Quayside Isle Preparatory School

Quayside Isle Preparatory School (‘QuIPS’) is more than a preschool. QuIPS is a child-directed nurture by nature learning lab that combines the basic fundamentals in early childhood development with the outdoors. QuIPS students engage in the International Early Years Curriculum (UK), International Primary Curriculum (UK), as well as one of the UK’s leading literacy and math programs, in addition to Ecoliteracy. QuIPS is not just a school, it’s a community rich in culture and diversity, in the heart of a cove on the island of Sentosa.

Learning through discovery
Merging concepts taught in the classroom and beyond, QuIPS students use both their learning and imagination to discover the world around them, its beauty, variety, intricacy and wonder of their landscape.

Engaging, enlightening & exciting
Where does our electricity come from? What is the connection between your container of apple juice and the lives of baby sea birds far far away? At QuIPS, we relish curiosity in every child. Thoughtful activities help define quality learning through regular purposeful field trips, outdoor walks and braving the elements. A simple approach to understanding and making connections in a complex world.

A unique multidisciplinary approach to learning
Quayside Isle Preparatory School offers a broad, stimulating and challenging curriculum that helps prepare children for the academic challenges of the primary years (Key Stage 2). Children are prepped to for the next stage in learning, working towards greater independence in key areas. Using a unique inter-disciplinary approach, QuIPS students develop the soft skills, including social-emotional skills and executive functioning skills in addition to the rigours of the academics.

We learn a little from books and talking but we learn most from doing, outdoors, in the heart of nature. Real learning that covers breadth and depth and makes connections with what we learn in the classroom. That’s the Quayside Isle Preparatory School experience. What could be more stimulating than a classroom outdoors where real-life applications take the ordinary and make them extraordinary! At QuIPS, we nurture by nature, using well-researched curriculum and making it come to life in the language of play and place. Simply because we know that every child deserves the best education from the start.

As we learn to live in a world without boundaries, it is equally important to teach young learners to be culturally sensitive and understanding of the meaning of respect and empathy. A sense of open-mindedness is crucial and positive conflict resolution is a natural part of everyday life as young learners develop successful peer relations. All these elements combined contribute to learners being connected with the school and with their peers.