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FUTURE-READY EDUCATION AT

BRESCIA HOUSE SCHOOL

The world is changing faster than education systems, and schools need to ensure that they are preparing
students for the demands and challenges of the future.

eveloping students beyond the 2030, which are a global call to action. skilled communication, real-world
traditional curriculum is central problem-solving, self-regulation, and
to Project-Based Learning • Grade 4 explored water poverty (SDG 6 – the use of ICT in learning. Our students
D(PBL). Drawing on ideas such as Clean Water and Sanitation); focused on the South African context
those from the World Economic Forum’s • Grade 5 investigated food poverty (SDG while investigating global best practices.
Skills for the Future and the Microsoft 2 –Zero Hunger); and As part of PBL, our students undertook
21st Century Learning Design (21CLD) • Grade 6 engaged with energy poverty tasks such as creating a shopping list to
framework, Brescia House School has (SDG 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy). feed a family of four on a highly restrictive
reimagined the curriculum to make PBL budget. Our students developed their
central to our student’s experience. During the PBL programme, the timetable research skills, used the design thinking
was collapsed on particular days to enable methodology to develop workable
The Intermediate Phase (Grades 4 to 6) inter-disciplinary working across the solutions, and used their ICT devices
took up the challenge of investigating subjects. The PBL activities were designed throughout the learning process.
problems based on the United Nations to develop 21st century skills such as
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for collaboration, knowledge construction, In the High School, the Grade 9 students

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