Curriculum

A sound curriculum is at the heart of every good school.  Knowing what to teach in a subject, how to teach it and when to teach it are the crucial decisions that schools must make.  And several things make these decisions far from easy.

First, curriculum must constantly be evaluated and when necessary adapted or changed.  A high quality eighth grade biology curriculum today should be quite different from that of twenty years ago.  The geography of Europe changed overnight with the fall of the Russian Empire, and is changing still.  At Wyndcroft we have an annual cyclical review of curriculum that  ensures what we are teaching remains academically sound and is up-to-date.

Second, with so much known now about brain development and students as learners, a good school is constantly searching for new and better ways to deliver the curriculum to our twenty-first century learners.  The obvious example here is the explosion of technology in curriculum.  SMARTBoards and access to the Internet have long since taken the place of the encyclopedia in the classroom. 

At Wyndcroft, from the earliest years, teachers try to instill a love of learning while encouraging each student to reach his or her academic potential.  So the “how” they learn, in the curriculum, becomes as important as the “what” they are learning.  Our curriculum is a traditional one of core subjects enhanced by a broad range of specialty areas.  But we believe our approach to this traditional curriculum is thoughtful, intelligent, and cutting-edge.  At Wyndcroft we want our students to acquire not only the essential skills they will need for future success but also the independence of thought, and the creativity they will need to be successful life-long learners.