Grandma School

Grandma School encourages its pupils to grow as individuals through play and other activities, understanding that children learn best when they are engaged. The school provides activities that are play based, child directed and planned around the interests of the children to promote continuous learning. The school reinforces standards of behaviour in partnership with parents.

The six areas identified for early learning are:

• Personal, social and emotional development
• Communication, language and literacy
• Mathematical development
• Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Physical development
• Creative development

Behaviour management

Grandma School does not allow any form of physical or negative emotional discipline. Children are guided in a positive manner at a level that is fitting to their actions and age, in order to promote discipline and to ensure their safety.

Childhood should be a time for fun, exploration and self-discovery. Parents are advised to encourage field trips to enhance learning opportunities.

Objectives of Grandma Primary School

• To provide first class primary education to children of all backgrounds within Lusaka and outside, to enable them to transfer with ease to secondary schools of their choice either in Zambia or outside Zambia.
• To offer an academically stimulating programme that will enhance the social, emotional, moral and physical growth of its pupils, thus preparing them to be world citizens in the 21st century, free of prejudices of race, culture, social backgrounds and religion.
• To strive for excellence in all that it undertakes to do by maintaining strong links with other schools through the Independent Schools Association of Zambia (ISAZ) and the Private Schools and College Association of Zambia (PRISCA), to ensure the cross fertilisation of ideas and maintaining of standards.
• To educate the whole child, pursuing a high quality of education not only in academic areas but also in artistic, cultural and sporting fields.
• To instill social and family values in its pupils on a daily basis, and to foster environmental awareness beginning with the school itself and extending to the whole of the city of Lusaka and beyond.

Values

Grandma School endeavours to encourage a team spirit in order to achieve its goals. The school operates with a high level of integrity and honesty at all levels. It works with individuals and other schools in the fight against all forms of injustices. It will not align itself to any political or religious denomination. The school carried out its mandate with commitment to high levels of professionalism in its operations.