Excellence in teaching and learning is sustained by innovation that follows from experimentation and is fuelled by inspiration, new ideas, and exposure to communities of learning.
Kempenfelt Bay School is this type of community.
Excellence in teaching and learning at Kempenfelt Bay School (KBS) is a collaborative and reflective learning process. Our teachers and students share in a culture of achievement and wellness that promotes inquiry, innovation, and global mindedness. It involves making real-world connections with the students. It leads to the establishment of future ready competencies which include entrepreneurship, creativity, communication, critical thinking, and problem solving while also embedding the KBS 4C’s of Confidence, Competence, Community, and Character.
Excellent teaching is not linear, but responsive, and can be recursive and flexible. It recognizes that traditional strategies such as direct teaching and the practice and mastery of literacy and numeracy skills still play a role in order for inquiry to be successful. It requires a balance of agency and supported guidance. Excellence in teaching is demonstrated at KBS utilizing an evolving range of pedagogical models rooted in best practices, directly tailored to the subject area, supported by professional development, and enabling teachers to leverage their expertise. Excellence in teaching and learning occurs at KBS because teachers are innovative and continually learn alongside their students.
Our Values are at the heart of KBS. Our 4C’s, Confidence, Competence, Character, and Community, are the cornerstone of our quarterly goal setting, learning and future-ready competencies. This is reflected in our reporting process, where you will see the reporting of learning skills reflects the future-ready skills within the definition of our 4 C’s on report cards. This structure empowers teachers to advance and reflect on the development of the future-ready skills we know students will require.
At Kempenfelt Bay School, Art, Music, Drama and Physical Education are essential elements in your child’s development. Our students also enjoy an enriched Arts Programme through the teaching of an Art Specialist. Instrumental music instruction begins in Grade 3, and they are encouraged to enroll in the KBS Jazz and Concert Bands, the Spring Musical, and our Primary and Junior Choirs. The sum of all these parts builds and shapes our students today, into the community leaders of tomorrow.
We emphasize academic excellence at KBS. Each student’s progress is monitored, and programmes are individually tailored to ensure that each child progresses to his/her maximum potential. All students learn differently, and our teachers increase the possibility for success through a variety of teaching methods. Team teaching plays a key role in our integrated curriculum in every subject.
At KBS, we integrate character development and the ability to advocate for self and others using ethical means, into all learning experiences to support good citizenship on the local, national and global level.
We are building a strong community today and a stronger community for tomorrow.
We prepare our students for success in their educational endeavours and for leadership roles in the future. As the KBS students move on to their future careers, they will contribute to the growing quality of their communities.
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