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 EARLY YEARS CLUBOur busiest session is a mixed age group on Sunday mornings. We have between 60 and 120 local children aged 6 months to 14 years. Great fun is had by all! |  Wash your HandsLessons for Life - even the youngest children learn the hand-washing routines ; on arrival, after toilet use and before eating breakfast, all reinforced with a memorable song. |
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 GreetingsWe always start the class with greetings. Puppets are a great way to encourage even the shyest students to join in. All visitors to the village are welcomed most politely these days! |  Classroom AssistantsLocal students from the High School are employed to work with the children and encourage them to talk about their activities using simple English. |
 Weekly ThemesCounting and number work is a recurrent theme, the stimulus usually being a favourite song, with linked group activities to follow. |  Painting TimeAn opportunity for children to explore colours and different techniques whilst developing their creativity. |
 PlaydoughA more independent activity which develops manipulative skills and provides great language opportunities, talking about sizes, shapes and textures. |  Cutting and StickingEnjoying experimenting with colour and texture, the children are always very proud of their beautiful creations, The Rainbow Fish story inspired this week's art work. |
 This Year's Favourite!A simple activity but using plenty of language and skills - we made salt dough currant buns, which dried in the sun to provide a permanent learning resource. |  Role-playOur baker's shops, selling the currant buns we made the previous week. An excellent way to practise the language of shopping, as well as counting skills and taking turns. |
 The "Bigs" group.The older children can focus more on written work and language games linked to our weekly themes. |  Body WordsConsolidating the new vocabulary learned through the songs and games of the week. |
 Year 5 ClassLearning English and Maths - number recognition and calculations, cunningly disguised as a game. |  Year 6 ClassMore structured lessons in preparation for Middle School. Here students are working on reading comprehension and sentence reconstructions. |
 Exam PreparationAdvanced level classes are available for students from the Lycee studying for their Baccalaureate, and university students sometimes attend during their holiday periods. |  Adults' Evening ClassesMany adults in the community want to learn or improve their practical, communicative English. Here, shopping role-play is used to reinforce the food vocabulary they have been learning. |
Our Welcome Song
A short video about the origin and aims of the school,
which was made as part of a project about Westerners
living and working in Senegal.
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