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Yenne Kids' Academy

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Educational Offer

Primary School

Certified & Trained School Teachers

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The Yenne Kids’ Academy is a Bilingual International School preparing for the International Baccalaureate (IB) where langage of instruction will be English & French – with 50% of all classes taught in English, and the other 50% in French.

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At YKA, we also place a strong emphasis on teaching our children in their mother tongue: whether in Wolof, Arabic, English or French, our certified learning facilitators will meet your child where they are, and accompany them on their journey to becoming fully multi-lingual.

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Our primary school educators, or Learning facilitators, will assist your children on their individual learning journeys, through a project-based education approach rooted in the learning needs of each child.

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The school’s creed is to facilitate individual students’ learning (hence our teachers being called learning facilitators) and to nurture their natural given abilities and talents.

Our Primary Years Curriculum includes the following offerings as part of our all-inclusive offer:

Bilingualism: Language of instruction 50% inEnglish and 50% in French
Focus on 4 competencies: language
instruction, humanities, sciences and STEM, and artistic expression
Individualized learning plans for each
child, based on their learning needs
Small class sizes with a maximum of 20
students/class
Preparation for the International
Baccalaureate (IB)
Study time
Community service in the fishing community of YENNE
Plentiful play-based outdoor activities and school outings throughout the year to discover Senegal and West Africa!

Additional class offerings include :

STEM : robotics and coding initiation for early scientific education, to sow the seeds of our future African Einsteins who will lead the technical progress of the continent
Arts, Crafts and Creative Expression (drawing, pottery, theater, circus, drumming and dance) to unleash the non linear creative expression of our young geniuses
Entrepreneurship and business development skills
Leadership & Public Speaking training
Cognitive development, with a key focus of honing emotional intelligence
Career calls, including calls with eminent “elders” in each field to incite early interest in scientific careers
Sports and physical education, along the principles of a healthy mind in a healthy body (with martial arts, soccer, basketball, field and track and gymnastics on offer)
Wolof, Qran and religious education classes on offer for interested families