BrainyVille School Brochure by Nsikak John

...where leaders are nurtured to soar!

Why Choose Brainyville International School?

What is Brainyville? This is a Professional Learning Community (PLC) and we mean this with all intent and purpose. Our cultural focus is to ensure that we have an oiled PLC that ensures academic success for all children, as teachers collaborate to make this happen.

The walls of our classrooms have been broken down and the work of each teacher is open to public scrutiny for collegial support and accountability.

We collectively discuss learning gaps and collectively intervene.

We believe that all our children can be helped if all teachers and members of the faculty are involved and working collaboratively.

Our Educational Philosophy The essence of education is growth

The learner is an experiencing organism

The environment of education should be life itself, where students can experience living – not preparing for it

Growth through the reconstruction of experiences, is the nature and should be the open-ended goal of education

Provision for group thinking in a democratic atmosphere that fosters cooperation rather than competition

To provide an education for the ‘whole child’ centering its attention on all the needs and interests of the child

Through the experience of problem-solving projects by which the child is led from practical issues to theoretical principles

To guide and advice our children, since their own interest should determine what they learn, not authority or the subject matter of text books alone

Concentrate on teaching our children how to manage change through problem solving activities in the social studies, empirical sciences and vocational technology

Projects should be the preferred method whereby the children can be guided through problem solving experiences

Our Vision To be the School of choice for holistic child development, Godly virtues, leadership and outstanding academic excellence.

Our Mission To achieve our vision, we will partner with parents to lay positive and enduring foundation in our children, using an enriched scheme, qualified and experienced teachers, world-class teaching techniques and technology in a conducive environment.

God-first Integrity Nobility

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Leadership

Excellence Child-centred

Motto

- Almum positivum principe (Nurturing positive leaders) - Born to Soar, Destined to Lead!

The Journey So Far Brainyville International School was founded in 2012, with the intent to build world class leaders of tomorrow and beyond, through collaborative transformational educational experiences. The School is accessible and centrally located in a serene environment in the heart of Wuse 2, in the Federal capital city of Abuja, Nigeria. Proud of its numerous successes so far, Brainyville stands out amongst other schools by its remarkable achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (S.T.E.A.M) since inception. This is reflected in our commitment to world class research activities through our curriculum development, in key areas across Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematical, Arts and Literacy studies, paying great attention to effective and comprehensive communication skills upon which all optimal deep learning are predicated.

Brainyville is an all-inclusive (equality and diversity) International school catering for children in Creche, Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and the primary classes. Construction of the Secondary arm of the school is presently on-going. Brainyville is also noted for its excellence in equipping children with Godly virtues, leadership and relevant life skills, all aimed at empowering them to become global citizens who can take ownership of their learning. The school was founded on universally accepted Christian principles such as love, kindness, perseverance, discipline, goodness, patience, joy, peace and faithfulness. These have formed the bedrock of our core values and the character development of our children.

All areas of support and facilitation are conducted through the medium of British English underpinned by the three major Nigerian Languages which are Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. In addition to English, other International languages such as Mandarin (Chinese) and French are also offered as part of our normal subjects. As much as possible, the school collaborates with Embassies and international bodies to provide native speakers that have background in education.

Why We Do What We Do Our educational philosophy, aims and objectives are to ensure that every child is supported with the appropriate developmentally tailored curriculum to enhance their optimal development. At Brainyville, we provide programmes supported by activities that are age appropriate and varied, based on developmental milestones. This is crucial within our school community to ensure the holistic development and growth of our children and to prepare them for their external and internal transitioning for immediate and lifelong performance as global citizens.

The core borders of our academic values are based on experiential learning. therefore, we place importance on this and have put in place a systematic learning environment that encourages our children to be broad minded and technologically knowledgeable. This prepares them for excellent national and international second and third level institutions.

Our Curriculum Brainyville implements a curriculum that aims at developing intellectual curiosity and a yearning for learning, supporting and facilitating our children to think critically, independently and transfer their skills and knowledge to excellent use in the real world as global citizens. Our curriculum is based on the British and Nigerian curricular and enriched with well researched content that is uniquely us. Through the very strategic

and systematic application of structured and unstructured indoor and outdoor activities; we bridge the gap between theories and practice. This allows our children to experience creative, imaginative, manipulative, exploratory, physical and social learning. These processes provide avenues for them to take ownership of their learning under the guidance of our very professional members of staff.

Our curriculum is developed based on the needs of the students as a group and as individuals. we therefore provide materials that support intellectual educational experiences by including other educational approaches that have been tried and tested within our setting through the early years stages up to the highest class within the primary section.

Our pedagogical approaches are such that our day to day support systems and structures truly reflect our curriculum in action. Though our curriculum is a perfect blend of the British and Nigerian curricular, we are aware of the changes in global academic practice and new technologies in education, thus we annually subject our curriculum to scrutiny and make adjustments as needed.

How We Teach We are aware of the array of instructional approaches and we tailor our approach to the curriculum objectives and learning goals. However, we try to ensure that whatever approach we take is child centered.

Our Focus In line with our vision, our focus is to raise the total child, by not only equipping them with the academic skills, but with the necessary life skills needed to live independent and successful lives, such as: 21st Century Skills: Collaboration Communication

A major crux of our curriculum is the integration of 21st century skills. We carefully embed these success skills into the daily repertoire of learning and ensure they are effectively taught and developed alongside the other content of the scheme of work. Our cocurricular activities are equally tailored to reinforce this aspect.

Creative Thinking Problem Solving

Our Management Team Our members of staff comprise a spectrum of consultants, Management Board, the teaching and the non-teaching staff that are carefully selected through a detailed screening process and are run through medical, security and safety checks to ensure that students are handled and surrounded by capable teachers, carers and all stakeholders. The Brainyville Board of Management adopt very proactive management systems and structures which are made up of seasoned educators and consultants with a combined experience of over fifty years.

Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund, where she made her mark, training and retraining over one Million Unemployed Youth within a period of two years. Her career spans well over two decades, cutting across different sectors of the Economy in both the public and private sectors.

She is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the school. To her, teaching is not just a career, but a divine calling and a noble task. She is a seasoned trainer and educator. She is currently pursuing a second Post-Graduate & Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Nottingham, UK. She also has an MBA from the Business School of Netherlands. She is a one-time

She is also a Publisher and the Chief Executive of Pen & Pages Publishing. In her work with Government, she served as the Chairman, Planning and Development Committee of the National Library where she lent her voice to the need for an urgent intervention in the reading culture of our youth and the urgent need for the rehabilitation of our public libraries which has continued to be neglected in budgetary provisions of the different tiers of government. On the platform of Pen & Pages, she consistently hosted the Abuja Writers’ Forum on a monthly basis for over four years. In 2010, she also organized a Special Book Reading

session in Lagos which featured Professor Wole Soyinka and the then President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan(GCFR), both of whom read African literatures to a group of over 1,000 children from over 50 schools in Lagos. She has contributed immensely to literacy development, youth empowerment and job creation in Nigeria. she served on the Presidential Committee on Job Creation in 2014 to 2015, she also championed the first ever largescale Skills Gap Assessment/ Study to be carried out in Nigeria in collaboration with the UNDP, between 2014 to 2016. This gave her first-hand knowledge of the huge gap that exists between the academia and the industries. Due to her passion for education and human empowerment, she founded the Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN), a knowledge and youth empowerment platform, where she empowered several youth and widows free of charge. Throughout her stay in government, she was channeling a good part of her monthly salary towards supporting and empower helpless and poor widows and widowers in her local community. Her great strides in many literacy development projects as well as youth empowerment programmes have earned her several accolades, one of which was her conferment with the National Honour of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR), as well as Honourary Doctorate Degree from the University of Belize. She is also

the co-founder of Grace Chukkas Foundation and several others. She is passionate about children and the empowerment of the younger generation.

Her vision for Brainyville is to raise generations of innovative change agents who would dare to break new frontiers and provide solutions to tomorrow problems. In line with her vision, Brainyville is already breaking new grounds by producing the first ever NARSDA Space Ambassador, Daniel Gashinbanki, who attained this feat in Primary 3 (Year 3). Not only that, one of the three pioneer graduands of Brainyville who moved on to Secondary school in 2018, is already breaking new grounds and setting new records, as she emerged the winner of the International Scholars Competition 2019, having bagged Nine Gold Medals. She has recently been picked to represent her school at the international level. Mrs. Onaeko, is God fearing and passionate about children and their well-being. Her training and wealth of experience, has been of immense benefit to Brainyville International School (BIS).

She has built over 37 years of experience in the education sector, rising to become the first black African decent to head the second largest school in the United States of America. She holds a Doctorate Degree in Education. She is God fearing and a lover of Children and a grandmother. She is also the publisher of the American Christian Herald. DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMES & CHIEF TRAINER OF BIS ACADEMIC STAFF

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HEAD TEACHER

Mrs. A. Gambo

She is a highly focused and result oriented leader, she is the current Head Teacher of BIS, she is also a seasoned Educationist with Masters in Degree in Education. Her attention to details and energy in driving the team Leaders and teachers towards attaining set goals has continued to reflect in the quality of work being put in by the teachers. She is also a volunteer senior instructor at the Kenneth Hagen’s Rhema School of Bible Studies, Abuja. She is happily married with children.

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR

She is a highly committed, passionate and focused member of Management, who brings her wealth of experience to bear as the School Administrator. She is in charge of the daily operations of the school, ensuring there are no hitches between the academic, the non- academic staff and the parents of BIS. The total well-being of every child in BIS is her utmost concern and interest.

Mrs. T. Nember

In general, both the academic and non-academic members of staff are trained and re-trained regularly keeping them abreast with new skills and innovations in the education sector and making them well equipped, innovative and reflective. Their indepth professionalism creates a continuously evolving environment that is at par with International standards.

Observations, reflections, assessments and appropriate recommendations are used to provide the best support for our children. These provide avenues that structure their holistic educational experiences hence equipping them to become critical thinkers and active agents of their own learning.

Our Stand on Bullying Our teachers are abreast with global and international standard of teaching and they are trained and equipped to give first-hand supervision and mentoring to our children. Through well-articulated school policies, school teachers maintain good teacher to student relationship with zero tolerance for bullying. Our students are encouraged to speak out if they experience any form of bullying, through our whole school antibullying campaign, we are united against bullying. We have zero tolerance for bullying.

Student to Teacher Ratio Our children to teacher ratio are very low and in line with international best practice. In addition to the adequate provision of qualified teachers, the school has in place a support system that ensures that children’s academic and total well-being are fully catered for while they are in the care of the school.

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Our school is privileged to have produced the first-ever National Space Ambassador in 2017 under the NASRDA Space Ambassador in 2017.

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Overall Best In Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics STEM Competition - 2017

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Our pupil, Amb. Daniel Gashinbanki also emerged as the Overall Best (primary category) in the 2017 Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) competition, having clinched the Best in Technology,

Best in Sciences and Best in Engineering, Best in Clean Energy categories of the STEM Competition. He provided a solution to address the future (2050) crises of global warming as predicted by the United Nations. He designed and made a presentation on a mobile Mega Ecocity that would be built on water to serve the different continents of the world. His presentation, indebt analysis and attention to details, earned him a standing ovation and several other awards.

2018

In 2018, a team of BIS pupils also emerged 1st position winners in the Natural Science category of the STEM Competition, 2018. For this competition, our children developed a solution to help curb the

increasing incidences of the farmers and herdsmen clashes in Nigeria, they modelled one of the worst hit village of Igatu in Benue state, adopting it’s landscape to build a model of a smart village by incorporating smart and self-sustaining, high tech security and monitoring systems all driven by solar energy. They were also able to explain how their proposed solution would help address at least five Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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One of the BIS pupils also clinched the 3rd position in the Clean Energy Technology Category 2018, through his project on Electric car that could actually move.

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3rd Position in the Clean Energy Technology Category, STEM Competition, 2018

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Youngest Talent and 3rd position in the Abuja Annual Chess Tournament 2017 & 2018 We produced the youngest talent in 2017, and also have consistently emerged amongst the top 5 in the different categories of the competition.

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Launching of the 1st NASRDA Space Club As a result of our several accomplishments in S.T.E.A.M, the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), lunched their first Space Club in Brainyville International School in 2017. This is helping to create more awareness about space science and space technology among our children.

Our Facilities & Service Offering Every service and facility put in place at Brainyville is to support our children’s learning, safety and comfort. Some key strategy and facilities put in place are:

Well Equipped STEAM Lab (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics) As 21st century learning requires, our STEAM Lab is regularly upgraded and the school makes deliberate effort to ensure that the lab is maximized, as all children must engage in practical work of the curriculum. We believe this approach helps to stimulate learning and curiosity among the children

At BIS, we allow children to be who they want to be, even as we experiment with our own Albert Einstein!

The ICT / Language Lab The ICT Lab, like every part of the school, is equipped with internet service, and children are only allowed to access age appropriate websites. The ICT Lab is also infused with language learning features, mics and head phones which are available for use by the Pupils and the Elocution teacher. This facility also aids the teaching of French and Mandarin (Chinese) as well as our indigenous languages. To make the learning of languages fun, we have a good collection of DVDs and talking books in English, French, Mandarin,

Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa Languages. We maximize the potential of information technology in our teaching practices. This is why all our classes are furnished with vital info communication tools for 21st century pedagogy. It is important that all our teachers are I.C.T savvy. We also a CBT platform, thereby making all our grade level classes I.C.T compliant.

3D printer & 3D Printer Pens The ICT Lab is also equipped with the latest model of 3D printer and 3D printer pens. These 21st century learning tools, allow children to engage in practical 3D modelling and printing. If they can imagine it, they can print it.

The School Library & Multi-Media Hall This is a well-lit, ventilated hall, with three air conditioners. the shelves are fully stocked with a varied collection of high-quality, up to date books, which are also supported by a collection of e-book for the children’s reading enjoyment. the hall is also well equipped with projector, interactive whiteboard, a mini stage and story corner which also serves as a dramatic/creative play arena. Brainyville library book collection ranks amongst the best within any international School environment in the FCT and beyond.

Our book collection and unique learning resources are some of the remarkable features of the school. Our library provides a unique blend of traditional and virtual research facility for Children. Our unique collection of books have been built up over a long period of time leveraging its strategic partnership with sister companies that are book & library specialists such as Pen & Pages bookstores and Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN), both with a combined experience of over three decades built through promoting Literacy Development in Nigeria and resourcing for numerous organizations and schools.

E-learning Tabs for all Primary Pupils For enhanced learning, in addition to the use of the ICT lab, every child in the primary is allocated a learning tablet which contains everything the child will need to achieve success in the Nigerian National Primary Curriculum.

Our books are sourced both locally and internationally, our collection is at par with what is recommended internationally. We use the Oxford Reading Tree Scheme which is used in over 80% of International schools all over the world to build literacy skills like phonics and elocution skills among other effective communication skills. We also incorporate other reading schemes such as the Jolly Phonics, Jolly Grammar and the Usborne Phonics Readers. Our key concept here is to encourage each student to become an avid reader which is a crucial leadership quality among others.

Well-equipped Music Lab Our music lab is well equipped with the relevant music instruments and music learning tools to make learning of music fun and engaging for all our children, irrespective of the age.

Montessori Room

We have in place a well-equipped Nursery Montessori Centre to aid hands-on learning in the Early Years classes. Loads of Montessori activities are infused in the daily learning activities of our Early Years children, thereby helping them better transition from concrete to abstract concepts, while having fun all the way.

Health / Recovery Room with Resident Health Officer We have in place, fully equipped health room with a well-trained First Aid & CPR Officer. All staff are also periodically trained in 1st Aid and safety measures to take in time of emergency. We also have good relationship with the two Children’s Hospitals in our neighborhood. Both hospitals are about three to five minutes away from our school, making it convenient to refer cases needing urgent medical

attention at very short notice to any of the children’s hospitals in our neighbourhood. As a policy, the school does not administer medications on the children, except where the administration of the medication had already commenced at home for not shorter than 24 hours before being brought to school.

Security & Full Surveillance of All Classes The school Exterior is serene and highly secured with security fence and guards. We also have in place, a 24 hours CCTV surveillance in all our classes, common spaces, Kitchen, Creche, pre-school toilets, play areas and all areas directly outside the school fence. Our well trained and well-equipped professional Security Guards are sourced from an internationally acclaimed security company in Nigeria.

Smart Classrooms Our classes are well ventilated, netted, fully air-conditioned and equipped with internet and audio-visuals such as; laptops, learning tablets, projectors, projector screens and speakers, offering age appropriate online learning resources.

A Mini School Farm and Garden Box Our classes are well ventilated, netted, fully air-conditioned and equipped with internet and audio-visuals such as; laptops, learning tablets, projectors, projector screens and speakers, offering age appropriate online learning resources.

Staff Development Resources & Programmes

The Media room also provides a special collection of books for the personal development of our staff. This is in addition to the regular staff trainings that we also conduct for our staff to keep them updated and informed on current trends in Education.

Deployment of a UK-based EYFS Software to Drive the Early Years Scheme

Uninterrupted Power Supply

The school has in place a robust EYFS implementation, Monitoring and evaluation software to help drive the timely attainment of the British EYFS Developmental Goals as well as be able to detect and offer early intervention via the experts, where learning or Developmental gaps are detected in a child.

The school has in place two standby Generators, with a combined capacity of 250kva, inverters and solar solution are also in place to guarantee uninterrupted power supply to the entire school facility.

Whole School Literacy Development Plan

A Well-equipped Playground

We provide an array of world class, cutting edge teaching aids and resources to aide teachers research, content enhancement and quality teaching in our classrooms.

Accessibility of Location

Bus Ride

The School is accessible and centrally located in a serene and secured environment in the heart of Wuse 2, Abuja. The entire school is supplied with full internet service, enabling the teachers and pupils to carry out educational researches with ease.

We also offer transportation services (pick up and drop off) for parents who may wish to subscribe for their children.

External Examination Preparatory Classes & after School Lessons All through the year, we run classes for children in both primary and secondary schools preparing for one major exam or the other. This classes are well attended by pupils from other schools.

After-School Care

We offer after school care for parents who cannot afford to pick their wards immediately after school.

Nutrition The school operate a healthy meal plan. All our meals served fresh from the school kitchen. The school chef works closely with some consultant nutritionists and dieticians who periodically review the menu ensuring that every meal is balanced, healthy and freshly prepared for the full benefit of the children. Our resident chef is well trained and adheres to the international standards of hygiene as outlined in the HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) of

allergies, food poisoning, appropriate nutritional value, portions and feeding methods that nourish the body for its optimal development. Our menu is tailored to suit the students’ likes and preferences. Great attention is given to dietary needs and we have available gluten free snacks and meals on request. To encourage healthy eating standards, as a matter of policy and to a great extent, our menu is guided by the UK school food standards.

Health and Safety Brainyville has a well-equipped health/wellness room manned by a fully trained health worker who is employed by the school and is available at all times to meet the needs of our students. We also ensure that our staff are First Aid

trained. In addition to the health room, we have well-equipped First Aid boxes situated in strategic places in and around the classrooms and playground. The health room is equipped with relevant tools to assist our children in time of emergency.

Health and Safety

We recommend that all parents ensure that we are provided with Doctors addresses for their wards in case of emergencies.

Our outdoor play area is well equipped and all materials and resources adhere to health and safety measure in relation to outdoor play standards and curriculum. Our play All paints used within and outside the sand is of the highest quality and our immediate premises of our school sandpits/trays and water trays are are non-toxic; all blinds are held at checked and changed regularly. appropriate levels to discourage Fire extinguishers are situated in children from gaining access to them. accessible areas around the school Our ground spacing is adhered to, facility and whole school fire drills are to keep ratios of pupil to teachers organized periodically. at its minimum and at par with national and international guidelines/ recommendations.

Special Service: Special Learning Needs

Brainyville offers other confidential services to students who need extra supports and facilitations. This is to ensure that no student is left behind. We practice an open-door policy with parents and guardians who may wish to discuss areas of concern of their wards be it personal or academic. We recommend however that parents/ guardians book an appointment to discuss issues of concern with the Head of School and we will do our best to provide the best possible

supports. Some confidential supports available would be in the areas of developmental impairments such as speech delays, occupational therapy, anxiety disorders, DCD (developmental co-ordination disorders), dysgraphia (hand writing impairments) etc. Extreme cases are referred to experts. Please talk to us if you have concerns, we are here to listen and collaboratively provide solutions.

Sports, Co-Curricular Activities & Clubs

The school management understands the importance of co-curricular activities in the holistic development of every child and the importance to the academic curriculum in particular. Therefore, the school has over the years built up an assortment of vibrant & skill building after- school clubs and co-curricular activities which has been carefully selected to cater to the physical, mental and social wellbeing of the children.

While we encourage healthy active living, we equally understand that every child is different, hence, our extensive varying list of clubs and extracurricular activities. These include, Football, Tennis, Martial Arts, Chess, Coding & Programming, Engineering for kids, Lego Brain Builders, Music, Contemporary dance, Ballet, Aerobics, Swimming, Tailoring, Cooking, Photography, Bead Making, Art & Craft, Reading and Gardening, among others. Our clubs are continuously evolving and we are open to suggestions by parents/ guardians so as to ensure that all the needs of our students are met.

Ball Games

Kids Aerobics

Swimming

Ballet

Taekwondo

Culinary Club

Contemporary Dance

School Farm & Out Door Nature Research

Sand Pitch

(Sand / Water Play Facility for Sensory Learning)

Creative Art

Inter-House Sports

Fun & Educational Field Trips

Leadership/ Career Day

Diversity Day

Charity is Us

One of our series of Annual Visit and Donation to the Orphanage

International Childhood Cancer Day Charity Walk in Collaboration with a UK-based Charity

T-Shirt Day, organized to raise fund for the Orphanage / less privileged in the society

Literacy Week Featuring World Book Day

Life Skill Activities

Cultural Diversity We encourage cultural diversity to help our students acquire knowledge about other cultures and countries of the world.

Parents Participation

Raising the Total Child We also care about the well being of our children, therefore, the school organises Annual Family Health and Fitness Day for the enlightenment and fun of both parents and school.

BIS Family Oriented Programmes The school also believes in the intellectual and personal development of our parents, therefore, several programmes are put in place to promote this, such as: BIS Annual Parents’ Empowerment Workshop

BIS Annual Family Health and Fitness Day

BIS Annual Charity Event & Random Acts of Kindness Month

BIS New Parents Orientation Night

BIS Curriculum Night

Brainyville Fitness Club (BFC)

BIS Family Book Club

Academics Primary Session BIS offers a robust and fully integrated scheme that is an integration of Nigerian / British Curricular, infusing elements of our core values and hidden curriculum to make it unique. Because we recognize that every child is unique and that they learn differently, we go the extra mile, where necessary to create an IEP for every child, thereby ensuring that no child is left behind. Some of the subjects offered in our primary classes are:

English Language, Verbal Reasoning, Mathematics, Quantitative Reasoning, Basic Science and Technology (Science, ICT, Technology, Physical & Health Education), Foreign Languages ( French & Mandarin), Hausa Language, Music, Cultural and Creative Art, Geography, RNV (Religious Studies, Social Studies, Civic Education & Security) PVS (Prevocational Studies), Handwriting and Elocution.

Road Map to Success in Common Entrance

Cambridge English Qualifications

For pupils in upper primary (Key Stage 2), we also put them through a programme called: Road Map to Success in Common Entrance. We do not only prepare our primary children for National exams such as Common Entrance Examination but also entry exams into top Secondary schools in Nigeria and beyond.

Our Primary pupils are also exposed to the Cambridge English Qualifications, which the school recently adopted to offer an international testing opportunity to our children so as to bench mark their performance in such test with other candidates in the UK and other countries. The Cambridge English Qualifications Exam is administered every two years and particularly at the start of the child’s language learning journey and at the exit point (Year 6). According to Cambridge UK, “they are indepth exams that make learning English enjoyable, effective and rewarding. These qualifications are specifically designed for school-age learners. They provide a strong foundation and learning framework to help children

and teenagers gain confidence and improve their English language skills. The exams are based on authentic situations and test all four skills – speaking, writing, reading and listening – so preparing for their exams helps students develop the skills they need inside and outside the classroom. The exams are full of motivating topics and tasks that make learning enjoyable, effective and rewarding”.

Achievements of our Children beyond the school & after Graduation from BIS Brainyville is already setting new records by producing the first ever NARSDA Space Ambassador, Daniel Gashinbanki, who attained this feat in Year 3 (Grade 3). Not only that, all the three children who were the first harvest of the school, 2018, being the pioneer pupils to graduate from Brainyville, the three of them who moved on to secondary in 2018 have done remarkably well in their various schools. Even though two of them left to secondary from Primary 5, a practice not encouraged in Brainyville, the children all did well and gained

Early Years Session Our early years Department provides attractive safe and secure environment for our children. The early years is organized in such a way that all children are brought together and consideration is given to the different needs and abilities of each child in the early years, our children learn to succeed in an atmosphere of care, developing selfesteem.

entry into very good secondary schools. One of the three pupils who moved on to secondary is currently representing her new school outside the country in an international competition,The World Scholars Competition, having won nine gold medals at the 2019 World Scholars competition held in Abuja in March 2019. By this feat, she set new records in her new school and through her letter to Brainyville, she accorded the credit of her brilliant performance so far in secondary school to her Alma Mata, Brainyville International School.

We pay attention to each child’s progress through teacher observation and consistent consultation with their parents. Parents are encouraged to share their view of their child’s progress, weakness and developmental needs. Teacherpupils relations have been one of our major achievements in helping the development of our children.

Early Years Scheme Our Early Years Scheme is driven by a UK based EYFS teaching, monitoring and evaluation software. With this, we are sure of the outcome of every Early Years child at the point of entry and transition to Key Stage 1. In addition to the EYFS scheme, we also expose our children to other learning reinforcement activities in our Montessori room as well as loads of outdoor and indoor fun activities, science experiments, art & craft, pencil control activities, practical life skills, music, French, Elocution, handwriting, etc are also taught along

with the EYFS seven Learning Goals. Our Early Years are not subjected to formal examinations, but rather we measure their developmental goals and level of understanding of topics taught through documented formal and informal daily observations and structured and unstructured formative assessments. We also administer bench marking tests at the start and end of every session.

Creche Department (Daycare & Playgroup) Our Creche is made up of two arms; the infants (between the ages of 3 months to 12months) and the junior toddlers (between the ages of 13 months to 2 years +). The creche is situated in a separate building away from the Nursery and Primary Classes. It is well equipped with its’ own infant playground. The

creche learning and development is also driven by age appropriate EYFS scheme and monitoring tools provided by the EYFS software. This ensures that developmental goals attained by the pupils at every stage of their early years is in accordance with the UK standard and that daily and weekly observations are well documented. Where developmental gaps are observed and depending on the gravity, an early intervention by an expert may be recommended. The school also encourages healthy feeding for all our children, on request, we provide fresh, nutritious and hygienically prepared meals for our creche babies up to four times a day. Like our whole school menu, our creche Meal Plan is also periodically updated and vetted by a renowned Nutritionist and dietician. Our Creche offers two enrollment options for the convenience of our parents: 7:30pm-3:00pm (half day) or 7:30pm5:30pm (full day).

Assessment

Fun & Educational Field Trip

Our assessment instruments are highly sophisticated and meet the global criteria for authentic assessments.

Most of our units and content areas kick off with field trips within the first few weeks of resumption. This is important because we want our students to have experienced the curriculum in real life context before learning the curriculum within the four walls.

Student Culture

Staff Culture

We place a high priority on student character as we are nurturing positive leaders. Therefore, we expect that our teachers hold a termly in-class conference with the students and develop class routines and rules as guides for the smooth operation of the classroom. We also encourage the use of behavioral contracts. However, it is important that the Office of the Head Teacher ensures it leads discipline in the school. The Head Teacher must set the standard of discipline and must be firm with love in ensuring that students develop moral strength.

In order to ensure effective mentorship from teachers, it is expected that a culture of discipline is maintained. Thus the Head Teacher leads weekly staff meetings where majority of the issues discussed is on academic matters as it relates to students. Agendas of such meetings must be duly documented by a secretary and signed. Also staff are required to meet for morning briefing and to pray for at least five minutes daily before school commences. However, staff discipline policies of the school should be followed and enforced where necessary.

Special Events The BIS Termly events calendar has been carefully planned to complement the children’s holistic learning and academic activities. Each event comes with curriculum linkages and our teachers are trained to look out for

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developmental goals attained by the children through such events. Some of the key events organized by the school during every academic session are as shown below:

2nd term

Independence day/ Cultural Day

Literacy Week & World Book Day

Teachers Day

Leadership/Career Day

Christmas/End of Year Children’s Party

Inter-House Sports

ICT /STEAM Week

Open Day/Parents Teachers Conference

Open day/ ParentsTeachers Conference

Random Acts of Kindness Month

Parents Workshop/ Health & Fitness Day

3rd term Children’s Day Graduation and Prize Day STEAM Exhibition Debate Open Day / Parents -Teachers Conference National Story Telling / Costume Day Spelling Bee

Admission/ Enrolment Brainyville International School caters for all children, provided the School can meet the needs of the child. Our enrolment policy requires a strict adherence to student cognitive and affective readiness for the respective class. Students are duly tested and assessed and parents requested to produce evidence of previous and present academic results before student can be admitted. We ensure that students are admitted into age appropriate classes and class teachers get an opportunity to assess students before they are enrolled. If a student does not meet with our required criteria for the said class, we will not in any way compromise our stand and procedure. This is because we are concerned about the student and will not jeopardize the life of such a child.

Book a School Tour

Our open house and school tours are held in July each year but we can arrange for other times by appointment.

Further information on all subject matters can be found on our school website or by contacting our school for a private chat. You can also follow us on our social media platforms:

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Brainyville International School