Ashton International launches Virtual College

Ashton Virtual College has been in the pipeline since last year in February when work started on the website.

The Ashton International Virtual College was scheduled to be launched as part of the growth plan of the Ashton Brand in 2021 to coincide with Ashton Benoni’s 21-year celebration and Ashton Ballito’s 10-year celebration.

When the global pandemic changed everyone’s lives in March of this year, the plans were accelerated.

The teaching staff who will be involved in the Ashton Virtual College are specialised Cambridge teachers currently teaching Cambridge, and Ashton International Colleges have 21 years of successful Cambridge experience.

What is going to make Ashton International Virtual College very unique from an on-line school is that there will be three live lessons per week per subject.

The reason for three lessons is that in a normal classroom environment, students will receive teaching and then given time to work on worksheets, assignments and essays.

This will afford teachers to provide more detailed feedback for each child so that they can continue to improve and move forward with their courses.

Students will be provided with all course materials, as well as pre-recorded sessions for every single section of the syllabus.

The live lessons are not there to repeat work that was recorded, but will be new and different work as they proceed with the curriculum.

Ashton has an excellent track record with the Cambridge Curriculum throughout the years with top students in South Africa in most subjects over 21 years, on IGCSE Level, AS and A levels.

The portion of Primary Checkpoint examinations that is written in English, Mathematics, and Science at the end of the Grade 6 year, has been very rewarding with most students achieving the maximum full score of 6 which is equated to an average of 80% and above.

The week before official examinations are scheduled to take place students can enroll for workshops at either the Ashton Ballito or Ashton Benoni campus, for exam prep week to ensure that students have contact with teachers and fine tune exam skills.

Live interactions with teachers, especially subjects like Physics, Chemistry and Biology which requires students to work with practical equipment, will benefit at these exam prep weeks.

Although most experiments will be done via their live lessons where objects within the home can be utilised, this practical aspect will be re-affirmed.

Enrolments for Ashton Virtual College open on 10 June 2020 at admissions@ashtononline.co.za when the website will go live.

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