Lockdown forces us as parents and educators to reconsider what the purpose and future of education is. Why do we send our kids to school, what is it that we want them to learn? How do they learn? My one child sits happily behind a screen for hours, the other one can barely concentrate for two minutes at a time. Yet they are both bright and I wish for both of them an engaging, meaningful education.
The Covid-19 pandemic’s influence on education spurred Green School South Africa to launch their interactive video classes.
In lockdown, we all have strange encounters with education. Suddenly, I realised that my three kids’ concentration spans vary greatly when it comes to doing repetitive maths – concentration spans that seem endless when they are watching YouTube, when we are sharing family stories or talking about birthday arrangements.
We asked the teachers why. What happens at school that intrigues and excites our kids to this extent? We found solid research and academic rigour backing up the learning experience. When you make academic concepts real, hands-on, practical and relevant, it is possible to transform a tedious, boring topic into a fantastically exciting, almost magical experience.
Imagine, bringing an international school to Paarl, a bilingual Afrikaans/English international school. With an international curriculum, a principal with 35 years of experience, a future-oriented curriculum that seriously considers how 21st-century skills are incorporated into our learning experience and a focus on sustainability, community, identity and leading a life of purpose.
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