Our approach to learning
Hands on, engaging learning
- Relevant, meaningful activities encourage students to reflect and share ideas.
- Through class discussions, workbook activities, and writing tasks, students’ gain exposure to problem-solving skills, creativity, and resilience.
Student centred learning.
- We keep student’s academic development central in our planning and delivery, aligning to the Australian curriculum.
- Being a small academy, we have the added benefit of connecting with you on a 1×1 basis to ensure you feel supported.
Growth mindset teaching principles.
- Growth mindsets help students see challenges as opportunities, not roadblocks, encouraging persistence, resilience, and the belief that effort leads to improvement.
- When children embrace mistakes as part of learning, they build confidence, curiosity, and problem-solving skills – we want our students at GKEA to feel ready to tackle anything that comes their way!
Our values
Our story
GKEA was founded by Teacher Maddy towards the end of 2024 with the intention of supporting the development of student’s confidence in academic self expression. Working in online education, I often noticed my students struggled with text comprehension, as well as effectively communicating and justifying their ideas. For children to succeed in today’s world, we need strong critical thinking and communication skills, using appropriate vocabulary and sentence structure to voice ideas. This prompted me to start GKEA, aiming to ‘fill in the gaps’ I noticed. Our academy is small for now, but I’m hoping this allows me to provide better service and support to my students as they move through their English journey with us!
– Teacher Maddy
Meet the teacher
Who is teacher Maddy?
With a background of working as a swimming teacher, kids sports coach, and relief teacher, I’ve spent the last 8+ years engaged in supporting children’s learning and development across a range of contexts.
Good quality teaching has the potential to positively affect a child’s trajectory, contributing towards their confidence and self-esteem. I became a teacher, primarily, because I wanted to help children feel capable to tackle challenges, find answers, and make their own judgments.
As we grow up, we often lose that initial curiosity for life. Something I love about teaching is helping students build their curiosity for the world around them.
Want more?
Does this sound like the right academy for your child?
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globalkidsenglishacademy@gmail.com