Happy Hearts World of Kids

Happy Hearts World of Kids is one of the few schools in Zambia offering the IPC. This curriculum incorporates academic material with play based programs to ensure learning is fun. Play based programs help develop a lifelong love for school and learning.

Services offered

Happy Hearts World of Kids aims to create the best possible conditions to help families balance home and careers. Services offered include half day, full day, after school care and holiday care.

Holiday care programs run during the school holidays (April, August and December). These provide day care services for children in pre-school and extra tuition classes for grades 1-5.

Emergency care is offered in the event of a maid crisis.

The school provides balanced meals for children staying full day (breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack). Children from other schools can enrol in after-school care programs. In these programs children are assisted with their homework and reading assignments.

Happy Hearts daily programme and options

Monday-Friday: working hours are from 06:30hrs to 19:00hrs

Half day: from 06:30hrs to 12:30hrs (pick up time is between 12:30hrs to 13:00hrs)

Full day: from 06:30hrs to 19:00hrs (pick up time is between 16:30 hrs. to 19:00hrs)

Learning time: from 07:45 to 12:00hrs (morning session) and 14:30hrs to 16:00hrs (afternoon session)

After-school care programs: from 14:00hrs to 19:00hrs (this program is for grades 1-5)

Holiday care programs during the school holidays (April, August and December): from 09:00hrs to 15:00hrs

Curriculum

The curriculum for the pre-school age has 56 thematic units. All units include six learning areas:

• Language
• Social and emotional skills
• Numeracy
• Creative and visual arts
• Sciences
• Fine and gross motor skills

The curriculum is based on proven concepts that include play, inquiry and objective based learning styles. The international pre-school curriculum emphasises that the first few years of a child's life should provide a vital opportunity for development. This developmental approach is built into the syllabus.

Process for admission

Registration is on a first come first serve basis. Payment of the registration fee reserves a place for a child for a period of 30 days.

What makes Happy Hearts World of Kids special?

Happy Hearts World of Kids is a Christian organization founded on Christian principles. Each valued child is provided with a close classroom setting, making it possible for teachers to work with the individual child on a one-to-one basis.

Summary

Happy Hearts World of Kids provides the following services:

• Pre-school after school care
• Holiday care
• Emergency care

Jolly Phonics

The first stage of this programme is Jolly Phonics - a fun and child-centred approach to teaching literacy through synthetic phonics. With actions for each of the 42 letter sounds, this multi-sensory method is very motivating for children.

Jolly Grammar

This is the next stage of the 'Jolly' programme. It is an well-rounded teaching approach that involves the systematic teaching of spelling, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary. Jolly Grammar will enable you child to develop accuracy in spelling and writing through the use of colours and actions.