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DELIGHTSOME LAND SCHOOL

Delightsome Land School is an international Preschool and Primary School situated in Victoria Island, Lagos State, Nigeria. It offers British Curriculum. It's a crèche, preschool and primary school that offers enrollment to pupils from preschool through primary 6. The school's slogan is; DISCOVER|LEARN|EXCEL.

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  Preschool Science Project
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  Cognitive activity in Primary School

HISTORY

Delightsome Land School was founded in the year 2000. It is one of many competitive schools in Victoria Island, Lagos. An affluent Island situated between Lagos Island and Lekki Peninsula. It was established in January 2000 with the clear-cut objective of building a solid foundation for children from their very tender age.

Delightsome Land School was founded by Mrs. Tayo Olarewaju, a Lagos business school alumnus and a mentor at Fate Foundation, a foundation that helps and mentors people who want to start a private school. She is a columnist at Timeless magazine and she is the vice president of Scout Association of Nigeria, Eko division. She is the author of the book "Life's Lessons".

On August 14, 2005, Delightsome Land School garnered nation-wide scrutiny when her interview with Vanguard Newspaper was published in their "Education Weekly" section where she unselfishly implored Nigerian Government to put more funds into public schools despite being a proprietress of a private school. Myriads of newspaper and radio interviews followed thereafter culminating in her school being of great interest to major Nigerian journalists.

CURRICULUM

Delightsome Land is a school that offer an integrated specially designed curriculum following the National curriculum of England, while taking into consideration our local environment using the Nigeria curriculum. The British curriculum is robust, which helps the school give a child holistic development. The school also have aspects of Montessori curriculum coupled with practical learning, hand-on activities in the primary school to aid and stimulate the minds of young children. Delightsome Land curriculum is divided into various section. Discover more here!

THE PRESCHOOL

We cater for children from ages 0 - 4. Delightsome Land School has a Crèche that is specifically designed to be safe, healthy and welcoming for babies till they are one year old. It is a home-away-home for children between the ages of 1- 4. with an extended hour that runs from 7:30 am till evening.

THE PRIMARY SCHOOL

Delightsome Land is at the service of children from reception class to Year Six. We not only teach our children, but we also interact with them and this gives them a better understanding.

FACILITIES AND ADVANTAGES OF DELIGHTSOME LAND

Delightsome Land School has small class sizes for one-on-one interaction with the children. It has a conducive environment for outdoor learning, learning studios, library, art room, ICT Room, Sickbay, Sports corner, Sandpit, indoor swimming pool, activity rooms and performance hall.

OPERATIONS AND CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

At Delightsome Land School, there is a functional School Bus that ply the following routes; Lekki Toll gate, Lekki Phase 1, Lekki Phase 2, Ajah, Ikate, Elegushi, Eko Bridge, Adeola Odeku, Ozumba Mbadiwe, Eko Hotel round about, Muri Okunola Park, Ikoyi, Lagos Mainland routes, Ajose and Victoria Island routes.

Delightsome Land School has an extensive array of after-school activities that run after closing at 2:30 pm GMT. Learning Field Trips, Scholarship programmes, Football, Swimming classes, Book club and brain tasking games. We encourage all children to join in the program. We have a wide range of club activities like Ballet, Taekwondo, Maths Club, Scout, Brownie, Dance and many more. This is a good opportunity for children to discover new talents or hone existing talents. Meanwhile a well packed Summer camp school is always on which runs from July through August.

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

The school has a team which is solely dedicated to formulating and ensuring quality academic delivery and breaking them into simplified modules for better understanding.

SECURITY, SAFETY AND CHILD PROTECTION

We adopt sound proactive measures to ensure that all children are safe and healthy. Members of staff act in accordance with the advice and guidelines laid down by the Child Protection Policy. All members of staff are required to undertake regular child-care and safety training.

DELIGHTSOME LAND VISION

• To provide excellent education of the highest standard in a safe nurturing environment.

DELIGHTSOME LAND MISSION

• To deliver high-quality teaching and learning experience that will develop children academically, socially and emotionally in a rapidly changing world.

ORGANISATION AND ASSOCIATIONS

Delightsome Land School prides itself as one of the leaders in the Educational Sector in Nigeria.

In many years, the school has provide the best and most comfortable environment, facilities and services for children. Our highly trained teachers, competent security team, registered nurses and efficient management staff are always working together to give your child the very best.  

We are in partnership with professional bodies like the Council of British International Schools (COBIS), Association of International School Educators of Nigeria (AISEN), and a few others. These professional bodies and Lagos State Government constantly check us for quality assurance. We are currently in partnership with some companies in Victoria Island and environs, including Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG).

REFERENCES

[1] Emmanuel, Edukugho. "It'll be better if government puts more funds into public schools", Vanguard, Lagos, 14 August 2005.

[2] Nseobong, Okon-Ekong. "Going Through A Child's Heart", THIS DAY, Lagos, 14 September 2008.

[3] Fred, Iwenjora. "Watch it! Ages three to eight are crucial in the lives of your children", Vanguard, Lagos, 2 November 2008. https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Vanguard.html

[4] Glitterati, Glitz. "TO BE LIKE A CHILD", THIS DAY, Lagos, 4 January 2009.

[5] Sage Hasson."Education in Nigeria needs a revamp", The Guardian, Lagos, 27 October 2018. https://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/education-in-nigeria-needs-a-revamp/

EXTERNAL LINKS

Instagram: delightsomelandschool

Twitter: delightsome_sch

LinkedIn: Delightsome Land School

Facebook: delightsomelandpreschoolandprimary

YouTube: DelightsomeLandSchool