Pelangi School - Ubud, Bali
"Welcome to Pelangi, a school where children love learning.”
ENROLLING NOW for Quarters 3 and 4 of the 2009-2010 School Year! Places available in Playgroup (ages 2-4), Kindergarten (ages 4-6), and in SD (ages 6+).
Pelangi School (Yayasan Cahaya Pelangi Bali) is a private, non-for-profit alternative education center located in Desa Kembuh, 10mins drive from central Ubud, Bali.
Pelangi means "rainbow" in the Indonesian language, a metaphor for all the cultures combined at our Community School.
Pelangi School opened in July 2006 as a parent-initiated community project, focusing on educating the WHOLE CHILD. Located on the side of a river, in a beautiful spot with views of green rice fields, our facilities are simple and in tune with the nature that surrounds us. Our student body starts at Tiny-tots and moves through playgroup, kindergarten and primary school grades 1-6.
Our curriculum is based on the British National Curriculum combined with KBK (Indonesian National Curriculum), taught in English and Bahasa Indonesia by native speaking teachers and their assistants.
At Pelangi, we provide a creative learning experience for all children, addressing their social, emotional, moral, intellectual, physical and artistic development through Holistic Education: multicultural, creative and student-centered. We offer small classes and a flexible program, with an emphasis on artistic expression and social and environmental awareness.
At Pelangi we serve a mixed population of children from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds. Pelangi provides a creative learning experience for all children, addressing their social, emotional, moral, intellectual, physical and artistic development through Holistic Education: multicultural, creative and student-centered. We offer small classes and a flexible program, with an emphasis on artistic expression and social and environmental awareness. With an average teacher-student ratio of only 1:8, Pelangi teachers are able to give allot of individual attention to their students, unique for a school in Indonesia where most public schools have a ratio of 1:30.
Facillities at Pelangi:
The upper school SD and lower school Playgroup and TK are located on separate campuses. They include:
- • 1 Fully connected Pelangi administration office
- • 1 Main brick school house with outdoor porch (lower school)
- • 1 Bamboo school building with grass roof (lower school)
- • 4 Octogan Bamboo buildings with out
- • 6 Classrooms (in total) catering for playgroup (3-4 years), kindergarten (4-5 years), and primary school (5-11 years)
- • 4 bathrooms
- • Large outdoor play area, featuring an undercover sandpit, climbing structure, cubby house and slippery dip (lower school)
- • Organic collaborative community garden supporting children's efforts in science and nature (lower and upper schools)
- • Large open play and music facilities (upper school)
At the time of this writing, the Pelangi School was in the process of building a little cafe/warung for the student lunch program. (updated october 20, 2009)
