What the nursery years cover
Taught through materials, rhyme, movement and play rather than worksheets.
- Numbers
- Letters
- Rhymes
- Practical Life
- Christian Studies
- Computer
- Social Norms
- Health Habits
- Nursery Science
- Home
- Academics
Academics
Our curriculum.
The Montessori method, with the Nigerian national curriculum as its content.
Our curriculum
How the two fit together.
The school runs a broad-based hybrid curriculum that combines the Montessori approach with the Nigerian national curriculum. The method is Montessori — children work with materials, at their own pace, guided rather than drilled. The content is Nigerian, so that nothing a child needs for the next stage of their education is left out.
The practical consequence is that our children begin to read early. Most are reading by the age of four. By the time a child reaches Basic 1, reading and writing are secure enough that the work changes character entirely — the child is no longer being carried. We call them high flyers, and we let them fly.
Alongside the academic work sits practical life: pouring, sorting, buttoning, sweeping, caring for a shared space. This is how a small child learns concentration, order, independence, and respect for other people's work.
MontessoriThe method: child-led, material-based, individually paced
NigerianThe content: the national curriculum, in full
Broad-basedAcademic work, practical life and character together
Focus areas
Focus areas by stage.
What children spend their time on as they move up the school. Call us for the full timetable of any class.
Where the work opens out
By Basic 1 reading and writing are secure, so the curriculum broadens into etiquette, reading and writing, science and practical life.
- Etiquette
- Reading
- Writing
- Science
- Practical Life
Beyond the timetable
Sport, culture, competition and clubs.
Everything that happens outside lessons is set out on its own page.
Extra-curricular activitiesHow we measure progress
How we measure progress.
Montessori practice makes individual progress visible in a way class averages do not. A teacher knows which materials a child has mastered, which they are working on, and which they are not ready for — and plans the next week from that, not from a syllabus deadline.
Alongside this sits the ordinary business of a Nigerian school: termly assessment, reports to parents, and an entrance examination for pupils joining us. The two fit together without difficulty, because one tells you where a child is and the other tells you how they compare.
Come and see the school.
An entrance assessment follows your application. If you would rather talk first, call us — we are happy to show you round.