La Petite Fleur keeps growing

Well known Montessori, La Petite Fleur Montessori House of Children in Pirivena Road, Ratmalana will extend its educational services to the primary level in January 2007.

The new primary school of La Petite Fleur, LPF Academy, will be opened at 244 A, Quarry Road, Dehiwela, with Grades 1, 2 and 3 in January 2007, Grades 4 and 5 in 2008, adding on a grade each year until the Ordinary Level.

As in the Montessori school, the LPF Academy aims to create a culture in which the child develops a passion for learning that will extend throughout and beyond school, encouraging self-reliance, cooperation, enthusiasm and initiative.

La Petite Fleur firmly believes that the child learns best in a structured environment in which the child feels happy and secure. The LPF Academy thus offers a wide range of activities designed to meet the demands of the national curriculum through cross-curricular and holistic education, eventually preparing child for the G.C.E. (Ordinary Level) examination in Sri Lanka in English medium and / or G.C.E. (Ordinary Level) - Edexcel and Cambridge examinations, as private candidates.

Among the infrastructure facilities provided, spacious classrooms equipped with uniquely designed furniture to stimulate the child's learning environment, a well equipped library and the recreational room, take a special place.

In operation for almost 14 years, La Petite Fleur has its own scholarship programmes, enrichment programmes for children and parents, community outreach and cultural events. Helping the children of the Deaf and Blind School in Ratmalana and a primary school in Diyatalawa, providing school supplies for two Montessori schools in Kithulgala and Negombo, setting up a Montessori environment in the Mother Teresa Home in Moratuwa and building a Montessori and community centre in Lunugamwehera, a remote village off Hambantota, are a few programmes initiated by the parents, children and staff of La Petite Fleur.