The Big Picture Learning Design

The Big Picture Learning Design is all about the students learning through their passions and interests and learning both inside and outside of school. 

Each student has their own curriculum. Attending school does not involve subjects, timetables, multiple teachers and classrooms, or exams.

Students develop personal Learning Plans  that are connected to the Big Picture Learning Goals.

They regularly learn at internships with adult mentors in the community, to try out interests, get some relevant skills, and build their networks.

Every term they exhibit their learning to a panel of teachers, peers, family and mentors. This allows them to demonstrate their strengths and the depth of their knowledge built over time.

In their senior years, a key focus of their work is a Senior Project that involves sustained, in-depth, original work, often with the assistance of an academic mentor from a university, or experts from an industry, trade, or art.