I shall write my review in English, since so many of the parents and students there are expats or what some call "immigrants".
I will try to keep it brief, enough though to raise awareness.
It is not fair to sweep this any longer under the imaginary carpet of ignorance.
It took us a very long time to overcome our anger caused by this debilitating experience and even more for our child to recover from the constant fear and terror that was inflicted into him there .
From a confident ,happy ,creative and friendly child ,he became during his time there ,an insecure child,apathic,seeking lonliness,scared of any noise and afraid to talk loud or ask for the toilet in the terrible fear he would be severely punished by the educator .
It took him quite a while to overcome his night terrors about his old school.
They have put us trough Hell and back.
A school so called Montessori, but where no one knows nor apply any of the Montessori methods, so it is just for advertising really.
As it happens ,I have a vast knowledge on how a Montessori education should be and about the safety and child psychology and in this school there is none.(apart from few Montessori tools ,focused more on one classroom ,always used in their advertising).
Montessori name is shamefully used like any other marketing tool : to lure students in and nothing more.
That is ultimately working great (like it fooled us) or not ,as many parents did not even had an idea that this school they registered their children in was calling itself a Montessori one.
In reality, it resembles more with a Middle Age Catholic School.
Bulling is at free and any notification from students or parents about an incident is met with a empty smile, wet and weak meaningless hand shake and blank NON reaction.
An incident not acknowledged is an incident that never happened, according to this .......SCHOOL.
In some of the cases, bulling comes not only from other fellow students ,students with behavioural and socialising severe impediments and issues that receive no help ,no guidance in adjusting their problems or behavioural deviation, but they are left to their own devices,but also from the "educators" in any form of punishment,or on some occasion you are met with "I was there, your child deserved it!".
Decent behaviour can be contoured in any child: it is part of educating him and moulding his mind at the same time!
That child will be part of our society someday.
Now,in this modern society, if not the parents, then at least every well trained educator knows OR SHOULD KNOW not only that punishment DOES NOT CORRECT THE BAD BEHAVIOUR BUT THAT IT ONLY FEEDS THE FRUSTATIONS,ANGER AND LACK OF KNOWLEDGE IN DEALING WITH A CHALENGING SITUATION OF THE PUNISHER
Nicknaming of the student without the approval of the pupil or the parent is another downside, so are the ironical ,dismissive remarks that "some educators" use in communicating with a concerned parent.
Every concern of every nature is bluntly ignored. If one dares to insist ,he is met with the same empty smile and informed over and over and over again that NO ANSWER IS A AN POSITIVE ANSWER! and that is the end of it.
You have more success addressing a statue in the nearby park!
Some educators in this "school" are using intimidation in relation with the students , not once "advising" the student not to say anything at home . Abusing the power given by the job and using intimidations and punishments of various sorts to impose your authority on vulnerable young humans, that is beyond despicable!
Although,a bad life experience and abuse can learn one a lesson,I FIND IT ATROCIOUS TO DO THAT TO A CHILD IN YOUR CARE WHILST YOU ARE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS SAFETY,WELLBEING AND EDUCATION !
I do not know HOW OTHER PARENTS ARE COPING,but if you really love your child you will stear clear from this school.
I AM SHARING THIS ,NOT TO RUIN THEIR WHATEVER REPUTATION HAVE,I COULD NOT CARE LESS,now that our child is safe ,BUT TO HELP OTHER PARENTS AND CHILDREN TO AVOID THIS ORDEAL WE HAVE BEEN TROUGH.
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