Vision & Purpose
Our VisionVanuatu’s Little Stars Summer School’s vision is for the promising students of today to become the dynamic leaders of the country tomorrow, evoking social change for the benefit of all.
Our PurposeThe purpose of Vanuatu’s Little Stars Summer School is to allow students to grow in confidence in line with their ability, acquire valuable skills and break down barriers in their learning, inspiring them to strive to achieve and continually supporting them on their road to success.
Achieving Our Purpose- Target key problem areas for Ni-Van students:
i. Build up students’ confidence to speak to large audiences, giving them ample opportunity to perform in front of their schoolmates in the classroom and the general public on special nights. ii. Develop students’ problem solving skills, giving them the tools to tackle more abstract problems and really consider their learning. iii. Improve the students’ use of English/French, in all areas through classroom activities, but especially orally through challenging the students and them in turn challenging each other not to communicate in the pidgin language Bislama or their local languages. - Really push students in their learning: i. Surround them with like-minded, high ability students so that they can encourage and challenge each other. ii. Give them higher level problems to solve and activities to complete. iii. Focus on specific needs of students with a high teacher to student ratio. iv. Create competition in students throughout the normal academic year, with them needing to work hard to be part of the following year’s selection for the school. |
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- Give students good examples to follow:
i. Ni-Van teachers specifically selected at the school to be good role models that students can relate to, with them currently following successful
pathways in their education, careers and life in general.
ii. Volunteer teachers at the school with good backgrounds in education and in their work in general.
iii. Qualities such as being studious, selfless and determined being encouraged and rewarded throughout the school.
- Inspire students to succeed in education, praising the students for being the high achieving, hardworking students that they are to be selected to attend the school and guiding them through their future educational challenges.
- Continually supporting students and their parents throughout their futures and school careers by keeping contact with them after they have passed through the school and helping to find and explore options for students who find obstacles in their schooling if at all possible.
- Allow students to acquire valuable skills such as computing that might otherwise be unavailable to them.
- Give teaching experience to young Ni-Van students at the end of their schooling, encouraging them to consider a career in teaching whilst arming them with valuable transferable skills that can be applied in any future career path they take.
- Provide a small source of income to members of the local community, with many of these people struggling to earn money to pay their children's school fees.
i. Ni-Van teachers specifically selected at the school to be good role models that students can relate to, with them currently following successful
pathways in their education, careers and life in general.
ii. Volunteer teachers at the school with good backgrounds in education and in their work in general.
iii. Qualities such as being studious, selfless and determined being encouraged and rewarded throughout the school.
- Inspire students to succeed in education, praising the students for being the high achieving, hardworking students that they are to be selected to attend the school and guiding them through their future educational challenges.
- Continually supporting students and their parents throughout their futures and school careers by keeping contact with them after they have passed through the school and helping to find and explore options for students who find obstacles in their schooling if at all possible.
- Allow students to acquire valuable skills such as computing that might otherwise be unavailable to them.
- Give teaching experience to young Ni-Van students at the end of their schooling, encouraging them to consider a career in teaching whilst arming them with valuable transferable skills that can be applied in any future career path they take.
- Provide a small source of income to members of the local community, with many of these people struggling to earn money to pay their children's school fees.
'Shaping leaders for a brighter tomorrow'