Pedagogy and Curriculum
Our school has been founded in 1999, and today it occupies two entire floors of a completely renovated building to meet its needs. We welcome children from the age of 2 onwards, from preschool to secondary level.
Montessori 3-6
Kindergarten (3 to 6 years-old)
It is through appropriate work and activities that the character of the child is transformed. Work influences his development in the same way that food revives the vigor of a starving man. We observe that a child occupied with matters that awaken his interest seems to blossom, to expand, evicing undreamed of character traits; his abilities give him great satisfaction, and he smiles with a sweet and joyous smile.
Maria Montessori, 1949
At the very start of her research, Maria Montessori turned to examine the impact of education during the first years of life. Continue Reading →
Montessori 6-12
Elementary classroom (6 to 12 years-old)
We are confronted with a considerable development of consciousness that has already taken place, but now that consciousness is thrown outwards with a special direction, intelligence being extroverted, and there is an unuasual demand on the part of the child to know the reasons for things.
Maria Montessori, 1943
At about the age of seven, the child makes a transition from the sensorial and the tangible to abstraction, for it is at this age that the need for abstraction and intellectualization arises. Continue Reading →
Middle School
middle school curriculum
All men must be taught to see the world in all its grandeur, to extend the limits of their lifes, to make their individual personalities reach out and touch those of others.
Maria Montessori, 1939
Adolescence is a time of thoroughgoing transformation, both at the physical level and at the psychological and moral level. During this delicate transition period, the young person needs to be led to understand the role he or she is going to play as an adult in society. Continue Reading →
Curriculum
Montessori states that we are accustomed to thinking that it is we who mould the child from outside, rather than realising that it is the children who must form themselves.
Paula Polk Lillard, 2017
Subjects learnt from 3 to 16 years old:
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Extended Day Option
The extended day option has been set at the parents’ request looking for a regular child care during the week.
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Secondary school – Swiss Maturité
The Swiss “Maturité”, also known as the Matura, is a secondary education diploma that allows access to higher education at colleges, universities or technical schools worldwide.
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