Academic Policies

  1. Admission
  • Eligibility – An applicants must pass the entrance exams and pay the admission fees in full.
  • Entrance exams requirement – complete an enrollment form and payment of examination fees for classes with vacancies only.
  • Documentation – scroll up.
  1. Curriculum
    • Standard based curriculum is used from KG to Basic 6.
    • CCP curriculum is used for classes from Basic 7 to 9
    • Enrichment programs – Enrichment programmes included in our school include
      1. Reading clinic
      2. Robotics and coding
      3. X-peed Math
      4. Chess
      5. Drama and debating
      6. External visits, field trips and excursions.
  • N1 and Creche Curriculum – At the Preschool, the school combined the Montessori approach with jolly phonics to get a standard curriculum which builds the foundation for the KG.
  • Extra-curricula Activities – We engage our learners in the following extra – curricular activities:
  • Choir 6) Drama
  • Traditional drumming and dancing 7) Chess
  • Fine arts 8) Reading
  • Robotics 9) STEM activities
  • Cadet and 10) sports & games
  • Excursions
  1. Teaching and Learning
    • Teaching strategies – learner centered pedagogues.
  • Learning strategies – group discussion, teaching other, presentations, assessment of lessons and as lessons
  • Classroom management – The school adopted the Positive Disciplinary Approach and its tools in creating a learning environment and maintaining good class control.
  • Technology integration – Abe Halperin school makes good use of classroom overhead projectors, tablets, internet and ther use ICT tools in our lessons.
  1. Library, Laboratories and Resources
    • Utilization – learners read books at the schedule class periods and also at break time.
  • Borrowing – learners borrow books from the library, read and return them on specified dates.
  • Research plan and assistance – All our staff are assisted to acquired smart devices for research. Wi-Fi and data packages are made available to them to keep up with research and technology.
  • Digitization plans – We envisage mounting smart boards in our classrooms as well sending online assignments.
  • Monitoring strategies – The school monitor the work of facilitators through, clinical supervision, work inspection and random checks. Lesson planning and classroom interactions are also monitored through class visit or the CCTV installations.
  1. Assessment and Evaluation
    • Types – We assess our learners in daily assignments, mid-term tests and end of term/year assessments.
  • Grading system – our grading system are higher than the standard system. This is to discourage complacency.
  • Methods of assessment – Abe Halperin uses both the formative, summative assessments with emphasis on project based, diagnostic, self-assessment and aptitude tests.
  • End term exam format – a mixture of multiples choice questions, fill in the blanks, unrestricted answers, puzzles and pictorial question. These questions vary from subject to subject.
  • Progress report -Report on the academic progress of learners are made available to parents in both hard-copy and soft-copies.
  • Feedback giving (parent teacher conferences).
  1. Promotion and repetition
    • Promotion criteria – learners who fail in two core subject and two other subjects are recommended for repetition.
  • Requirement for graduation – Good performance in the End of first, second and third mid-term exams.
  • Remedial support – slow learners are given additional support to catch up with their colleagues.
  • Acceleration option for gifted learners – Additional board are provided in each class to engage the gifted ones with extra task whilst attending to the slow learners.
  • Jumping to write BECE – This is against the rules of the school and culprits are out-rightly dismissed from the school.
  1. Absence from school
    • Make up works for learners – Facilitators make conscious effort to provide support in all areas the learner(s) missed.
    • Parental support – Parents are advised to provide some activities to engage learners while they are away from school. Additional home tuition for the learners to catch up has always been helpful.
  2. Special needs
    • Identification as assessment
    • Individualized care / plans
    • Modifications for accommodation ( ramps, audio aids etc)
    • Support staff and resources.
  3. Continuous Professional Development
    • Teachers training and re-training
    • Peer mentorship and coaching plans
    • Performance planning, review and appraisal
    • Workshops and conferences
    • School visits and exchange plans
    • PLC Meetings
  4. Academic integrity
    • Cheating / malpractice – All forms of cheating are punishable in the school. Learners are trained to be independent and stick to the values of the school.
    • Teacher dishonesty and consequences – This attracts sanction per the code of conduct of staff of the school.
    • Plagiarism
  5. Reports – distributed termly for all classes and upper primary to JHS for mid-term tests.
    • Terminal reports
    • Transcripts
    • Cumulative records
    • Record keeping and disposal
    • Data protection and compliance