Silverdale Nursery / Primary School

Silverdale Nursery and Primary School

10, Elabor Street, off Folarin Street,

Behind Winners Chapel, Iyana-Ipaja,

Lagos.

Tel: , +234 8026223168

The Primary Section is made up of 'the Creche, Reception, Nursery, and Primary'.

The Creche

our Creche is a home away from home, it give babies and toddlers the comfort and care every child needs in a loving, conducive and hygienic environment under the close monitoring and support of experienced Nannies and qualified/trained Nurses.

We are open to your services between 6:00am-6:00pm from Monday  to Friday and accept babies as young as 3 months to 15 months.

The Reception

Our Reception class offer children an outstanding environment providing education of the highest quality. A play based curriculum which is an integral part of our reception curriculum. We understand that through directed play, your child can develop and use their own natural curiosity and imagination to learn about the world the live in. They are taught the infant communication skills through circle time (story telling), Nursery rhymes, reading and talking to them. We potty train them and also guide them to colour objects and scribble different patterns of strokes in prepartion for flexibility of the hand muscles that will enhance their willingness and readiness to write.

The Nursery

The school's distinctive curriculum combines the best of British, American and Nigerian curriculum with the Montessori teaching methodology for Nursery section. The curriculum is structured around:

Personal and social language

Communication, language and literacy

knowledge and understanding of the world

Physical development

Creative development

We guide the children in learning all of the above through the fundamental of reading and writing the alphabet by sound, ordering of numbers as well as engaging the pupils in subjects like sciences, sensorial practical life, number work, social skill, French and computer. all these lay the foundation for all future learning and prepare them for the primary section.

The Primary

For our primary section, we build on the foundation created in the Nursery section. The curriculum which includes literacy, numeracy and science as core subjects and are allocated the largest time by the teachers. Other subjects taught at this level include: Social Studies, French, Music, ICT, Health Education, etc. This unique curriculum creates a well-rounded dynamic learning environment and pupils are taught in a manner that allows them to be confident and indepentent learners.

The curriculum also takes into consideration the social, physical, emotional and cultural needs in addition to academic evelopment. the aim is to develop pupils who are knowledgeable, principled, caring, open-minded, well balanced, effective, ready to take educational risks.