Primary school, grades 1–4
One class teacher for four years, native language and maths, five hours of English a week, classes of up to 20.
Each class in grades 1 to 4 has its own class teacher, who teaches native language, maths and life studies and stays with the children for all four years. English, ICT, music, art, PE and chess are taught by subject teachers.
We follow the state curriculum with one change: English gets five hours a week instead of two. At the end of grade 4 pupils sit an internal test set at international A2 level.
There is no homework in grade 1; in grades 2 to 4 it takes no more than 40 minutes a day. Children who stay for the extended day do it at school with a teacher.
Subjects and weekly hours
| Subject | Hours |
|---|---|
| Language of instruction: Azerbaijani or Russian | 7 |
| Second language: Russian or Azerbaijani | 2 |
| Maths | 5 |
| Englishstate plan: 2 | 5 |
| Life studies | 2 |
| ICT | 1 |
| Music | 1 |
| Art | 1 |
| PE | 3 |
| Chess | 1 |
| Total | 28 |
What a day looks like
A day in grade 3
- 07:30–08:15Buses arrive; a duty teacher is at the door from 07:45
- 08:30–10:05Lessons 1 and 2
- 10:05–10:25Morning snack
- 10:25–12:10Lessons 3 and 4
- 12:10–12:50Lunch and a break in the yard
- 12:50–14:30Lessons 5 and 6
- 14:30–15:00Reading hour or a club
- 15:15First bus run home
- 15:00–18:00Extended day: homework with a teacher, clubs, snack at 16:00, bus at 18:10
Teachers at this stage
All teachers
Gulnara MammadovaHead of primary, class teacher of 4aPrimary education, 1988At Kamal since 2007 
Yana MelikovaEnglish, preparatory class and grades 1–4Foreign languages, 2018At Kamal since 2021 
Tural NasirovICT (4–11), robotics clubComputer engineering, 2017At Kamal since 2020 
Svetlana AbbasovaClass teacher of 2c (Russian section)Primary education, 1990At Kamal since 2008