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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 486843" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>I can only speak from personal experience.</p><p></p><p>From nursery school until Gr. 6, I went to a private school with very limited enrollment. Class sizes were tiny. In Gr. 6, my entire grade consisted of 17 people (not my class, my grade). Every student in the school knew all of the other students, all of the teachers knew all of the students, and most of the parents knew each other, and the other students.</p><p></p><p>It was a wonderfully supportive and nurturing environment. The teachers had the luxury of getting to know each of us very well and understanding what did and didn't work for us on an individual level, and we all thrived. I remember one year (I think it was Gr.4), they gave us the Canadian Basic Skills test to see how we were faring compared to the standard curriculum. No one in the class scored below a Gr. 8 level in any of the subjects included on the test. It's not that we were a bunch of geniuses, but rather that with all the individual attention, we were each given an opportunity to work to our full potential.</p><p></p><p>Once I graduated from that school, I moved on to another private school for Gr.7 to 13. This was a larger institution, but classes usually had no more than 20 students in them, and the entire student body was 600 girls. Again, the teachers got to know us on a personal level, we received a lot of individual attention, and were supported in taking on special projects that interested us. </p><p></p><p>There are situations in which large classes can work, but to ensure that children really get a good handle on the basics and to identify each child's gifts and challenges, I think smaller classes can only help.</p><p></p><p>Just my $0.02</p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 486843, member: 3907"] I can only speak from personal experience. From nursery school until Gr. 6, I went to a private school with very limited enrollment. Class sizes were tiny. In Gr. 6, my entire grade consisted of 17 people (not my class, my grade). Every student in the school knew all of the other students, all of the teachers knew all of the students, and most of the parents knew each other, and the other students. It was a wonderfully supportive and nurturing environment. The teachers had the luxury of getting to know each of us very well and understanding what did and didn't work for us on an individual level, and we all thrived. I remember one year (I think it was Gr.4), they gave us the Canadian Basic Skills test to see how we were faring compared to the standard curriculum. No one in the class scored below a Gr. 8 level in any of the subjects included on the test. It's not that we were a bunch of geniuses, but rather that with all the individual attention, we were each given an opportunity to work to our full potential. Once I graduated from that school, I moved on to another private school for Gr.7 to 13. This was a larger institution, but classes usually had no more than 20 students in them, and the entire student body was 600 girls. Again, the teachers got to know us on a personal level, we received a lot of individual attention, and were supported in taking on special projects that interested us. There are situations in which large classes can work, but to ensure that children really get a good handle on the basics and to identify each child's gifts and challenges, I think smaller classes can only help. Just my $0.02 Trinity [/QUOTE]
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