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A New School of Thought

A New School of Thought

Imagine NO classrooms, timetables or bells. Instead, students will decide for themselves what they want to learn and how they want to do it, with the support from mentors

Change to Continuous Feedback

Change to Continuous Feedback

Schools that move to this type of reporting will usually stop providing individual student subject comments on semester reports The main benefit of this model is that students and parents receive feedback in a ‘timely’ manner about how the child is progressing. Having...

It’s time to throw out traditional credentialing

It’s time to throw out traditional credentialing

We have long come to understand that our current environment does not best serve us. Learning works best when it is created together through discovery, and not when a teacher stands in front of 30 learners reading from a screen. It works when the learner directs their...

Phenomenon-based Learning

Phenomenon-based Learning

Phenomenon-based learning is a learner-centred, multidisciplinary instructional approach that is based on student inquiry and problem solving. ... This means that a topic must be a real-world issue or “phenomena” and that learners need to apply different perspectives...

Flexible Learning Periods

Flexible Learning Periods

Providing blocks of time for development of independence and responsibility can grow as age increases. Teacher presence will be strong with the younger students as they learn and practice the skills of independent schoolwork and responsibility. Within boundaries and...