Nigeria LNG school

Mission statement

NLNG School is an International learning community. It values differences and similarities, and strives to provide a positive, secure, supportive environment where all are encouraged to achieve their full potential.
The school will:

• Create a safe, happy, and healthy environment in which each child feels secure and valued
• Use a broad and balanced curriculum and employ a variety of teaching styles to help all children achieve their potential in all areas of school life
• Celebrate the cultural diversity of the school population, drawing on it to enrich all pupils' development
• Develop in the student the quality and skills necessary to become confident, self motivated, responsible and socially aware individuals.

Bonny Island, Nigeria

Information about the school

The NLNG School is made up of two streams; the International stream and the Nigerian stream. Within the International stream are two departments; the English International Department and the Dutch International Department. There is an overall headteacher, heads of each of the international departments and a head of common curriculum. The common curriculum team consists of teachers who teach subjects to children in both streams.

The English International Department follows the English National Curriculum for English and mathematics, while the Dutch International Department follows the Dutch ‘Kerndoelen’ for language and maths. The international departments join together to use the International Primary Curriculum to facilitate learning in all subjects other than literacy and mathematics. The Nigerian stream follows the Nigerian curriculum in all subjects.

Children in the two streams get together during school assemblies, after school activities and in sporting events. There are also other opportunities for integration throughout the year with specialist programmes such as the Christmas workshop, school productions and music concerts. In addition, children from across the board interact with each other outside school, during family fun events and sporting activities such as karate classes and children’s tennis clinics.

The school is located in the middle of the NLNG Residential Area (RA). This is a leafy, spacious, fenced compound with a manned gate. The school is constantly expanding as the population grows. It is fully air conditioned and has great facilities with an excellent purpose built sound-proof music room, an art studio and a well designed and stocked library. There are spacious play areas with a variety of play equipment.

Recreational facilities on camp are excellent. For sports enthusiasts there is a swimming pool, tennis courts, squash courts and a gymnasium, as well as a large sports hall, a running track, a football pitch and a nine-hole golf course. All other needs are catered for, with a supermarket and medical centre as well as bars and restaurants. All houses have satellite TV and there is a good library which has regular deliveries of books and DVDs to suit many tastes.

In the past few years there have been restrictions on movement around the Delta region of Nigeria. These are currently being lifted and now it is possible to shop, relax and explore around Bonny Island.

Information about Bonny Island

On the island there are two camps side by side – the JV (for contractors) and the RA (for NLNG employees). The camps are fenced and have manned entrance gates. The school is located on the RA camp and is fully air-conditioned. The school has recently added new state of the art buildings which include a further 10 classrooms, a fine art studio, a science laboratory, a sound-proofed music room, a home economics laboratory, a staff room and a whole school library. There are spacious play areas with a variety of playground equipment.

Facilities on camp are excellent – swimming pool, tennis courts, squash courts, gymnasium, supermarket, medical clinic and several bars and restaurants. There is satellite TV in the accommodation and a video library is available for use. On the RA Camp there is also a large sports hall, a running track, football pitch and a nine-hole golf course. It is sometimes easy to forget you are in Nigeria!
At the time of writing there is a restriction on travel in the Delta region and outside camp for security reasons. However, once lifted, there are opportunities to go explore the local area’s shops, markets, bars and restaurants.