What is project-based learning?

Project-based learning is when children learn by working on real, open-ended projects over days or weeks, rather than memorising facts for a test. They hit a genuine problem like pricing a product, designing a settlement, writing a story, and learn the maths, science or language they need because the project demands it. The learning sticks because it was used and learnt in a context.

The difference, in one example

Setting up a chocolate factory

One project, and look at what it ends up covering

Science

What happens when you mix sugar into milk? Where does it disappear? Why does it settle down after 3 scoops in a glass? That's chemistry.

Math

"What should be your selling price?" teaches you more math than solving 15 problems on profit and loss

Financial Literacy

How does the food reach from the farm to our plate? Why is it cheaper to buy in bulk?

A project requires answering questions that make children think deeply

It's one project at a time

Two weeks, one problem.

If the project needs trigonometry to work out the height of something from its shadow, the child goes and learns trigonometry and then uses it. The projects are designed to ensure that the relevant learning outcomes are hit.

Establishing a colony in Mars Designing a board game Planning the retirement age Building a bridge that withstands weight Creating a Youtube podcast

Are parents needed to work on these projects?

We don't want you to help

A big part of what we build here is independence in your child. So when it comes to the projects, we don't want parents stepping in to help and build things for them.

Every project kit your child needs is delivered straight to your address. The thinking, the building, the getting-stuck and the figuring-it-out are all theirs to own. Your job is simply to give them the space to do it.

"Kits arrive at your door. Just hand them over to your child"

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