The Bay Academy
Calendars, Hand Books, Policy Documents and Stationery ListsTransparent and consistent communication:
“Partnering with Parents to prepare your children for life.”
The Bay Academy Calendar
The Bay Academy Policy Documents
The Bay Academy Montessori Campus
Stationery Lists 2024
The Bay Academy International High School
Curriculum and Stationery Lists 2024
The Bay Academy International High School
2024 Term 1 Timetable
Our Promise is to Deliver
Members of the Bay Academy Learning Community can be assured of benefiting from our unique offerings.
Low Teacher to Student ratios
In the Montessori Primary school, where Montessori teaching groups span 3 years of traditional school grades, the group is split into two classes and there is a Guide and Teaching assistant assigned to each group. In the Middle School class sizes rarely exceed 18 students. In the high school there are 10 specialist subject teachers, with a maximum of a 18 to 1 ratio. This ensures personal support for each and every one of our students.
Online Learning Support: The Learning Portal
Leading the way in online, Virtual Learning Environments, (VLEs) The Bay Academy has, for the last 6 years perfected the use of VLEs to support learning; using technology to enhance, rather than replace classroom learning. This approach of the "Flipped Classroom" allows students to access all the learning resources before the lessons commence, allowing for processing, application and mastery to happen in the classroom with the teacher as a guide.
International Accreditation
Our Primary school is an accredited member of SAMA - the South African Montessori Association. The Bay Academy's High School is an accredited centre for Pearson Edexcel, the premier examination body in the UK, whose certifications are the gold standard of education and accepted by universities worldwide.
Assesment FOR Learning
While the Montessori focus is on learning and avoids standardised testing, our students are prepared at an appropriate pace with the skills to sit formal examinations in the High School. However, even here our focus is on FORMATIVE assessments, where they are free to learn from their mistakes, rather than SUMMATIVE assessment OF learning. The enquiry based, experiential learning approach is fundamental to the Montessori philosophy, and continues into the International High School.
Parent Portal
Every parent can follow their child's progress through our Parent's Portal, where every observation, success, concern and individual learning plan is documented and available to see. In addition to this, high school parents can view the weekly learning objectives and assignments in order to support their child, and partner with us to ensure academic success.
A true Community of Learning
Through our consistent, open and honest communication we encourage all the members of our community to join with us to enhance the learning experience of our students. Any member of our community with a particular expertise or experience is encouraged to share this with our students, allowing us to tap into a wealth of learning opportunities.