Primary School

Langley’s developmentally aligned curriculum offers an inquiry-based, thematic, experiential approach while uncovering individual strengths and interests. Children do hands-on science from day one, learning to make predictions, conduct experiments, and analyze results. Through play, they learn problem-solving, critical thinking, and math concepts such as counting, spatial awareness, geometry, and sequencing. Throughout their Primary School years, students are engaged in an intentional literacy and math curriculum that prepares them for the transition to the next grade level. 

Classes with specialists in music, library, physical education, and Spanish start in preschool, with art, science, and technology instruction integrated into the homeroom curriculum. Beginning in kindergarten, students work with STEAM and art specialists as they explore these subjects in greater depth. Children grow in versatility, curiosity, perception, self-regulation, and physical confidence from day one.

Wide-ranging performance and public-speaking opportunities help our youngest students build poise and presentation skills from the start. And through purposeful play, children learn conflict resolution, cooperation, compromise, and abstract thinking while reinforcing skills in literacy, math, and social studies.

Our buddies program, pairing kindergartners with eighth-graders, provides inspiring role models for our kindergarten students and fosters a growing friendship.

Frequent field trips bring classroom learning to life, fuel children's curiosity about the wider world, and allow them to witness firsthand the places and processes they’ve learned about in class.

Developmentally appropriate spaces and high-school caliber facilities energize our students and spark ambition. Our brand new Crossroads Building, opened in fall 2022, includes spacious, light-filled classrooms designed to support the developmental needs of our youngest learners and enable dramatic play, hands-on discovery, and collaborative and individual study. Our Primary School playground and tricycle track encourage children to learn through play, while enhancing fine and gross motor skills. And access to Langley’s state-of-the-art facilities, including the arts center, athletic center, turf field, and library inspire students to envision and work toward their educational future.