- Piknik Rodzinny w Białce (April 26, 2022)
MFS ‘Folwark Białka’ is a unique place.
The core aims of its academic program, and the prepared environment, are to introduce and prepare its students for the next stages of education, while equipping them with the right tools and competencies that will enable them to become independent adults.
The first farm school in Poland, this boarding school is located in the eastern part of the country, about two-hour drive from Warsaw (it’s accessible by train as well). The focus of the school is studying and working. The facility, modelled on the Hershey Montessori Farm School in Ohio, will implement the educational ideas of Dr. Maria Montessori. Students aged 11/12-15 will co-run a farm with a vegetable and herb garden, an apiary, a carpentry shop, animal barn, and a hotel in a beautiful historic palace, where the students’ residence and the school are located. The bilingual school will implement the international Montessori program and the Polish core curriculum. The aim of the school is to educate independent young people, who will be taught entrepreneurship and responsibility through practice.
Gallery showcasing specific locations and facilities found at Montessori Farm School Białka.
Central to your child's school experience is the underlying curriculum taught in the classroom. "Curriculum" refers to both what is taught and how it's taught. When considering the different curricula outlined in the next few pages, keep in mind that few schools fall neatly into one category or another. Most schools' curricula comprise a blend of best practices drawn from multiple curriculum types. Having said that, most schools do have a general overall curriculum type. These are identified for each school on OurKids.net.
Primary Curriculum: ProgressiveProgressive (sometimes called "inquiry based" or "discovery based") curricula use students' interests and their natural curiosity as the driver for instruction. Teachers provide materials, experiences, tools and resources necessary for students to investigate a topic or issue. Students are then encouraged to explore, reflect on their findings, and discuss answers, solutions, and insights.
Secondary Curriculum: Polish Curriculum (Ministry of National Eduction, MEN), Montessori| Focus |
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| Nature-based |
| Flexible pacing style | offered |
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| Subject-streaming (tracking) | |
| Multi-age classrooms as standard | |
| Ability-grouping (in-class) as common | |
| Frequent use of cyber-learning (at-their-own-pace) | |
| Regular guided independent study opportunities | |
| Differentiated assessment |
| Subject type | offered |
|---|---|
| Learning strategy and study counselling; habit formation | |
| Extra support and minor accommodations for children experiencing subclinical difficulties |
| Subject type | offered |
|---|---|
| Accommodations | |
| Modifications | |
| Extra support |
| Special needs | Accomodations
Formal adjustments are made to the delivery of lessons to help mitigate the learning difficulty or exceptionality. The underlying content and expectations remain unchanged with accommodations, however. (Example: allowing a student to write tests in a quieter room). | Modifications The underlying content and expectations are modified and/or simplified for the sake of the student. (Examples: allowing student to use a calculator on a test when other students can’t; allowing students to bring word-banks or “cheat sheets” into certain tests, etc) | Remediation Research-based therapeutic measures that target and ameliorate the underlying weakness. |
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| Learning disabilities | |||
| ADHD (moderate to severe) | |||
| Dyslexia (Language-Based Learning Disability) | |||
| Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) | |||
| Dyscalculia | |||
| Dysgraphia | |||
| Language Processing Disorder | |||
| Nonverbal Learning Disorders (NLD) | |||
| Visual Perceptual/Visual Motor Deficit | |||
| Developmental | |||
| Autism | |||
| Asperger's Syndrome | |||
| Down syndrome | |||
| Intellectual disability | |||
| Behavioral and Emotional | |||
| Troubled behaviour / troubled teens | |||
| Clinical Depression | |||
| Suicidal thoughts | |||
| Drug and alcohol abuse | |||
| Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) | |||
| Physical | |||
| Dyspraxia (Developmental Coordination Disorder) | |||
| Blindness | |||
| Deafness | |||
| Cystic Fibrosis | |||
| Multiple physical |
| Program | offered |
|---|---|
| Full-time gifted program (parallel to rest of school) | |
| Part-time gifted program (pull-out; parallel to rest of class) |
Curriculum delivery: This information is not currently available.
| Program | offered |
|---|---|
| Custom subject enrichment (special arrangement) | |
| Custom curriculum compacting (special arrangement) | |
| Guided independent study (custom gifted arrangement) | |
| Cyber-learning opportunities (custom gifted arrangement) | |
| Formalized peer coaching opportunities (specifically for gifted learners to coach others) | |
| Custom subject acceleration (special arrangement) | |
| Career exploration (custom gifted arrangement) | |
| Project-based learning (custom gifted arrangement) | |
| Mentorships (custom gifted arrangement) |
| Grade | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | zł2,000 / month | ||||
| Boarding | zł4,400 / month | ||||
This information is not currently available.
| Grades | Gender | Living Arrangement | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gr. 5 to Gr. 9 | Coed | Boarding School | 50 |
| Total enrollment | 50 |
| Average enrollment per grade | 10 |
| Average class size | 12 to 20 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Grades | Gr. 5 to Gr. 9 |
| Boarding offered | Gr. 5 to Gr. 9 |
| % in boarding (total enrollment) | 100% |
| % of foreign students | 1% |
| # of nationalities attending school | 3 |
Montessori Farm School implements the idea of a school in which students, living and learning together, simultaneously build their own community. The boarding school-farm opens up the possibility of home education in a friendly and warm environment.
April 26, 2022
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