WELCOME TO VSBA PRIMARY
Dear Parents, Guardians and the Valley Stream British School
Community, Welcome to the VSBA website.
At VSBA Primary we strive to provide a safe, friendly, supportive and caring
environment to maximize our students’ learning potential. Through our
truly international make-up we offer a unique learning experience in the
very heart of Sapele in Delta State. We believe in each student as an
individual and aim to meet their needs and develop the whole person,
socially as well as educationally. Our small class sizes (16 pupils maximum)
allows a greater focus on each individual by the class teacher and learning
support assistants.
The Curriculum
At VSBA we use the National Curriculum in England as our framework for
teaching. As a British school we believe it is important to make sure we
keep up to date on key developments in Britain, however we aim to make
the curriculum accessible to our wider international community. We place
emphasis on the English language and endeavour to make sure all our
students become proficient in the language, through extra support and
lessons, as well as using Jolly Phonics and Letters and Sounds work to
ensure the children are working to their potential. In Mathematics we
follow the curriculum through the Abacus Mathematics programme ‘a
unique maths toolkit that’s carefully crafted to help inspire a genuine love
of maths and help every child master the national curriculum.’
Classes are taught through a combination of whole-class teaching and
group-work, and planned according to the level of the individual. Science,
History, Geography and Design & Technology are largely topic-based.
Whenever possible, classes are taken out on local field trips so that
practical observation and first-hand experience can be incorporated into
the program and their learning experience. Art, Music, Foreign Languages,
Computing and Physical Education (including swimming) are taught by
subject specialist teachers.
The Primary section of VSBA consists of ;
Primary 1
Primary 2
Primary 3
Primary 4
Primary 5
Primary 6
