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Message from the Principal

Welcome to our school website I hope you will stay a while to find out more about what the school has to offer. Zebedee is a family-oriented school that was registered as a non-profit charitable organisation in 2008. We strive to give high-value, affordable international bi-lingual (English and Putonghua) early years education to children residing in the east New territories.

Our Story

INTRODUCTION TO OUR SCHOOL

Zebedee International Preschool and Nursery was established in 2008. we have become a significant provider of English early years education in Tai Po and more recently we now offer daily Mandarin classes as part of the curriculum. We occupy a prime location that can be reached within a five-minute walk from the Tai Po Market train station and a main bus transport interchange, there is also car parking available very close to the school. Alternatively, children can take school buses to and from school, these run exclusively for Zebedee students with staff carers on board. The school premises are purpose-built occupying 6000sq ft on the whole ground floor of Yat Wing House offering spacious areas for learning. It has 8 large classrooms, a multi-purpose hall and a well-equipped indoor playroom with access to an outdoor playground too. Home-school cooperation between parents and the school is really important to the children’s development and learning. The school’s communication platform provides a place for communication and sharing between the class teachers and the families in the school. Parents are also invited to join in any field trips and activities held throughout the year.

CURRICULUM

The core curriculum framework for both nursery and preschool classes is the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) from Britain. The seven areas of the framework are a guide to child development from birth to five that culminates in the attainment of the early learning goals (ELG) by the time a child reaches five years old. The teaching approach in the nursery class is thematic around areas of particular interest to the younger children.
The teaching approach in preschool is structured inquiry and teachers plan around the children’s interests and the direction of the provocations that happen at circle time. In addition, there are daily Mandarin (Putonghua) classes to promote bilingualism from an early age.
All classes have their class performances at Christmas and the end of the school year.

Mission statement

We provide a well-defined nurturing environment. We encourage cooperation and respect amongst all stakeholders. We affirm differences in culture and points of view positively. We aspire to provide the very best in early years education. We promote harmony and peace throughout the school.

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Our Values

 We provide a well-defined nurturing environment.

We encourage cooperation and respect amongst all stakeholders.

We affirm differences in culture and points of view positively.

We aspire to provide the very best in early years education.

We promote harmony and peace throughout the school 

Teaching staff

Our teaching staff are mostly employed from around the world and have the expertise and qualifications to deliver an early years curriculum with a true international spirit of inquiry. The international early education culture is quite different to what you will find locally with fewer restrictions or heavy expectation on compliance and academia.

Teachers will encourage children to be brave and try new experiences and by letting them express themselves in their own way. The focus of observations is not simply for academic purposes but looking at the development of the whole child through their learning characteristics. Teachers constantly encourge children to make their own choices, share opinions through talk or other media and be responsible. While we respect the Cantonese as the home language English is the medium of instruction and is mostly acquired through simply by being around English speakers. So its inevitable that while all this learning is taking place the children’s English language skills will start to emerge and will be proficient by the time they reach K3.