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In a
rapidly changing society, the ELC focuses upon the total
development of the child/student in order to compete with and
surpass other educational institutions. The ELC is a "Premier
Institution', a choice for balanced and quality education.
Equipped with a variety of quality
educational resources and materials, the Early Learning
Centre's current curricula are research driven, serving as a
medium for effective delivery of instruction and good teaching
practices. The teachers at the ELC keep abreast with
current trends in education. They are qualified
professionals
and the quality of teaching ensures students' success.
Being aware of the ways in which students learn, through play,
inquiry, experiment and exploration, we deliver
 a
range of
methods that constitute quality teaching. Repertoires of
appropriate experiences and teaching strategies are
introduced, to actively engage students in a variety of
meaningful learning experiences such as multiple
intelligences, individual differences, topic and thematic
approaches, learning and interest centres, integrative
learning, and literacy and language learning.
The
school offers a well-rounded, early childhood education for
very young learners in all areas of development, but
especially in the areas of cognition, language and literacy
development. Students build early reading and writing
skills in areas such as oral language comprehension,
phonological awareness, etc., so as to remedy or prevent
problems at an early stage, rather than later on in their
development. The class sizes are small; 16 students to each of
3 classes in Phase 1 and 20 students to each of 4 classes in
Phase 2. Additionally, there are five teacher's aides.
Eac h
aide assists one teacher/class,
enhancing the quality of education and helping to ensure that
students' needs are met, in and out of the classroom.
Facilities at the Early
Learning Centre include individual classrooms with computer
and multimedia equipment, a large enclosed shallow-water
swimming pool, a sports field, secure play areas, and a large
outdoor patio used for assemblies and ELC performances. |
