Years 1 & 2 (Ages 5 to 7)

Our custom-built child safe Forest School area has a pond, fire pit, mud kitchen, and den building area, as well as places to explore and climb. Our staff are highly trained by experts from the UK to embrace the benefits of bringing learning outdoors and into real life..

• Physical Health – Outdoor play strengthens coordination, motor skills, and encourages an active lifestyle.
• Emotional Wellbeing – Time in nature reduces stress, boosts happiness, and supports positive mental health.
• Confidence & Resilience – Taking safe risks and facing natural challenges builds self-belief, perseverance, and a “can-do” attitude.
• Social Skills & Leadership – Group activities encourage teamwork, communication, and leadership within supportive settings.
• Creativity & Problem Solving – Hands-on exploration inspires curiosity, imagination, and critical thinking.
• Independence – Children learn to make choices, take responsibility, and manage tasks on their own.
• Sensory & Experiential Learning – Nature engages all the senses, creating deep, meaningful learning experiences.
• Connection to Nature – Builds respect, care, and responsibility for the environment.
• Cultural Awareness – Learning traditional outdoor skills connects children to history and cultural heritage.
• World Knowledge – Direct experiences in nature deepen understanding of the world around them.

At Rugby School Thailand, we encourage leadership from an early age. Taking on small responsibilities helps children build confidence, teamwork, and resilience - skills they’ll use for life.

Our Year 2 students can join the School Council, Junior Librarians, Tech Team, or Young Interpreters, gaining experience in communication, responsibility, and empathy.

• School Council – Meets weekly to improve school life, such as proposing playground changes and helping to input on school policies that may affect them.
• Junior Librarians – Help organise and repair books, create displays for special events, and plan Book Week activities like quizzes and reading buddies.
• Tech Team – Manage music and lighting for performances and support classmates and teachers with technology, showing that even young children can be responsible leaders.
• Young Interpreters – Following the official Young Interpreters programme, these students develop skills to support classmates and teachers. They learn empathy and communication, using visual aids and their home languages to help everyone - students, parents, and staff.

Parents can meet and talk with teachers at any time, but two formal meetings are arranged -one during term one and one during term two. Reception parents are also offered a formal meeting in term three to discuss their child’s end of EYFS achievements and future targets. Each term you will also receive a progress and attainment report that indicates how well your child is doing and shares personalised comments from our child’s class teacher. In term three, the reports also include comments from our specialist teachers. 

Assessment in Years 1 & 2 comes in many forms, focusing on both the academic and pastoral needs of our children.

On a weekly basis, children are assessed individually by their teachers - both by our classroom teachers and their specialist teachers, and these judgements are used to provide grades to parents in our termly reports. Children are assessed in phonics, reading, writing, maths fluency, reasoning and problem solving, science, computing and attitudes to learning using the terminology ‘developing’, ‘expected’, ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’.

Additionally, at the start of year one or when children join us from other schools, students complete standardised assessments that allow us to identify their learning needs and track both their progress and attainment over the years they are with us. Teachers and the School are judged on these results as ultimately we are putting into place the building blocks that lead to the outstanding IGCSE and A Level results the School attains.