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Innovative Teaching, Enjoyable Learning

Our teachers respond to the needs of all children and compensate for disadvantage as well as promote giftedness and talent. We provide programs through which children learn to inquire, to reflect, to make sense of experiences, to judge intelligently, to communicate thoughts and feelings, to work cooperatively with others and to celebrate themselves, their qualifications and their achievements.

A 21st century classroom at Bonnet Bay School is a place where:

• Children are active in their learning and are encouraged to take responsibility for it
• Children at different times work alone, in pairs, in small groups or as a whole class
• There are spaces and times for cooperation and collaboration, accompanied by lots of talk, as well as for quiet, independent work
• The furniture and room arrangement allows for a wide variety of activities - there are lots of displays of children's work, plenty of print on the wall, and lots of books and other resources

We use a wide variety of classroom practices to encourage a joy of learning. These include:

• Gardner 's Multiple Intelligences
• Bloom's Taxonomy
• De Bono's Six Thinking Hats