About Us

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Principal's Message

EDUCATING THE WHOLE CHILD

Welcome to Wesley Primrose Academy. Our school provides a high-quality British education in Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines. Our curriculum is underpinned by The Department of Education’s K-12 programme and The Early Years Foundation Stage. Our  teaching approach is anchored on the philosophy that every child is a unique individual and that no two- children are alike. Children are diverse and they learn in different ways and at different pace. This is an understanding that we hold firmly and that is reflected in the educational system that we design for them. Whilst we value linearity in learning like using Phonics to teach the children how to read systematically, we also understand that this is not the be-all-and-end-all approach in all areas of learning. Children effectively learn by direct experience, by doing. 

Some children are visual learners, others are auditory but most children are tactile and bodily kinaesthetic learners. This is the reason why we use Jolly Phonics to teach them how to read. It’s fun and multi-sensory. This is also the reason why we value play, free or structured, child-led, guided or adult-led in every unit of learning. We allow them to move, to touch, to experience, to engage.  We believe that happy learners are lifelong learners and to achieve this, they have to be engaged through meaningful plays and projects.

We are committed to the holistic development of each and every child and we make sure that we cater to the needs of the ‘whole child’. We don’t focus on the head alone; learners should be embodied. Academic Subjects like Science, Mathematics and Literacy are absolutely important but they are not sufficient on their own. For this reason, we integrate storytelling, music, rhymes, poems and dances as either springboard or reinforcement to our lessons.  

I am ardently hopeful that through this page, you will have a little flavour of what we are and what we do and this is just a taste of what a delightful experience our children have in our school. 

Best Regards,

Principal Rovelyn

Vision

Wesley Primrose Academy is a veritable school in Mandaue City Cebu where all are dedicated to create a loving, caring and happy environment. It challenges, encourages and nurtures students to be the best that they can be.

Mission

Our mission is to help all children reach their full potential in a caring and happy environment by providing fun and tailor-made activities for children to have a stimulating and rich gain of knowledge.

It is the aim of Wesley Primrose that we should:

  • nurture the child’s natural curiosity and fuel their passion for learning,
  • create an enabling space and activities to spark the children’s imagination and develop their creativity and self-expression 
  • focus on a child-centred approach to learning in which the social, physical, and emotional development of the child is as important as his intellectual development, 
  • provide structure for teaching and learning within which children engage in activities that are guided or adult-directed as well as child-led
  • encourage students to do their best in everything do
  • provide an environment in which all students have equal right to respect regardless of their religion, special education needs, home language, socioeconomic background, family structure or ability
  • develop the children’s compassion and care for our environment
  • scaffold on what children already know and what they can do
  • welcome parents as partners in nurturing their children’s development by keeping them informed about their progress and the school activities.

About the Founder

Wesley Primrose Academy was born from the vision of founder and principal Ms. Rovelyn Rondina, a native Cebuana and an international educator who saw the need to offer a high-quality British based education at a reasonable cost to the families of Mandaue City and beyond. Her extensive training and passion for imparting the best global teaching strategies in a small personalized setting make Wesley Primrose Academy a true educational gem in Cebu.

Principal Rovelyn has taught in International British Schools both in Cebu and Hong Kong for over 20 years. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature from Cebu Normal University, and dual Master Degrees in Early Childhood Education (MAEd) and Special Education (MAT) from Southwestern University PHINMA in Cebu City. In addition she completed the following specialised teaching training and certifications:

  • Dyslexia and Foreign Language Teaching Lancaster University
  • Play-based Learning, University of Hong Kong
  • Understanding ADHD: Current Research and Practice, King’s College London
  • Teaching Phonics in Early Childhood, Queensland University
  • Teaching ESL, Cambridge English Assessment

Prior to founding Wesley Primrose Academy, she co-founded Young Einsteins Center for Excellence in the Medellin Province of Cebu. She also ran a successful after school tutorial centre in Cebu City. Outside of work, she relishes moments with her two children, and enjoys gardening, dancing, yoga and following the latest fashion trends.