River House Montessori School is Independent Secondary school in Non-selective for kids aged 3 to 16 (Gender - 3 to 16 )
River House Montessori is a school where, within a safe and friendly environment, each child is encouraged to stretch towards and reach their own potential, academically, emotionally and socially.The children are each valued for their unique abilities and their contribution to the school community. Children are encouraged to look for interests and opportunities and to have a passion for life. They strive to give each child an understanding of, and compassion for, the world in which they live.
Pre School
The pre-school caters for children of ages 3 and 4 years. There are five classrooms each with mixed age groups and genders. Each class has a teacher and class assistant and a maximum of sixteen children. The children follow a Montessori teaching curriculum, starting with the practical life exercises designed to develop physical control, coordination and concentration skills; moving through the Montessori materials which teach shape, colour, and relative sizes, and then onto the materials which prepare the children for reading, writing and number work.Shelves at child-height to encourage independanceReading is taught phonetically and many of the children are reading simple books and doing addition and simple subtraction by the time they move into the reception year.
Primary School
The primary school has an average class size of fifteen to eighteen. Small classes, together with our unique teaching system, which fuses the Montessori method with the English National Curriculum, mean that we offer children of all abilities the individual attention and education they need to reach their full potential in all areas of school life. Classes follow one year age groups although life in the school encourages interaction and involvement between all classes and ages.Teaching follows a weekly timetable and the curriculum covers the traditional core subjects: Literacy, Mathematics and Science, together with the Humanities (History and Geography) taught by means of topic lessons, I.T., Music, Art, Speech and Drama, Modern Languages and Citizenship. Personal and social development is taught during PHSE lessons and all children take part in swimming, gym and games.
Secondary School
The school's Secondary Department opened in September 2011 with an initial 3 students. It remains small today, with currently 6 students. Students in Key stage 3 (Ages 12 to 14) study a broad curriculum encompassing English Language, Mathematics, Science, Modern Languages, Latin and Classics, Information Technology, Art, Music and Citizenship. History and Geography are studied via a series of guided self study projects. Through these projects the students not only learn the elements of the Humanities curriculum but also develop ability in the self study skills such as independent research, note taking and source referencing, often only acquired much later in life.
Additional Educational Needs (AEN)
The school is non-selective and no account is taken of any matter when offering a place to a child. However it is very important for a child’s wellbeing that additional needs of any kind are fully discussed by parents and the school before enrolment of a child with additional needs is finalised. This is because it is vital for the child’s educational and emotional development that the school and parents, in partnership, are fully able to accommodate any special arrangements necessary. We will always of course do our very best to do this but we have to live in the real world and there may be occasions where we reach agreement with parents that a child would gain more benefit from an alternative environment. It is a requirement therefore that parents give, on the enrolment form, full information about any additional needs that their child has.
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