What is Curriculum Acceleration and why is it important?
/I have always specialised in Curriculum Acceleration but I’ve only just recently started using those two words to describe the work that we do here at CMT.
You see, we do prepare for Entrance Exams and we do that exceptionally well and we will continue to support students to be wildly successful in any Entrance Exam. But that’s really not our main focus (it may be the main focus of some of our clients sure).
Our main focus is building a love for learning that goes far beyond any Entrance Exam. This is where Curriculum Acceleration comes in.
Getting into their schools of choice is the initial goal of the thousands of parents who have worked with us to this point. Their ultimate goal typically ends up being to support their children to truly love their learning. That’s why the majority of our clients stay with us for the whole of their children’s Primary Education.
To me Curriculum Acceleration means always working 2 years above their current age. So essentially if your child is in Reception, my goal is that they will be working at a Year 1/2 level.
Obviously this is important for Ultimate Assessment success. But I truly believe that it is vital for true accelerated learning. In order to truly accelerate our students’ learning, my teachers, myself and my clients work beautifully together to support each other to have the results that we truly want.
And ultimately getting 100% in a test is not the end goal for us.
Of course we want our students to score highly and to do well. That’s obvious. But true Curriculum Acceleration happens only when our students love to learn. They become obsessed with learning. They want to learn.
When learning is forced and not nurtured correctly the results can be catastrophic. Sorry to be dramatic. But it’s the truth. I’ve sadly seen in happen in thousands of children year after year after year when I worked full time as a classroom teacher all those years ago!
So many parents will tell me to ‘Stop putting pressure on these children’ but that is so far from the truth of what we do here at CMT. If you ever had the delight of watching one of our lessons what you would see would be laughter, joy and lots and lots of curiosity. You would see enthusiasm, determination and perseverance.
Curriculum Acceleration ultimately is important because in the world we live in right now, life is becoming more and more competitive. I want my son to be offered a top tier education. I know that his education will compare to a Westminster education. Most likely it will be even better as he will have my 1:1 support. Those children will have a 1:16 level of support.
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