Kids Club to open school in town

JAKARTA (JP): An international English course for toddlers, the Kids Club, is due to open its first school in Indonesia next month.

Marketing director of the Hampshire, England-based course, Elaine Hodgins, said Saturday the new Kids Club school on Jl. Cikajang in South Jakarta would be run under a franchise system.

She said English would be taught to students of between three and 12 years in the form of games, songs and other activities inside and outside the classroom.

The Kids Club will offer three kinds of programs with tuition fees from US$50 to $55 per month per student.

The first program is the toddlers course, for those aged between three and four years. The class, using songs and stories as the teaching medium, will start at 9 a.m.

The kindergarten course is designed for children aged five to six years old. The class is based on local and international kindergarten curriculum focusing on English skills.

The elementary course, an after-school class, is designed for students aged seven to 12 years. The subjects will be taught using songs, drama, games and poetry.

All the classes will be held twice a week with 90 minutes per session.

Hodgins said the Jakarta Kids Club would have four teachers; two Koreans, a Briton and an Indonesian.

The club aims to blend its standardized material and teaching method with local cultural traditions.

"We will run this club using materials from our franchiser and also try to adopt local songs and games, which will be translated into English," said Irma Malibari, the club's marketing director for Indonesia.

The Kids Club has 2,000 outlets in 21 countries. (04)