On marks, certificates, and the quiet strength we don’t talk about Someone asked me recently: “How will children without grades ever be prepared for the assessment systems of real life?” It’s an honest question. And it’s one I hear often, genuinely wanting the best for their child. At a picnic with friends, in conversations at the market, on social media…
We adults tell children constantly to be kind, to share, to say sorry, and then we quietly expect it to take hold. Over my years in the classroom I became more and more convinced that this doesn’t work, at least not on its own. You cannot teach a child to be warm the way you teach them to tie a…
Three children who help me picture the school I’m building Is this really happening? I am founding my own school. I have known this for a long time, yet suddenly it feels thrilling in a way it never quite did before. Why, when I have carried this dream for so long, does it now feel so alive? Perhaps because I…
It’s early morning. I am standing in my classroom, looking out of the window. The first children are trickling onto the school grounds. I watch the colourful scene unfold. Sometimes I focus on individual children. In my mind, I wonder how their morning has been so far. How they are feeling. What expectations they are bringing with them today. When…
Our Challenge As Parents As parents, we’re living through an unprecedented time of educational transformation. The rigid structures that defined schooling for generations are being questioned, reimagined, and sometimes abandoned entirely. More families than ever are exploring alternatives to conventional education, seeking approaches that honour their children’s natural development whilst preparing them for an uncertain future. Yet navigating these alternatives…
When we invest in a child’s earliest years, we’re not just filling time before “real” school begins. We’re shaping the very foundation of who they’ll become. Which is far more important than what follows in school and university. The Great Misconception Picture this scenario: You visit a beautiful school with an innovative primary programme that promises to nurture creativity, critical…
Is Montessori or Waldorf right for your child? After years in traditional education, we discovered something profound: even well-intentioned alternative approaches still impose adult ideas about how children should learn. That’s why we created Schola Vera—a completely different relationship with children based on trust in their natural wisdom.
Every child is born loving to learn. So why do so many lose this joy in school? Discover how your child’s natural way of learning through play, curiosity, and freedom creates confident, creative learners—and why traditional schools work against this innate wisdom.
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