School

Charity number 1096152

EXPANDING AND UPGRADING THE SCHOOL

     Future plans are being considered to create a new block of up to 6 classrooms, which will upgrade the school to a Lower Basic Primary School for 7-13 year olds.  This huge project is planned in phases but even so, it will require a lot of time, work and energy to raise the money and support required.

     The first Primary class will begin in September, using the fourth classroom, whilst the fourth nursery class uses an outdoor classroom until building starts on the new building.

BUILDING PROJECT PHOTOS     |    FARATO PHOTOS

Yalding Primary School, Farato, Gambia  (twinned with Yalding Primary School, Yalding, Kent, UK) There are now three classrooms and enough bricks left to build a good sized storeroom. The school is named after  the village  in Kent where this charity first blossomed.
Class sizes
The age range is currently 3 - 7 years and we should have the Junior section opened for 8 - 13 years by the end of July 2005. We want to keep class sizes to below forty. The Gambia average is fifty to seventy. 

Different crafts on each table allow the children to 
circulate and try their skills at everything

The children don't need much encouragement to paint 
hand prints in different colours 

The value of water play: our training workshops give teachers a practical opportunity to observe how children learn through watching, doing and experimenting.  They are all (including the teacher) fully absorbed in their tasks!

Singing games for the whole class: songs and games in English and local languages develop the children's social skills, turn-taking and imagination