Our Learning Approach

Pre-Primary

Primary

Secondary

Beyond Exams

We ensure that our students excel on their exams, but we go much beyond that– Nova Pioneer teachers don’t lecture, they lead discussions and facilitate projects that help students engage deeply and think critically about course material. Our students frequently apply their academic work outside the classroom to real world situations.

Holistic and High Expectations

We support every student to unlock their individual interests and passions and achieve far beyond what they thought was possible. We treat students as leaders and they rise to meet our expectations by developing the character and skills that they need to lead.

Practical and Personalized

Our learning experiences are full of engagement, creativity, and energy. For example, our students learn physics by building their own compass to explore magnetism, English by writing new chapters for novels they love, and math by surveying the local community to understand statistics. As a result, they learn the core material while developing their creativity and problem solving abilities.

21st Century Skills

Nova Pioneer students don’t just learn how to use the latest technology, they learn how to design and build it themselves. Our laboratories and maker spaces allow students to experiment with their own inventions, and graduates will emerge fluent in the innovation skills that they’ll need to thrive in modern careers.

We use a unique integrated approach to support our students’ growth, offering opportunities to develop intellectual curiosity and a love of learning even for the youngest of students

Pre-Primary

A strong educational foundation is crucial to not only determining academic success, but also for life success. Several decades of research demonstrate that high-quality, developmentally appropriate early childhood programs produce short and long-term positive effects on children’s cognitive and social development. During those early years, how that child learns and develops — mentally, emotionally and socially — is critical. At Nova Pioneer, we use a unique integrated approach to support our youngest students’ growth, offering opportunities to develop intellectual curiosity and a love of learning.

Learn more about our approach to pre-primary education.

For our youngest students, our instructional model focuses on students’ passions – we want to make sure that we understand each student at an individual level. This prepares them for our senior school, where we focus on critical thinking and problem-solving.
Josh Elder, Nova Pioneer Co-Founder

The journey of becoming a leader and innovator starts early, and our primary school students are developing the building blocks of this mindset from a young age

Primary

The journey of becoming a leader and innovator starts early, and our primary school students are developing the building blocks of this mindset from a young age. At Nova Pioneer Primary, the enquiring mind of the student is given freedom to explore and investigate the world using different modalities as they learn and make sense of the material.

Neuroscience shows that this “enquiry-based learning” model results in stronger intellectual ability and character than traditional lecture-based education. With the guidance of a teacher, we give our students the opportunity to discover, develop and test personal theories leading to a richer understanding of concepts. Nova Pioneer students develop into lifelong learners who can uncover their talents and potential.

Learn more about our approach to primary education.

Nova Pioneer’s unique learning approach equips students with the skills to problem solve, to innovate, and to lead and prepares them to be globally competitive; ready to go forth and create the world that they envision.
Des Hugo, Director of Academics

At Nova Pioneer, our learning experience ensures that we’re preparing our students to shape and lead their future, not simply work in it

Secondary

Today’s youth will encounter a future that will look and work differently than the world does today, and that will continue to evolve during their lifetime. At Nova Pioneer, our learning experience ensures that we’re preparing our students to shape and lead that future, not simply work in it. We know that our students will have different passions, interests, and talents, and we will work closely with each individual student as they continue to develop their unique abilities. Nova Pioneer empowers all of our students to uncover their personal potential, and sets them up for post-secondary success.

Learn more about our approach to secondary education.

When I came to Nova, I was taught that I should always question, ideate, explore, analyze – and now I’ve learned it’s important to question. So when you get that idea – you explore it!

Martha Aringo, Nova Pioneer Student