Three rooms
Three years in each room, and a colour for every one
Children arrive as the youngest in the room and leave as the oldest. Both ends of that are useful, and the three years in between are where the work happens.
1½ – 2½ years
Playgroup
First steps away from home, in a small room where everything is within reach and nothing needs asking for.
- Short sessions built around the practical things a toddler wants to do anyway — pouring, carrying, sweeping, washing, putting things back where they belong.
- A great deal of the day is spent outside in the garden.
- Settling in is done at the child’s pace. Some children need a parent nearby for the first week; that is entirely normal and we plan for it.
2½ – 4 years
Junior Montessori
The full prepared environment opens up: practical life, sensorial materials, early language and number.
- Children choose their own work and stay with it as long as it holds them, which is where concentration is actually built.
- Mixed ages mean a three-year-old learns as much from watching a four-year-old as from any adult in the room.
- English is the language of the classroom, with Thai taught alongside it.
4 – 6 years
Primary Montessori
Reading, writing and mathematics arrive through materials rather than worksheets, at whatever moment each child is ready.
- The full Montessori curriculum — practical life, sensorial, language, mathematics and cultural studies covering botany, geography, history, science and zoology.
- Children who have been here since playgroup are now the oldest in the room, and teaching a younger child is how they prove to themselves what they know.
- Preparation for primary school, without turning the last year into a rehearsal for it.
Not sure which room your child belongs in? Placement follows readiness as much as birthday, particularly around the boundaries. Tell us your child’s age and we will tell you honestly where they would sit — including if the answer is “not quite yet”.