Phone +61 7 5525 2266 | Founded 2009 | |
Address 16-18 Ghilgai Rd, Merrimac QLD 4226, Australia Similar Somerset College, All Saints Anglican School, Emmanuel College Carrara, King's Christian College, Hillcrest Christian College | ||
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Queensland Independent College is a private, primary school in Merrimac, Gold Coast, Australia. It was founded in 2008 as the Queensland Montessori College, with a view to creating a sustainable school to replace a previous Montessori school that had closed down. The first intake of students occurred at the start of 2009.
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The school is coeducational, non-denominational and emphasises specialised educational attention in a relaxed, supportive environment. It originally focused on the Montessori method of education, a child-centric method of teaching that focusses on independence, self-discipline and thinking skills, with light external control of the children. As the curriculum evolved it sought the same aims by including Dewey’s progressive education, integrated curriculum, Kolb’s VAK & experiential learning, Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences and Harvard University’s Teaching for Understanding, in order to "incorporate the positive aspects of each to fully engage all learners at all times." Currently it covers Montessori cycles 1 to 3 (Prep to Year 7: up to age 12).