Our unique textbook series will chart a coherent path for all students to be well educated from birth to SS3 using the modified trivium of classical education. We intend to equip your Students with the proper learning tools that will enable them to build anything they imagine to.

A good carpenter needs a hammer, saw, chisel, and screw driver to do his work. Once he has all the necessary tools at his disposal, he is ready and equipped to build any structure he wants, be it a table, chair, bookshelf or birdhouse. The same is true of any child that acquires a solid foundation with the proper tools of learning at the right time. Once the foundation is solid, he or she will continue to build on it for a lifetime.

Our product provides a modified classical education combining the American, and Nigerian curricula, and delivered using the Finnish education model.

We use “Thematic Unit Studies” to model school learning after the interrelated way we learn in the real world. This is a method where subjects are integrated and taught in light of a particular topic, theme, or historical time period instead of being taught as multiple isolated subjects. Field trips, projects, games, hands on activities and all other learning experiences center on the particular unit.

The Principles of the Modified Classical Pedagogy in Use at Oyerinde Preparatory School:

• Festina Lente (Latin) means “to make haste slowly”- Our aim is to work with students in a way that ensures “mastery” and not simply covering a lot of volume in a short period of time. We do not “jump ahead” unnecessarily, but instead ensure that at each step, optimal proficiency is reached before advancing to the next concept.
• Muitum Non Multa (Latin) means “much not many” - Students are not to be burdened with too many subjects. Instead of spreading their learning too thin, we uphold the concept of “Less is more” and do fewer things well.
• Repetito Muter Memoriae (Latin) means “repetition is the mother of memory” - Repetition is necessary for learning concepts, especially in the beginning stages. We allow children to see the same concepts repeatedly to ensure optimal learning.
• Embodied learning - This is the concept of developing the whole person. Education entails more than simply loading the mind with information: it is formation of the soul and heart of each student. We are to cultivate the love of truth, goodness and beauty in each of them. We are to train them to love what is lovely.
• Use of songs, charts, and jingles - Use of songs, charts, and jingles allow learning to be long lasting.
• Wonder and Curiosity - We are to cultivate a curious, “wondering spirit” in each student. All children are born with an innate sense of awe and wonder. It is our job to make sure this is nurtured, and not killed.
• Educational virtues - Beyond teaching content, we must cultivate in our students the virtues of love, humility, temperance, diligence, courage, perseverance, consistency and more.
• Schole, Contemplation, and Leisure - Schole is a Greek word that means leisure, or “the true, good, and beautiful”. This principle means that students must have free time to think for themselves, and converse about things that really matter to them. Daily contemplative time for students is encouraged.

In summary, classical education:

• Is language-focused.
• Strives for mastery of skill and abilities.
• Strives for discovery and exploration in different content areas.
• Uses collections of “living books” (books written by single authors, exploring particular issues and ideas).
• Uses thematic study to integrate knowledge.
• Teaches a child “how” to learn.
• Lends coherence to the study of history, science, and literature-subjects that are too often fragmented and confusing when taught separately.
• Is systematic and organized, rigorous, and allows the students to join the Great Conversations of great minds of the past and present.

Our textbooks are well aligned with the US, and Nigerian curricula -

The Core Knowledge Series (Resource Books for Kindergarten Through Grade Six in the United States of America)

Edited by Eric Donald Hirsch and John Holdren. www.coreknowledge.org

The Federal Ministry of Education 9-year Basic Education Curriculum. Produced by The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) (2012). www.nerdcnigeria.org.

The Finnish Model In A Nutshell- Tips For Best Practices At Oyerinde Preparatory School (OPS)

What is so special about the method of education in Finland? What are those things that they do differently from most other countries?

• Recess is considered one of the most important activities of the day. Students are given multiple outdoor free-play recess breaks through out the school day.
• There is “national will” and “communal trust” to see to the equality in education for all citizens.
• Teachers are carefully selected from the best pool and are respected, and are given pedagogical autonomy as elite professionals.
• Students are taught and brought up to experience joy in learning, to be themselves, and are given freedom to learn in their own ways.
• Teachers shower students with warmth and attention.
• It is the mission of Finnish educators to help every child reach his or her full potential.
• Finnish educators support the well being of each child even to the point of providing wholesome meals.
• Students are trained in self-assessment and are required only one comprehensive testing period to graduate from high school.
• Small class sizes are provided.
• Curriculum includes arts, crafts, civics, ethics, home economics and life skills.
• Reduced homework load to 30 minutes per night or less. It is responsibility-based, rather than stress-based.
• Shortened school day to leave time for other important aspects of learning.
• Academic and non-academic enrichment activities for after school program.
• Destigmatize and integrate special education students as much as possible in mainstream education.
• Guidance and counseling is seen as the work of all educational personnel.