The Gower School, Private Day School Gower

• Location: Islington, London,
• Year of foundation: 2000,
• Language of instruction: English,
• Type of education: mixed.

The Gower School — is an independent day school for children aged 4 to 11.

The school operates for 35 academic weeks a year, sometimes this period is extended to 48 weeks due to the additional education program.

The Gower School offers students an extensive academic program that meets all the requirements of the preparatory stage and the national education system, and even exceeds them in some areas.

Classes usually take the form of projects: first, children study the basic topics, and then delve into the questions that interest them. All lessons are practice-oriented, so girls and boys learn by actively interacting with their environment.

Throughout the year, regular seminars, public events, traditional meetings and individual consultations are held for parents (upon request or necessity).

Children are fed on the territory of The Gower School campus: a team of dedicated chefs from Holroyd Howe prepares meals on site – this is an award-winning catering company specializing in serving independent schools. Chefs pay special attention to the freshness of products, care for the environment and social responsibility, sourcing the best ingredients from trusted local farms: for example, eggs are purchased from certified RSPCA Freedom Farm Assured farms, 90% of fruits and vegetables are purchased not abroad, but from British producers.

The school menu is updated every 3 weeks, and sometimes even more often, especially when holidays or special events are approaching. If students have dietary needs, such as lactose intolerance and a dairy-free diet, gluten-free diets, and allergies, the cooks will take them into account during food preparation.

Students of The Gower School spend their extracurricular time on or off campus. For example, the administration offers pupils daily or weekly formats such as:

• Sports: football, cricket, netball, swimming, tag rugby,
• Dance: ballet, contemporary choreography,
• Music: singing, solfeggio, learning to play musical instruments,
• Language clubs: French, Chinese,
• Drama club,
• Yoga,
• Cooking,
• Programming,
• Jewelry making,
• Decorative and applied arts.

Outside of campus, students are sent on group excursions to local attractions and neighboring cities:

• the playground in Caledonian Park,
• Penn Road Gardens,
• John Barnes Library,
• Little Angel theatre,
• London Zoo,
• Calpeper and Camley Street Gardens,
• the London Symphony Orchestra at St Luke’s Church,
• Wigmore Hall,
• Science Museum,
• Natural History Museum.

Some excursions are held not only during the day but also in the evening: starting from the third grade, students can attend overnight stays at museums and other late exhibitions.

Starting in the fourth grade, girls and boys go on a two-day trip with accommodation from Bushcraft: they spend one night in a forest camp and participate in outdoor activities.

• The Gower School offers its students a high-quality and comprehensive curriculum. A strategy is selected for each age group. Education as a whole is aimed at the development of a person: his mind, body, heart and soul, children learn social and life skills that will be useful to them not only at school, but also beyond it.
• The principles and philosophy of Maria Montessori are at the core of the educational approach.
• All full-time teachers are highly qualified methodologists, specialists in the age group and stage of development they work with. Each employee is kind, inspiring, and attentive. Coordination specialists focus on accounting for the educational needs and characteristics of children, finding and combining various learning styles. At the same time, teachers never do their tasks and exercises for children, but only help and guide them.
• Each student is assigned a personal tutor: his task is to take care of the ward and supervise him outside of school hours while he waits for his parents.

There is/are the following things in and around the kindergarten building:

• classrooms,
• medical office,
• rest room,
• milk kitchen,
• staff room,
• laundry room,
• covered playgrounds where children can play,
• large garden space including climbing areas, active play areas, sand and water activities, two garden houses, a herb garden, and a bicycle path.

Montessori classes at The Gower School consist of:

• auditoriums equipped with Community Playthings furniture,
• various educational locations, including a reading corner, “Exploring the World” and other zones: for practical lessons, for sensory development, for language learning, for mathematics, for culture, art, music, geography and science.

• Two multifunctional halls used daily for meetings, school lunches, sports activities and games, class performances, music and dance lessons, yoga and extracurricular clubs,
• Pianos in classrooms for individual lessons, one of which is located in a specialized music classroom,
• Medical office,
• Library for readers of different ages,
• Computers, iPads and an interactive Clevertouch screen in each classroom, laptops,
• A special art studio.

Admission to The Gower School is possible at any time of the year. To enroll in kindergarten, parents need to confirm that the child is already 2 years old, and for enrollment in preparatory classes of primary school — at least five.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision