Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Kindergarten "Blooming Child"

Blooming Child Sarajevo is a fully registered Montessori school for children aged 2-9.

Blooming Child is a licensed pre-school institution that offers a high quality Montessori and Multiple Intelligences approach to education while following the official BiH curriculum. Our outstanding staff consists of qualified Bosnian teachers who have been Montessori trained and a few foreign experienced Montessorians. Our children come from different backgrounds and cultures, and many of them speak more than one language. BCS’s ultimate commitment is to foster generations of confident and free-spirited children who will then contribute to the development of a peaceful community in which people respect each other.

The private Pre-school Institution “Blooming Child” Sarajevo opened in September 2008 thanks to the strong support of both the Federal and Cantonal Ministries of Education and private funding. It is currently one of 10 institutions in the Canton of Sarajevo to have been properly registered with all the official institutions and granted a full license.

Our truly unique facility is located in the heart of Sarajevo, in a safe and quiet neighbourhood and today welcomes 75 children, from the ages of two to twelve.

The Montessori and Multiple Intelligence classroom is a carefully prepared environment where children are encouraged to develop as a whole and to think by themselves. We teach in English and in Bosnian and follow the content of the official Bosnian curriculum.

Blooming Child Sarajevo extends its services to children in need of an after-school day-care program (ages 6-12) (“produzeni boravak”), using the same educational approach

Blooming Child Sarajevo is in the first phase of a more ambitious project: the establishment of a licensed elementary school that will offer a full time, bilingual (Bosnian – English) education for children ages 2 to 15, based on a curriculum recognized and certified by the following organizations: The Ministry of Education of the Canton of Sarajevo, a well-known International Montessori organization (such as AMI, MCI, AMS), and the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO).

The goal is for children leaving the school at the end of any three-year cycle to be extensively prepared for any other educational institution in BiH or abroad.

Ideally, Blooming Child Sarajevo (BCS) would like to develop a close collaboration with the second gymnasium and its existing IBO program. It would be the natural place for students to continue their education after the completion of Middle school.

BCS keeps in mind that school tuition must remain affordable to middle class families and that the opening hours must accommodate parents’ work schedules.

The Blooming Child Sarajevo faculty is predominantly local and is educated according to the standards set by BiH law and regulations. In addition, all staff have been Montessori trained by a professional Montessori and MI teacher trainer, who is also the Director of BCS.

At the present time, a group of BCS parents are committed to registering in a lower elementary level, ages six to nine. The goal is to prepare for the enrolment of students during the course of 2009, within the current premises.

The plan is that the upper elementary level (ages nine to twelve) and middle school will follow on quickly after the establishment of the lower level elementary school. The demand for both is very high, a long waiting list is growing on a weekly basis.

School organization:

Toddlers (2-3): 25 children, 3 teachers

Children's House (3-6), 30 children, 3 teachers

Produzeni Boravak (6-12), 30 children, 3 teachers

Meals are prepared at school. We offer breakfast, lunch and a snack.

Opening hours 8.15 am - 4.00 pm

Contact details: Address: Blooming Child Sarajevo, Emerika Bluma 27

Tel: Jasna on 033-207899 or Maelys de Rudder Tanovic

bloomingchild@bih.net.ba