The English Education Providers Group

Established in 1975, The English Playgroup EPG is a family owned Kuwaiti Educational Company, providing quality education to 8,000 children aged from 9 month to 11 years in Kuwait. EPG today is positioned as the market leader in the Early Years sector with 29 locations, alongside 2 Primary School Campuses in Salwa and Salmiya. At EPG our aspiration is to provide all our students with a stimulating, creative and welcoming environment in which all children have an opportunity to learn, thrive and become future global citizen.

The Curriculum in our schools is the British National Curriculum; Early Years Foundation Stage in Early years and the National Curriculum for England in Primary Schools. Both EPG Primary Schools are proud members of the Council of British International Schools (COBIS) since 2016. Our Leadership and Teaching Teams are highly qualified and experienced professionals that have an in depth knowledge of child development, and through continuing education, keep up to date with current research and teaching practices. Over the years, EPG has ensured that our Schools have the best resources available for their students. In addition, EPG have developed their own books and curriculum resources to further support students on their learning pathway.

EPG strategic Vision is simply to enable all our children to Be the Best that they can be. Our Mission statements serve as a framework for achievement of this EPG vision and our EPG values define our operating principles. Our Mission statements are:

• To provide affordable high quality education, enabling children to become bilingual lifelong learners and valuable global citizens in a rapidly changing multicultural world.
• To build learning communities that are safe, inclusive and collaborative.
• To partner with parents to nurture the development of the world child, emphasising communication, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration and compassion.

Underpinning EPG Vision and Mission statements are EPG Values which define our behavior and conduct in all interaction with employees, children, parents, partners and shareholders. Our EPG Values are:

• To promote care, honesty, tolerance, trust, compassion and respect amongst the EPG community.
• To provide contemporary learning opportunities for all stakeholders, which stimulate curiosity, enquiry, reflection, challenge and innovation.
• To nurture and support all children, so that they achieve their potential in all areas of learning: social, intellectual, physical, emotional and spiritual.
• To equip children to become creative and independent thinkers, responsible citizens and life-long learners.
• To provide a broad and balanced curriculum with an emphasis on learning to learn.
• To develop and maintain welcoming, child-friendly facilities and environments.
• To ensure that all members of the school community are valued.

At EPG, the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is a play-based adapted curriculum for children from 9 months to 5.5 years. This allows children to explore and learn in an environment that is secure and safe, yet challenging. We understand that this period in a child's life is an important developmental stage when they discover themselves and the world around them. Leadership and teaching teams in branches are dedicated and passionate professionals who embody all the values we teach children.  Aims of the Early Years programme for children:

• To develop skills in spoken English and build a strong foundation of key skills for future learning.
• To express their ideas freely through Language, Art, Music and Role play in both English and Arabic.
• To make friends and learn to play cooperatively, and being sensitive and caring towards others.
• To be familiar with simple ICT.
• To develop a positive attitude to learning.

The curriculum is based on the Early Years Foundation Stage that consists of 7 areas of learning and development.

• Prime Areas: Communication and Language,
• Physical Development,
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development.

Specific Areas are Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design.