A holiday club for children officially opened yesterday at Montessori International School, offering children in and outside of the school, and aged between 1-12 years old with the opportunity to take part in various games and educational activities that are created and hosted by experienced teachers.
The holiday club, which will run from April 19-22 and again from April 25-28, will be held at the school’s premises at Pointe Conan, from 7.30am to 4.30pm on these dates. Parents can choose to pay for all-inclusive package or for a single day.
The Montessori International School is a preschool providing alternative education to children between 1 and 6 years old. Other than the Montessori programme, the school also includes yoga, meditation and other activities and practices to help the children’s development in all areas of life, with the awareness that the first six years are the most vital in our development as human beings and that they impact the rest of our lives greatly.
Speaking to the Seychelles NATION, Sedna Chetty, founder of the Montessori International School, says that the children will be able to participate in many different activities including creativity workshops, ‘Little Scientists at Work’, cooking classes, role-playing/drama, magic tricks, treasure hunts, field trips which aim to help the children discover Seychelles, as well as visits to the indoor playground ‘Le petit kids’ corner.’
These are some amongst the more fruitful and exciting activities that will be part of the holiday club. The children will also be provided with meals and they will be able to take all the items that they create back home.
Ms Chetty explains that while the school has had third parties using the premises for similar activities, the school itself has not held a holiday club for the last three years, and this is the first time she is personally organising the holiday club since 2018.
“During a holiday club, children get to learn and experience things that they do not get to do throughout the term whilst following a formal curriculum,” says Ms Chetty. “They get to stay busy and well stimulated over the holidays, and parents have a safe place to keep their children and can be confident that they are learning something fun, positive and advantageous daily.
“The school’s holiday programme is vital on the grounds that it offers a complete open door for kids to develop new skills. We learn something new every day and allow the students to make their own choices, and take all the leadership in the activities they choose. This way, their natural leadership qualities get exposed. Other than developing new skills, the activities are planned in such a way to help nourish the students’ creativity, boost their confidence and enable them to build new friendships.”
Source: Seychelles Nation
