School Beyond Limitations organises three residential weeks throughout the school year. One of the main foci of these experiences is to show students how much we can learn from nature and how exciting nature and being engaged in outdoors activities can be. Free, structured and unstructured outdoor play boosts problem-solving skills, focus and self-discipline.
Winston Churchill once said: ‘Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference’. Only a few days ago one of our students approached me by saying: ‘Martina, I have understood a very important lesson: In order to improve and to make steps ahead I need to give my best. I need to commit to […]
Being a teenager in today’s ‘onlife’ society is, perhaps, more challenging as it used to be when we grew up. At School Beyond Limitations we are mindful about this delicate phase in a person’s life and that’s why we constantly seek to strengthen the collaboration between all stakeholders: students, parents and facilitators alike. The purpose […]
Usually, in education there is a great deal of confusion as to what personalisation really means when it comes to learning. However, at SBL there is no lack of clarity nor lack of pedagogical understanding that could possibly allow ‘personalisation’ to become confused or somehow misinterpreted. It is very clear to all of us at […]
School Beyond Limitations offers a different learning approach. It is the first international online school that takes each student to their personal destination by including all aspects that are relevant in the learning process: emotional, social, academic, entrepreneurial and – last but not least – individual differences. Parents who trust the process and support our […]
Collaboration is one of those words which is employed regularly in organisations without much thought given to its true meaning. This is not the case at SBL. It was during an SBL teacher training session that I had a “lightbulb” moment about what true collaboration really means. It is not simply a willingness to network […]
At School Beyond Limitations we nourish all aspects of being a human: The spiritual, the emotional, the physical, the intellectual and the social side of who we are. With regards to the spiritual, the emotional, and the intellectual side we encourage our students and ourselves to journal in school and beyond on a daily basis. […]
School Beyond Limitations is constantly working on the forefront of today’s educational challenges. We understand that it is crucial to work closely as a team considering the complexity of the educational process. Yesterday evening we had another interesting parent evening with School Beyond Limitations’ psychologist, Dr. Giovanna Fungi, on the topic of ‘Being a parent […]
We regularly speak to our students and ask them for their valuable feedback. Often they mention that choosing School Beyond Limitations was the best decision they could have made in their lives. Why is that? According to them they feel seen as a human being, they start to realise that school is a place that […]
Our aim by having Agreements with our students at SBL is to develop an understanding in our students that, by designing a set of agreements together, the agreements are internally motivated and not ‘school’ or facilitator driven – we want our students to understand that Agreements are each student’s personal responsibility to their community and […]