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A holistic child — that is the whole point.

J & S Tots Pre-School is a small pre-school in Munyonyo, Kampala, caring for children from Apricot through to Tulip.

A class photographed together in uniform in their classroom

Mission

To provide and promote high quality, affordable and accessible early learning and child-care programmes that meet the needs of children and families.

Vision

To bring up a holistic child — ensuring spiritual, social, physical, emotional and cognitive growth and development.

Focus

To provide a stimulating early learning and child-care environment that promotes each child's abilities — and uncovers the hidden treasure and talents in a child through our curriculum.

Children sitting together on the mat, playing with foam letters and blocks

Our approach

Play is not a break from learning. It is the learning.

Children arrive at pre-school with very different starting points. Some are talkative, some watchful; some already know their letters, some are still learning to be away from home. Our job is not to rush them into one shape.

So we build the day around doing rather than sitting. Children sing, build, count, paint, run and tell stories — and the letters and numbers arrive inside that, where they make sense. Teachers watch closely, step in gently, and let children find their own way to the answer wherever they can.

By the time a child reaches Tulip, we want them confident, curious and kind. Those three carry further than anything else we could teach.

Our values

Five things we hold to.

These are the school's own words, and they shape how we treat children, families and each other.

01

A God-fearing child

To bring up a God-fearing child who cares for self and others.
02

Discipline and confidence

Discipline, confidence and self-esteem are vital ingredients in the development of a child.
03

Quality care and trust

Quality care and trust, to meet the needs of the children and families we serve.
04

Life-long learning

We share a responsibility to support and nurture the children in our care. Our own natural desire is to shape the lives of our children for the whole of their lives — and to remain life-long learners ourselves.
05

Partnership

Respectful relationships are very important to how our organisation operates. We believe the quality of care we provide is measured by the kind of relationships we have with the children, families and community we serve.