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A Typical Summerhill Day – A.S. Neill Summerhill School. Breakfast is at 8:00am until 8:45am. You have to be up and dressed by 8:30am or the “Beddies Officers” can fine you. A typical fine might be: 10% of your Poc (pocket money) or a half-hour work fine, doing something useful for the community. At 9:00am a computerised bell announces ...
Summerhill Curriculum. It is our core responsibility to ensure that students have access to the very best education possible. One of the most fundamental and influential aspects of a child’s education is the curriculum that they have access to. The power of curriculum is immense. It has the power to not only transform an individual, but to ...
Summerhill is a self-governing community. The school is democratic – each person having an equal vote in the school meetings and an equal right to be heard, the community of adults and children make their own rules and decisions. Twice a week the Summerhill community meets together to discuss issues, hear grievances and mete out sanctions to ...
Feb 25, 2020 · A School Where Emotions Are Free. One description summarized the school this way: “Summerhill School in England helped to pioneer the ‘free school’ philosophy, in which lessons are never mandatory and nearly every aspect of student life can be put to a vote. Neill’s radical and controversial view of education was centered on his belief ...
At Summerhill, play belongs to the child. We do not dress up learning situations so that the play will be “productive”, we do not look on and evaluate what they might learn form this or that game. Our children just play — and they can do it pretty well all day if they want to. Of course sometimes things go wrong during play.
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