NBS as a Community School - Our Approach

At NBS, our educators do not work in isolation. They consistently attempt to reach out and partner with parents, family members, and the larger community of which we are a part.

It is these partnerships that lie at the core of our identity and that have helped us create the unique learning environment of a community school, where-

On community:
"If we are going to use the word meaningfully we must restrict it to a group of individuals who have learnt how to communicate honestly with each other, whose relationships go deeper than their masks of composure, and who have developed some significant commitment to rejoice together, mourn together, and to delight in each other, making the other's condition our own. "

M. Scott Peck

We learn together as a true community

Our students are not just passive receivers receiving from educators, they learn in cooperative and collaborative ways with and from each other, as well as the world around them. We encourage our parents and educators to also invest in their own lifelong learning so that they may be able to foster the learning of our students.

Each person in our community is a participant

Each person in our world- parent, educator, student or community member has a say. Decisions are taken through debate and discussion, with each person's opinion being considered. So it is the entire community that is responsible for the school.

Learning takes place all day, every day

At NBS, learning does not come to an end when the bell rings at the end of the school day. Innovative after-school and weekend programmes ensure that our children continue to be exposed to a wide range of learning opportunities in a variety of areas such as sport, computers, drama, art, and language, all day, every day!

We share our spaces

Our school spaces are available for use not just by students and educators. We are soon planning to open out the use of our facilities such as the library, AV room and computers to parents, grandparents and community members too.

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