Through the International Primary Curriculum, learning at Verita is designed to be hands-on, inquiry-led, and connected across subjects and year groups. Educational research shows that students involved in active, project-based learning can retain up to 75 percent of what they learn, compared to around 10 to 20 percent through passive instruction. These approaches also consistently strengthen communication, collaboration, and critical-thinking skills. This belief in how learning works shaped a whole-school moment of shared experience. Our Share and Learn Exhibition brought students from across multiple year groups together to present projects they had developed through exploration, creativity, and teamwork. Learning moved beyond individual classrooms. Younger students learned by seeing what learning can grow into, while older students deepened their understanding by explaining their thinking, answering questions, and reflecting on their process. This is why IPC matters to us. It creates continuity across the Primary years and turns learning into something communal, where understanding deepens through sharing, discussion, and reflection.

Where does plastic actually go after we throw it away? Our Verita Secondary students spent time outside the classroom and along Kavouri Beach and the nearby parks, learning directly from eco_.planete and its founder, Xavier, about the real impact microplastics have on our beaches and natural spaces. What began as interactive games and scavenger hunts quickly turned into moments of discovery. Students learned how microplastics make their way into the environment, how everyday consumption choices play a role, and why these small decisions matter more than they often seem. Seeing the issue up close made the learning feel real, grounded, and personal, transforming conversation into understanding and understanding into action. This is what learning looks like when students are given the space to explore, ask questions, and connect knowledge to the world around them.

As Verita moves into its 2.0 academic framework, academic rigor is no longer about covering more content. It’s about going deeper with it. With over 21 years of international educational leadership experience, Tim Springham has helped develop academically successful schools across multiple contexts and is part of the wider Verita Romania leadership network. He now supports Verita as part of our academic leadership team, helping shape and strengthen Verita 2.0. At the core of this approach is Bloom’s Taxonomy, a framework that guides students from understanding information to analysing, evaluating, and applying it in real-world contexts. By intentionally using question starters and tasks at different levels of thinking, teachers help students move beyond memorisation and into meaningful learning.

Kindness isn’t new here. It’s part of how our staff and students show up, in ways that don’t ask for attention. Last week, we slowed down just enough to notice it. In the small moments, the quiet choices, the way our community looks out for one another without being told. These are a few highlights from Kindness Week at Verita.