CurriculumSpecialist Subjects

PE, Art, Music & ICT

Four specialist disciplines woven through every year group — building physical literacy, creative expression, musical understanding, and digital skills from Kindergarten to the Test of Standards.

Why specialist subjects matter

BrightPath's specialist curriculum ensures every child develops the whole-child skills that core subjects alone cannot provide. Physical education builds health and teamwork; visual art develops creativity and cultural identity; music fosters expression and mathematical thinking; ICT prepares learners for a digital future — all grounded in BVI culture and context.

Academic year structure

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Term 1

September – December

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Term 2

January – March

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Term 3

April – June

Strand progression across year groups

See how each specialist discipline builds from Kindergarten through to the Test of Standards.

🏃Physical Education
K
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
ToS
🎨Visual Art
K
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
ToS
🎵Music
K
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
ToS
💻ICT
K
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
ToS
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Kindergarten

Ages 5–6 · BVI Early Years

1

Foundational movement, colour exploration, sound discovery, and first encounters with digital devices — all through BVI beach, nature, and community contexts.

Term focus

Term 1PE: locomotor skills & throwing/catching · Art: primary colours & shapes · Music: environmental sounds & fast/slow · ICT: computers around us
Term 2PE: dance & rhythm · Art: shapes in nature & textures · Music: fast/slow & high/low · ICT: using a mouse
Term 3PE: games & teamwork · Art: patterns & mixed media · Music: high/low & ensemble · ICT: online safety basics

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Grade 1

Ages 6–7 · BVI Primary Curriculum

2

Running and jumping technique, observational drawing of BVI plants, rhythm and beat in BVI folk songs, and keyboard skills for digital writing.

Term focus

Term 1PE: running & jumping · Art: observational drawing · Music: rhythm & beat · ICT: keyboard skills
Term 2PE: ball skills (football) · Art: painting with colour · Music: singing in tune · ICT: digital art
Term 3PE: athletics & relay · Art: collage & mixed media · Music: instrument families · ICT: the internet

Topics

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Grade 2

Ages 7–8 · BVI Primary Curriculum

3

Water safety for BVI island life, perspective drawing of BVI landscapes, music notation, and word processing for digital writing.

Term focus

Term 1PE: swimming safety · Art: perspective & near/far · Music: reading notes · ICT: word processing
Term 2PE: gymnastics · Art: printmaking · Music: composing melodies · ICT: searching the internet
Term 3PE: cricket skills · Art: sculpture & 3D · Music: Caribbean music · ICT: digital presentations

Topics

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Grade 3

Ages 8–9 · BVI Primary Curriculum

4

Netball and fitness, portraiture and Caribbean art, harmony and dynamics, and coding basics — all contextualised through BVI culture and community.

Term focus

Term 1PE: netball & fitness · Art: portraiture · Music: harmony & chords · ICT: spreadsheets
Term 2PE: swimming strokes · Art: Caribbean art & photography · Music: dynamics & coding · ICT: coding basics
Term 3PE: volleyball · Art: environmental & digital art · Music: performance & technology · ICT: web design

Topics

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Grade 4

Ages 9–10 · BVI Primary Curriculum

5

Athletics and sailing culture, abstract art and graphic design, music theory and world music, and data privacy and conditional coding.

Term focus

Term 1PE: field events & fitness · Art: abstract art · Music: scales & theory · ICT: data & privacy
Term 2PE: rounders · Art: typography & graphic design · Music: world music · ICT: conditionals
Term 3PE: sailing & water sports · Art: animation · Music: music & emotion · ICT: cyberbullying & wellbeing

Topics

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Grade 5

Ages 10–11 · BVI Primary Curriculum

6

Basketball and leadership, art history and film, songwriting and music for social change, AI literacy and app development.

Term focus

Term 1PE: basketball & leadership · Art: art history · Music: songwriting · ICT: networks & AI
Term 2PE: fitness testing · Art: film & media arts · Music: music & social change · ICT: artificial intelligence
Term 3PE: secondary school prep · Art: architecture & portfolio · Music: production & careers · ICT: app development

Topics

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Test of StandardsToS

Ages 11–12 · BVI Test of Standards

7

Comprehensive ToS review across all four specialist disciplines — fitness theory, visual analysis, music theory, and digital citizenship for the BVI national examination.

Term focus

Term 1PE: fitness & health theory · Art: visual analysis · Music: theory review · ICT: digital citizenship
Term 2PE: sports rules & tactics · Art: design for purpose · Music: Caribbean heritage · ICT: computing systems
Term 3PE: health education · Art: portfolio review · Music: performance · ICT: comprehensive review

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Aligned to the BVI Specialist Curriculum

Every lesson maps directly to the British Virgin Islands Ministry of Education specialist subject frameworks — PE, Visual Art, Music, and ICT — ensuring BrightPath learners are fully prepared for the Test of Standards and beyond.

BVI PE FrameworkBVI Visual Art CurriculumBVI Music CurriculumBVI ICT FrameworkTest of Standards ReadyOECS AlignedWhole-Child DevelopmentBVI Cultural Context

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