Classical education

Classical education is based on the seven liberal arts: grammar, logic, rhetoric, (Trivium) and arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music (Quadrivium)

A different educational method

Based on Charlotte Mason’s methodology, after reading the Great Books and placing all the learning in its historical and geographical context.

Accompanying the person and the family

The teacher as a guide, passionate about teaching, an inspiration for the students, a vivid example for them, who grows alongside them, accompanying each one of them during the entire process.

Christ is the centre

Christ is sovereign over everything and, as such, He must be an integral part of the educational curriculum and within the community.

Reed more

Classical education believes in the value of confronting children and adolescents with the great books that throughout history have expressed the mysterious human adventure and trusts fully in their imagination and intelligence. It introduces them to the Socratic method, values friendship and belonging to a people as the place from which true interest in life and things emerges, and knows how to exercise authority at the service of the child’s growth in the use of his judgment, his freedom and his affections.

Classical education includes the cultivation of the 7 liberal arts.

TRIVIUM (“three ways or paths”): the literary part of the knowledge that contains the different literary disciplines:

GRAMMAR, science of the correct use of language that helps us to speak correctly.
LOGIC, science of correct thought that helps us to look for the truth.
RHETORIC, science of expression that teaches us to “colour” or decorate words.

QUADRIVIUM (“four paths”): scientific part of knowledge that encompasses four
scientific disciplines related to mathematics according to the Pythagorean division of:

ARITHMETIC, science that teaches us how to make numbers.
GEOMETRY, science that teaches us to calculate in space.
ASTRONOMY, science that teaches us to cultivate the study of the stars and movement.
MUSIC, science that teaches us to produce based on time.

TRIVIUM

grammar

logic

rhetoric

QUADRIVIUM

arithmetic

geometry

astronomy

music

Classical education believes in the value of confronting children and adolescents with the great books that throughout history have expressed the mysterious human adventure and trusts fully in their imagination and intelligence. It introduces them to the Socratic method, values friendship and belonging to a people as the place from which true interest in life and things emerges, and knows how to exercise authority at the service of the child’s growth in the use of his judgment, his freedom and his affections.

Classical education includes the cultivation of the 7 liberal arts.

TRIVIUM (“three ways or paths”): the literary part of the knowledge that contains the different literary disciplines:

GRAMMAR, science of the correct use of language that helps us to speak correctly.
LOGIC, science of correct thought that helps us to look for the truth.
RHETORIC, science of expression that teaches us to “colour” or decorate words.

QUADRIVIUM (“four paths”): scientific part of knowledge that encompasses four
scientific disciplines related to mathematics according to the Pythagorean division of:

ARITHMETIC, science that teaches us how to make numbers.
GEOMETRY, science that teaches us to calculate in space.
ASTRONOMY, science that teaches us to cultivate the study of the stars and movement.
MUSIC, science that teaches us to produce based on time.

grammar

arithmetic

logic

geometry

rhetoric

astronomy

music

Singapore Method

The Singapore mathematical method develops the understanding, retention, enjoyment of the application of mathematics and problem solving in daily life using simple skills. It does not require memorisation rather generates a deep and lasting understanding.

Its principal objective is to solve problems using a suitable reading of the approach to the problem to find the correct solution.

The key is understanding and reflecting on the learning process itself.

Living Books

Reading books that awaken the desire to know more: “…a book is opened with expectation and closed with delight…” A.B. Alcott. Original and unadapted novels that allow our students to develop the enjoyment of well-written texts and good quality literature. These Living Books tell stories that never go out of fashion. They awaken in students a critical awareness and a desire for independent learning.

Socratic Circle

A school that fails to teach students to think, fails in everything (Richard Mitchell)

In-depth analysis of ideas and values taken from the detailed study of a text, promotes social and intellectual skills, having a positive influence on all of the educational task, modifying disruptive behaviour, creating an education that guides the student in their quest for truth, without the ideological imposition of any type of belief by the guide at that time (the teacher)

Picture Study

Students will enjoy an artistic immersion through observation, appreciating the most representative characteristics of differents works of art through contemplation and silence. The teacher is a guide that helps to educate our gaze and appreciate the beauty in each creation.

Hero-Admiration

Admiration is good in itself. We admire and see the other person as someone able to do something that we are cannot. Within admiration is also a feeling of fragility or inexperience, but at the same time the desire to become a better person. It also develops the important habit of showing respect for someone. It is the foundation of our social and religious life.

Music Appreciation

The universal language: The Great music personifies the highest experiences of mankind, our deepest emotions and spiritual aspirations. That is why it is called the universal language. It is just as important to learn to be still and listen as to learn to be active and participative. Let the music speak for itself.

Mentoring

A mentor is a person that helps to guide an another person. We support a service of integral and personalised mentorship for each one of our students. A mentor is an inspiration, they guide and motivate at the same time, someone who shares their experiences and knowledge as part of their commitment to the other person. They influence, inspire and transform lives. In this sense, Jesus was the mentor to the Apostles.

Walks in the nature

Pope Francisco encourages us to take care of our communal house, the earth. The vegetable garden and walks in nature are places that offer us the opportunity to grow in love towards the earth that we have been given and to learn to contemplate the beauty of nature around us.

“Each one of us has a duty, because all of us are part of the inheritance of the heavens and the earth, the flowers in the fields and birds in the sky. We have a right to all these things that nobody can deny us” (Charlotte Mason)

Science, art and experiments

Children have an innate attraction to nature, but they need to be taught to observe it carefully, to appreciate the wonders around them and to ask themselves questions. If they are not taught to do this, their enthusiasm and ability to observe will wane over time. This is of utmost importance today, when technology is constantly at our fingertips. If the study of nature is taught in a positive and enthusiastic way, children will not find their days boring and dull, and will not be looking for ways to make the time pass. Once the power of observation has been stimulated, they are able to see the detail of the glory of God in even the smallest leaf, whilst their playmates only see grass as a good place to play football (Charlotte Mason)