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Urumqi South Road Kindergarten (Domestic Department)

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Xuhui has always been a strong education area in Shanghai, with high-quality public kindergartens abounding, and Urumqi South Road Kindergarten is one of the best. Founded in 1956, Wunan Kindergarten was formed by the merger of Shanghai Private International Chapel Kindergarten and East China Ministry of Health Kindergarten. With "foreign ancestry", Unan not only has a westernized decoration style, but also adopts the British SAW curriculum, foreign teachers teach English, and joins the American Early Education Association, which is one of the few public kindergartens in Shanghai that is biased towards Western-style.

Unan is a demonstration public kindergarten in Shanghai, a kindergarten curriculum reform base park in Shanghai, and the only pilot park in Shanghai among the ten kindergartens in the country that the State Education Commission practices the "Kindergarten Work Regulations". At present, there are two parks in Wunan, located in the consulate area of Hengshan Road and Huaihai Road, which are divided into overseas departments (primary and middle classes), domestic departments (primary and middle classes), and preschool departments (large classes), enrolling Chinese and foreign children aged 2-6 years old.

The decoration of Unan is Western-style, with an elegant appearance, colorful and bright interior decoration, and impeccable hardware conditions. The garden is wide, with a small farm and a glass-enclosed sand pit in between. The teaching rooms include multi-functional studios, conference rooms, parent-child book bars, Montessori special rooms, book reading rooms, cultural walls, multicultural experience halls, etc. The garden is also equipped with indoor sports room, flipping music, fairy tale house, creative art room, chess room, rooftop farm, safety interactive wall, science exploration room, future kitchen and other function rooms.

In terms of teachers, the average age of the teachers in Unan is 34 years old, and 41% of them have won honorary titles such as National Excellent and Urban Gardener Awards. The kindergarten claims that all teachers have a bachelor's degree or above, and most of the teachers have teaching expertise in English, art, Montessori and so on. In addition, since 2002, Unan has cooperated with the University of Victoria in Canada to introduce foreign teachers to carry out bilingual teaching and foreign teachers' oral standards.

In terms of teaching, the kindergarten adopts the British SAW curriculum, which is a combination of science, art and writing, so that children can learn in multiple dimensions and enhance their learning effect. For example, when learning about cells, children learn the basics by looking at plant slices under a microscope and then drawing artwork by dripping pigments or applying gouache to express their understanding of cells. Multicultural experiential education is the characteristic of Unan, Chinese and foreign children are taught in small classes and middle classes, divided into domestic classes and overseas classes, and when they arrive at the large class, they are combined into one class, classes together, common activities, and children from all over the world interact and communicate. In addition to displaying the decoration of local customs and environments, teachers also conceived various cultural experience activities to let children understand foreign cultures. In addition, regular courses such as quality education and social skills are also offered. In terms of physical exercise, the kindergarten carries out children's "three baths" (sunbathing, air bathing, and water bathing) exercise, and the children's physical fitness is enhanced.

Urumqi South Road Kindergarten is for children with household registration in Xuhui District, and the childcare fee in the territory is 700 yuan per month. After registering and making an appointment online, parents need to bring their children for an interview. During the interview, Unan will ask about the parent's education style, the early education classes and interest classes that the child has studied, and the child will also show his or her strengths. For a very sought-after kindergarten like Unan, the odds of successful admission are not high. Xuhui District does not prohibit public kindergartens from using interviews to screen children, and demonstration kindergartens mostly choose to recruit students independently and interview children, but there are many controversies, and many parents think that some people will use this to trust relationships, find back doors, and undermine fairness.


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