Our learning approach

Our learning approach

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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 makerspaces 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.

Primary & Pre-Primary approach

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. Nova Pioneer uses the Cambridge curriculum and delivers it through an enquiry-based learning model.  The Cambridge curriculum prepares students for life, helping them develop an informed curiosity and a lasting passion for learning.

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, even for the youngest of students.

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Nova Pioneer’s unique approach to education will make you reimagine what is possible for your child. Nova Pioneer brings a rigorous and innovative approach to education that focuses on developing each individual’s full potential.
Des Hugo , Academic Director

Secondary approach

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.

Students work on solving real world problems from ideation through prototyping, and are encouraged to deploy their solutions on campus and beyond. We believe that leadership is a set of skills that each individual can develop, and we ensure ample opportunities for each student to craft and hone their personal leadership style. Our lessons are designed to promote confidence and communication, and all students are challenged to be leaders of their school community, with frequent opportunities to practice their leadership competencies and set annual goals for themselves. Nova Pioneer empowers all of our students to uncover their personal potential, and sets them up for post-secondary success.

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Our founding question at Nova Pioneer has been, ‘What capabilities will young people on this continent need to succeed in and shape the future that they will encounter, and what approaches to education will best develop those capabilities?'
Chinezi Chijioke, CEO

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