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What Makes Us Unique?
Discover the key elements that distinguish Reach Education Centre from other educational institutions.
Values Across All Levels
As a ministry school, every level integrates character education: respect, honesty, hard work, and service.
Values Across All Levels
As a ministry school, every level integrates character education: respect, honesty, hard work, and service.
Gardening Project of the Junior High School
Day Care – Ages 2 to 3 years
Focus: Safety, play, social skills, and early development
Core Areas:
- Personal & Social Development: Sharing, independence, toilet training, manners
- Communication & Language: Listening, vocabulary, singing, rhymes, story time
- Physical Development: Fine motor skills with playdough, drawing, outdoor play
- Creative Arts: Music, dancing, coloring, craft activities
- Cognitive Play: Puzzles, sorting shapes/colors, counting 1-10
Kindergarten – Ages 4 to 5 years
Focus: School readiness for Lower Basic
Core Subjects:
- Literacy: Letter recognition A-Z, phonics, writing own name, pre-reading
- Numeracy: Counting 1-50, number writing, addition/subtraction with objects, shapes, patterns
- Science & Discovery: Plants, animals, weather, senses, simple experiments
- Creative Arts: Drawing, painting, music, drama, role play
- Social & Moral Education: Respect, honesty, teamwork, Gambian values
- Physical Education: Running, jumping, coordination games
Primary – Grades 1 to 6, Ages 6 to 12 years
Follows the Gambian Lower + Upper Basic curriculum from MoBSE
Core Subjects:
- English Language: Reading comprehension, grammar, writing, spelling, oral skills
- Mathematics: Whole numbers, fractions, decimals, measurement, geometry, problem solving
- Science: Living things, materials, forces, earth & space, health education
- Social & Environmental Studies: The Gambia’s history, geography, culture, citizenship, environment
- ICT/Computer Studies: Basic typing, mouse skills, introduction to computers ( pastor pls modify here)
- Creative Arts: Art, music, drama
- Physical & Health Education: Sports, games, hygiene, nutrition
Assessment: Continuous tests, term exams, mock exams National Assessment Test
Junior School – Grades 7 to 9, Ages 12 to 15 years
Follows Gambian Upper Basic curriculum. Prepares students for High School
Core Subjects:
- English Language
- Mathematics
- Science – Physics, Chemistry, Biology combined
- Social & Environmental Studies – History, Geography, Citizenship
- Religious & Moral Education
- French – compulsory in Upper Basic
- Information & Communication Technology –
- Agricultural Science
- Home Economics / Technical Drawing
- Creative Arts + Physical Education
Assessment: Termly exams + Grade 9 GABECE for Senior Secondary placement