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EDUCATIONAL PEDAGOGY AT

Pinnacle College Kyalami Pre-Preparatory

e all know that the jobs our children will one day do, have not been created yet Our teachers have been guided in the
and so all we can do as parents and educators is to give our kids the critical skills curriculum’s new design and embraced
Wthey will need. it wholeheartedly with much enthusiasm
and passion.
We are embarking on an amazing new curriculum model known as ICM – The Integrated
Curriculum Model. This model is being used in many forward-thinking countries like the The investigations are grouped into
USA and the Scandinavian Countries, with phenomenal results. 3-4-week intervals, allowing the children
a proper grasp of the concepts and
It ensures that children start to think for themselves, access abstract thought, and come skills offered. The idea is to move away
up with their own answers to questions, thereby constructing their own knowledge and from formal testing and ensure that
solutions to problems. It immerses them in a learning style that will equip them for the children construct the answers
21st-century thinking and learning. This involves collaboration, research, and formulating for themselves through project-based
one’s own understanding with facilitation as opposed to formal teaching. methods.

ICM works on constructs, concepts, themes, and immersion. It ensures differentiation within Your children will be able to go out into
a classroom and allows each child to work at their own pace and level, with the teacher the world one day and do whatever it is
guiding them to move to the next stage. The curriculum is also scaffolded so that each grade that they choose, as they will have the
learns at their level, and as the child moves up to the next group, they are extended. most incredible grounding and a way of
thinking that will be unprecedented.

Warm regards,

Principal Andy
Head of School: Pre-Preparatory and
Preparatory

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