The Babies' Home is a happy, safe and warm environment where your child will feel stimulated, secured and loved.
The Babies Home is quite simply, home from home; with the chance for friendly play in a conservatory, dig in the sand pit or chance to cuddle up in the cozy corner for a story. Cherryfield , indeed offers a real sense of family, fun and friendship.
The children follow a seamless transition during their time in our Early Years. From their first moments in the Toddler Room right through to the end of Reception age, they experience consistency in their care, their environment and in their learning.
With dedicated zones for the younger children leading to more specific materials designed to enhance the older pupil’s learning, the Children’s House is a gentle buzz of purposeful activity and concentration. The key principles underpinning the Montessori ethos and pedagogy are taught within the context of the Early Years Foundation Stage. The cornerstones of learning, reading, writing and mathematics are taught using Montessori methods and materials. Our vertical grouping age range within the Children's House means that it forms a mini community. Our older children embrace new challenges whilst reinforcing their learning, acting as role models for the younger ones.
Our Primary learners follow a rich, creative curriculum with specialise lessons in PE, Modern Languages, Art and Culture.
The learners build on their journey from the Early Years and use the Montessori materials to consolidate and extend their skills in mathematics, reading and writing. Their interest and imagination is stimulated through the ‘Great Lessons’ that introduce them to a world outside of their own environment and nurtures a sense of global vision.
The Junior High School offers a three-year holistic course with well-seasoned facilitators. Our pass rate in the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) is second to none.
The JHS department has an enviable record of exceling in competitions. Notable among them is Mezzo Maths Quiz Competition, BSTEM Quiz, Spelling B, Sena Foundation, Blooming Minds Young Writers, just to mention a few. In addition, the Junior High School Division initiated steps to improving our subjects by including practically oriented terminal examinations for our students. This equips learners with practical skills, to face the current demands of the world.
Extracurriculars allows children to pursue their current interests and passions and perhaps even find ones they didn’t know they had. Thus, our clubs are a mix of activities that they are familiar with and ones that may be out of their comfort zone. We want to see that our students are well-rounded and are able to handle multiple responsibilities, and extracurricular involvement is a sure sign of both.
Our aim is to spark the love of football in students through fun activities, games and challenges whilst also teaching our future leaders fundamental physical, social and cognitive skills. We have the ability to tailor our football offerings to suit the child's needs.
This club teaches students to learn how to be creative and the different methods with which you could do it. They’ll get to create a work of art of their own and display it in a competition or presentation. This club may also take trips to local art museums to see historically renowned arts and other creative bodies of work in person.
This is the club for all theatre enthusiasts. It gives the students the opportunity to act and practice their interpretation skills with a group. They get to audition for and star in plays for the school and perhaps even participate in acting competitions.
This is the club for all who enjoy reading and want to make sure that the hustle and bustle of a busy school schedule doesn’t prevent them from engaging with good literature. Reading clubs are great for getting great book suggestions and keeping you accountable for keeping up with your reading. They’ll be able to engage in critical discussions of each book, allowing them to share their thoughts with other like-minded classmates.
The club enables students to display an understanding of expressions and rhythm. It helps them in developing a multifaceted physicality by way of providing training in various dance techniques.. It teaches the students to apply numerous value systems, principles, and approaches to their performances.
The Cadet Corps prepares youngsters for leadership roles at school and in the wider world. Although it is fashioned after the military, cadets are civilians and not expected to join the Armed Forces and are not part of the Armed Forces. It is a youth club that instills leadership, teamwork, confidence, self-reliance and respect in its members.
This club enables children to get good at public speaking, reporting on current events, and making effective arguments. Through speech and debate, they’ll have the opportunity to compete locally, regionally, and nationally in a variety of events that span from acting to intense 45-minutes debates. Those who do speech and debate really do fall in love with it and are often found in suits competing at tournaments
Tennis club in our school not only improve a child’s fitness but helps pupils to improve their reaction speed and be more alert. This, in turn, improves their overall wellbeing and academic focus in the classroom.
The Music Club aims to promote taste and talent amongst students by organizing workshops and performances. It offers practice spaces and a wide array of instruments which are safely stored; an opportunity for students to come together and discuss music; and a chance to perform and showcase their talents at events throughout the year.
CMS follows the Ghana Education Service Curricular with a blend of Maria Montessori pedagogy.
Nurturing children’s creative thinking skills through play-based learning; builds their self- confidence and encourages them to become inquisitive, independent and self – motivated learners. Reading is taught phonetically and many of our children at the age of three are reading simple books and forming good sentences. Emphasis is laid on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM). With this, your child is assured with the skills to invent in the future. Other areas of concentrations are; Problem solving, Group work and critical thinking.
Periodic open days are organised for each department of the school.
This gives opportunity to parents and guardians to interact with their wards’ teachers on one on one level.