HOW SMA ENSURES THE HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF LEARNERS
The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected schooling worldwide and raised serious concerns on children’s learning, and our daughter Cassie, SMA conquered the challenges brought by COVID-19 in the field of education. With the use of technology and the Learning Management System Quipper, online learning was made possible. Though its efficacy may be questioned, we think that SMA really did an excellent job in developing our children holistically.
Teachers managed to meet our children’s individual and social needs through drills, songs, games, painting, arts and crafts and more. They took advantage of pupils being at home to plant flower bearing plants, which my daughter really enjoyed because she is already harvesting its flowers. They are having physical activities like dancing, doing household chores, reciting poems, jazz chants, which can lead to greater independence and increased self-esteem which meets their communication, psychological and emotional needs.
Teachers make learning natural, engaging, creative and they instil values, too. They pay attention not just with the cognitive aspects of learning but with spiritual well-being as well.
Indeed, these initiatives have demonstrated that, from an academic standpoint, SMA made online learning as good as traditional learning. Teachers make sure that they include holistic components that will make online education meet the ever-changing demands of their learners.
Mr. and Ms. Rivera, Parents of Kinder 1 and Grade 5-Learners