We aim to ensure that the education that we provide is suited to the individual needs of each child.

From day one, we aim to help build the child’s positive self-image enabling them to be aware of the contribution they make to the life of the school.

The contentment of every child is our main priority and to achieve this, good parental relations are essential. That’s why co-operation between the school and you, as a parent, will be a priority throughout the time that your child is with us.

We are caring for the most important and vulnerable person in your life, and while you have the right to expect certain standards from us, we also have certain expectations of you.

To this end a South Hills Home School Association has been established to enable parents and carers to become involved in both the social and educational life of the school.

Most importantly, a child should be guided and encouraged but be allowed to learn and develop at his or her own speed.

The school is a Christian foundation embracing all denominations and will hold regular assemblies and celebrations. In the course of the curriculum, in order to build awareness and appreciation of other faiths and cultures, children will be introduced to their major celebrations in an appropriate way.

The only way to get to understand the unique nature and happy atmosphere of the school, and its setting, is to come and see it for yourself. Be our guest!

The Montessori approach to education is based on the real needs of every child and it is a comprehensive method of guiding a child's development, so that he or she can be helped to realise their full potential. A young child has the innate ability to absorb information and learn from his or her environment therefore it follows that the first six years of a child's life are the most important.

This natural desire to learn should be nourished and cultivated, as the experiences of these early years will colour their whole approach to learning up to, and beyond, the end of their education. We recognise that each child's deep need for purposeful activities should and will be fulfilled, but that activity should also be pleasant and rewarding.

Freedom to work with their own choice of equipment ensures a child's interest and leads to the excitement of discovering for themselves . Ideally this equipment will be self-correcting as this enables children to see for themselves where they have been successful which , in turn, fosters independence and an orderly approach to problem solving from an early age.

If a child lives with Criticism
he learns to condemn.

If a child lives with hostility
he learns to fight

If a child lives with ridicule
he learns to be shy

If a child lives with shame
he learns to feel guilty

If a child lives with tolerance
he learns to be patient

If a child lives with encouragement
he learns confidence

If a child lives with praise
he learns to appreciate

If a child lives with fairness
he learns justice

If a child lives with security
He learns to have faith

If a child lives with approval
He learns to like himself

If a child lives with acceptance and friendship
He learns to find love in the world