Applied Learning Programme

Discover how PLAY@JPS uses play-based learning to build 21st-century skills in students, from curiosity and teamwork to innovation and sustainability.

Last updated 5 August 2026

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PLAY@JPS

Overview

PLAY@JPS (Passion, Learning, Adapt & Apply, asking whY) is our Applied Learning Programme (ALP), where we seek to develop our students to become future-ready learners by developing their 21st-century competencies and fostering innovation through a play-based pedagogy. In an ever-changing world with new challenges and opportunities, we hope that our students will:

(i) Harness adaptive thinking skills to fuel a curiosity that drives continual exploration and discovery.

(ii) Develop and leverage their roles as confident communicators and collaborative creators to discerningly navigate challenges with creative and innovative solutions.

(iii) Act as empathetic contributors and digitally empowered learners to responsibly employ technology in devising sustainable solutions for our environment and the wider global community.

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USP-Experience

We adopt a play-based pedagogy and believe that children learn best when they are actively engaged in playful experiences. Play-based learning also enhances children’s capacity for innovative thinking and problem-solving.

Over the course of six years, our students will encounter various opportunities for play within our distinctive USP experience.

USP Experience play-based learning by primary level

	Level	The USP Experience
P1 & P2	Unstructured Play Wonder & Delight	We jumpstart our students’ experience through unstructured play. Unstructured play lays the basic foundation, igniting the initial spark of exploration and curiosity in our young learners.
P3 & P4	Structured Play Teamwork, Purposeful Play, Learning	Students embark on this journey of structured play, where they build on their existing knowledge, delve into realms of understanding and effectively apply their deepening expertise.
P5 & P6	Productive & Sustainable Play Reflection, Voice & Choice	Students celebrate their accomplishments and take pride in their ability to contribute to sustainable goals, seamlessly aligning with the sense of achievement and fulfilment that comes with joy and purpose of learning.

Level

The USP Experience

P1 & P2

Unstructured Play

Wonder & Delight

We jumpstart our students’ experience through unstructured play. Unstructured play lays the basic foundation, igniting the initial spark of exploration and curiosity in our young learners.

P3 & P4

Structured Play

Teamwork, Purposeful Play, Learning

Students embark on this journey of structured play, where they build on their existing knowledge, delve into realms of understanding and effectively apply their deepening expertise.

P5 & P6

Productive & Sustainable Play

Reflection, Voice & Choice

Students celebrate their accomplishments and take pride in their ability to contribute to sustainable goals, seamlessly aligning with the sense of achievement and fulfilment that comes with joy and purpose of learning.