Agnes School was founded in 2002, initially offering French-Dutch immersion education. Building on its reputation based on a commitment to excellence, the school encountered a fast-paced success. It now totals more than 320 students, about 40 teachers and now offers the choice of a language course, in the French-Dutch section or in the French-English section. The aspiration of families to see the school grow more is such that a high school project is under study.
The specificity of Agnes School lies among other things in its unique educational project in Belgium – a project based on three main pillars. The first one: To apprehend the child through all dimensions of his person: Intellectual dimensions of course, but above all and also social, emotional, artistic, sporty, and musical. The second is an education of values in harmony with a Christian vision of life. The third is the very close partnership between parents, students and teachers. Not only has the school set up a coaching system, which allows for individualised follow-up of each child, but it also organises numerous events and trainings in support of parenting throughout the year, in addition to the traditional parent-teacher meetings.
As part of its pedagogy aimed at excellence, Agnes School recently introduced a series of innovative pedagogical activities into its students’ daily lives that complement and support learning. It is the “ANA” workshops which mean “natural learning in autonomy”. The added value of the workshops on the Agnes School community as a whole is great: Students, parents and teachers all derive from it immediate benefits, be it in terms of the anchoring of learning, autonomy, concentration, personal development, or the new teaching posture required.
It is typically during these thematic workshops that Agnes School students were able to mature and implement a new educational initiative. Between 2018 and 2020, thanks to the Alcuin Fund, they implemented a project that was close to their hearts: “Living Nature in School”. The purpose of the project was to reconnect children with nature, stimulate their creativity and sense of observation throughout the seasons; To admire the beauty of life; To familiarise themselves with the rhythm of nature, to understand its rules, to respect the environment and to care for it. Substantial work (green roof, vegetable garden, insect hotel) as well as the purchase of educational materials could be financed for the creation of a greener space.
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