Critical & Creative Thinking
Building Future Skills
At The Swot Shop we help to equip children and young people with the skills and capabilities that are critical for future success.
In a rapidly changing world, where technology and artificial intelligence play an increasingly important role, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, curiosity, creativity, strong language and numeracy skills as well as continuous learning are all essential.
Our programs encourage students to develop their higher-level thinking skills and challenge them to strive for excellence.
In our teaching, we take a methodical approach to the teaching of key concepts and skills development, ensuring that there is a carefully considered progression to how these are taught.
This way, we ensure learning is effective but also nurture discipline and the appreciation of process to achieving excellent outcomes. For bright children who find learning easier than most, this can be an important realisation which will help them achieve their full potential.
At the same time, our focus on the importance of nurturing the love of learning – learning for the sake of learning – rather than solely for a specific practical purpose such as exams is equally important. This enables students to develop learning as a skill as well as a life-long pursuit. We do this by ensuring our programs are engaging and fun, incorporating strategy, games and hands-on materials.
In a world where change is constant, the ability to change, adjust and be flexible will set those who deal well with change apart from those who feel unsettled and less able to deal with change.
Strong life-long learners take joy in changing and striving for new achievements also in unknown and new territories.
This is why we at The Swot Shop take pride in encouraging our students to appreciate education and learning for its own sake.