maple Bear Elementary and Middle Years Programs require a minimum of 50% instruction in English. The remaining portion of the program is conducted in the home language. Subjects taught in English include English Language Arts, Mathematics and Science. Instruction in the home language, History, Geography, Physical Education, the Arts, and other subjects is conducted in the students’ first language.
In Maple Bear primary schools, students develop communication skills in two languages (Ukrainian and English), including comprehension, speaking, reading and writing.
Students learn skills and concepts, mathematical or scientific, in different ways. These include practical approaches and experiences, as well as projects that make mathematics and science more meaningful and relevant.
Teachers always monitor the development of each student, acting as a mediator in the learning process. Through daily interaction with books, newspapers and magazines and the opportunity to write creatively, students independently develop reading and writing skills. The program also uses a variety of activities with many different goals, individually and in groups, to develop and improve students’ skills.
At all grades, the focus is on acquiring language and literacy skills through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students learn to read and produce a wide range of texts, including media, transactional (letters, e-mails, etc.), and tertiary texts. The level of sophistication grows with the advancing grade levels. All classrooms must be literacy-rich environments.
The themes of number sense and numeration, measurement, geometry and spatial sense, patterning and algebra, data management and probability are developed in increasing complexity at each grade level. The program emphasizes problem solving, understanding concepts, application of procedures and communication about mathematics.
The science program emphasizes enquiry and the use of the scientific method in science classes. At each grade level increasingly complex topics are studied from the fields of biology, physics, chemistry and environmental science. The emphasis is on experimentation and application rather than memorization.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, an original Maple Bear educational program is created by combining the Canadian curriculum and methodology with a fully implemented Ukrainian core curriculum. Maple Bear fully respects the educational requirements of the countries in which it operates, adopting the Canadian methodology to deliver the mandatory local curriculum. Our teams have analyzed all local curriculum, making sure that in the Maple Bear program the learning outcomes indicated by the local Ministry of Education are achieved. Maple Bear enriches and brings the added value of Canadian best educational strategies and best practices to the local structures.
MB standards indicate that there will be a maximum of 22 children in a elementary classroom, but the final number of children depends on the size of the classroom. It is possible, that some groups will be smaller.
Yes. All subjects at Maple Bear fully respect the curriculum provided by the local Ministry of Education.
The earlier the student joins the Maple Bear program, the assimilation of the second language will be a smoother process. It is worth mentioning that the process of acquiring the second language occurs naturally, only occasionally requiring some reinforcement and special attention from the teachers. With regard to content and methodology, the adaptation of incoming students occurs naturally in a practical and collaborative learning environment.
Yes. All subjects at Maple Bear fully respect the curriculum provided by the local Ministry of Education.
Yes, we will provide several additional activities to be chosen by parents and children. Full list and costs will be provided before the start of school year.
Extracurricular activities will be charge separately, but Maple Bear Schools will make every effort to ensure competitive pricing as well as wide range of different activities.
Yes, our children at Maple Bear have uniforms, which are available at the school at the beginning of the school year. We will also provide the opportunity to purchase additional items during the year.
Yes, the children should wear the uniforms every day. Schools may decide to make exceptions a few days per year, on special occasions.
Books required in the Maple Bear curriculum are provided by the school and their cost is included in the tuition fee.
Children will also use Ukrainian textbooks, where required by the Ukrainian core curriculum.
As the school will teach both Canadian and Ukrainian core curriculum, every child will be able to complete the official Ukrainian final exam and obtain a local exam certificate.