15 Jun22296 Boasting a 95-year history in providing quality private education in East Africa, Pembroke House School’s focus is on developing wellrounded, happy, independent, polite, and confident pupils through the British Common Entrance curriculum. Its children go on to study at top international schools in the UK, Kenya, and all over the world, with a high percentage achieving scholarships and awards. At Pembroke, the welfare, safety, happiness, and security of its children is paramount. Its vision is to bring out the best in every child, both in and out of the classroom. Its motivation is to provide a small family atmosphere which ensures each child receives the personal, individualised attention they need, while instilling its values of dignity, duty, and constancy. The school strongly believes that the ‘Pembroke Spirit’ is something to be valued and nurtured. Pembroke welcomes all children, too, including those with special educational needs. Its specialist Learning Support department ensures each child’s specific learning needs are recognised early on and provides them with all the support that they require. This includes pupils with physical disabilities, provided the site can accommodate them – This can be discussed with parents to ensure the school can cater for the child. The Pembroke House School story began in 1927 when Harold Turner founded the school and named it after the Cambridge College he attended. He conducted it, from the outset, as a conventional British preparatory school, and this tradition has remained ever since. Mr Turner purchased an unfinished farmhouse and 120 acres just outside of Gilgil from Captain Alan Gibson, whose plan to farm flax had failed. The original building now sits at the heart of the school buildings, which have undergone a huge number of changes since Pembroke’s inception. For starters, the roads saw improvement, which helped to increase the number of sporting fixtures and develop the sporting prowess for which the school has become renowned. Then there was the building of the Christina Chapel by the pupils in the 1950s, with its size determined by all the boys sitting in the proposed space and measuring around them. In 1988 came the introduction of girls to Pembroke, after it was recognised that this would contribute to the school’s long-term viability. There have also been constant additions and improvements to the school’s buildings, including the development of a dedicated science laboratory, STEAM centre, music school, theatre, and cafe, all of which are valuable in enriching each child’s learning experience. Additionally, the development of the pre-prep came in recent years, which has proved to be hugely popular with local parents and contributed significantly to EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) learning and pupils’ integration into the school from an early age. Children at Pembroke House School benefit from an inspiring and varied educational experience that sets them up to go far. One of the school’s greatest assets is its broad-ranging curriculum; from an early age, children take part in a mix of subjects and opportunities to meet different learning styles and interests, including sport (including tennis, squash, rugby, netball, swimming, football, gymnastics, and more), arts (including rhythm and dance, music, drama, art, and pottery), STEAM, design technology, and adventure learning. Pembroke wants its children to be challenged academically, but also to be exposed to non-academic subjects that give them a break from the traditional pencil and paper disciplines, and appeal to more kinaesthetic learners. This includes taking the children out on exciting school trips to destinations such as Maasai Mara, Bobong, Naivasha, Ol Pejeta, Mt Kenya, Sagana and The Milgis. Children can find themselves on safari, white water rafting, learning about tracker dogs, camel riding, swimming in lakes, fishing, or trekking. These trips are diverse and interesting and often focus on conservation efforts and community enterprises. In addition, the school holds camping trips in its forestry for every year group from year 1 to 8, providing fun experiences with night time games, sitting around the campfire, and spending time with friends. Alongside trips, Pembroke offers extra-curricular activities to its pupils, which are led by trained professionals, whether internal staff or peripatetic teachers who travel to the school each week. These do incur a cost, but help develop and increase a child’s passion and interest in diverse areas such as riding, LAMDA, motorbike club, ballet, beading and knitting, taekwondo, woodwork, computer design, inline skating, polo, photography, fitness and shamba, as well as an array of sports. Indeed, there is something for everyone at Pembroke House School. As its 2018 SIS Inspection Report said, “The children work and play hard at Pembroke House; they have fun and make friends for life”, and it is always looking to expand its family! Company: Pembroke House Email: [email protected] Website: pembrokehouse.sc.ke Located about 2.5 hours north of Nairobi, Kenya, just outside of Gilgil is Pembroke House School (Pembroke), a unique 120-acre British boarding school including leading-edge facilities and plenty of space for its children to play. There are 198 children at the school, split equally between boys and girls aged 5 to 13 years, with over 50 of these children coming from countries all over Africa, as well as 40 pre-prep pupils aged 6 months to 4 years. Best Traditional Co-Educational School - Kenya
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