What Makes Us Unique?
At Misty Meadows we celebrate that every child follows a unique process of self-assembling their learning through actively engaging with the ecosystem in which they live.
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Every child is engaged in an organic process of self-assembly through using the tools of their conscious awareness, their senses, their nervous system, their personality, their curiosity and their intellect - Mind, Body, and Soul.
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Our Model
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Work with enthusiasm and curiosity
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Learn through play
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Culture of accountability
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Horizontal processes
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Mind, body, soul - the whole child
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Everything is curriculum
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Learning relevant to real life
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Qualitative assessment
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Collaboration and team work
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Choice!
COMMUNITY
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Peers
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Elders & Mentors
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Experts & Teachers
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Multi-age
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Multi- race
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Multi- Income
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Extended community
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Animals (Dogs, cows, horses, chickens, ducks)
TOOLS
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Internet & Technology
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Books and physical learning materials (games, stationery, resources of all kinds)
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Crafting and making materials (for art, cooking, gardening, etc)
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Workshop equipment
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Sports equipment
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Musical instruments
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Customized curricula
ENVIRONMENT​
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Rich & multifaceted physical campus
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Open-ended, comfortable spaces
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Safe space
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Earth/nature connection: seasons, plants, animals
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3rd Teacher (Reggio)
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Enabling all forms of learning
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Everything is curriculum
"If we can change our fundamental metaphor for the education of children from the manufacture of product to the flowering and fruiting of a plant - then we can begin to see that our role is not to rigidly control each step on the process, but to create the conditions - the soil, the water, the light - under which human brilliance may unfold and flourish"
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- Carol Black, Schooling the World
How we work
Cassie Janisch, Director of Misty Meadows
Mission
At Misty Meadows, we believe that education is about empowering each child to learn and practice the skills necessary for success in adult life. Our mission is to provide an environment that enables every child to achieve this in the best way possible.
We accomplish this by implementing an organic education model that allows each child to customize and optimize their own learning journey. Just as a natural ecosystem supports the flourishing of all its organisms, our approach ensures that every student thrives and reaches their full potential.
"I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn"​
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- Einstein
Vision
​Transforming the way education is understood in the 21st century. In a world where most of the jobs our children will end up doing don't yet exist, our education model supports the optimal emergence of highly capable, multi-faceted humans with the capacity to thrive in any context and environment as their own unique selves practicing the necessary skills to find sustainable and fulfilling work opportunities after school.
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Book an Appointment
If you would like a consultation with Cassie about this model
and how to implement it in your learning environment, or
if you are a parent who would like to understand this model further in making a good decision about your child's education - you can book an appointment by contacting Cassie at cassie@mistymeadowsschool.co.za.
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