HEART™
Core human skills
Five HEART™ competencies, practised in every project.
At school: speaking up in class, working well in groups, sticking with hard problems.
MASTER AI. STAY HUMAN.
The skills schools value are the skills the AI era needs most.
GrowMate® is an after-school program that complements school education. Through interdisciplinary real-world projects, your child gets purposeful practice in the core competencies and subject skills of the BC curriculum, and you can clearly see the growth.
- Ages 10–13 now enrolling
- Small groups of about 4
- One real-world project a month
Competencies that matter in school and life
Valued in class, but rarely practised on purpose.
Today’s classrooms care about more than what students know. They also look at how students think, communicate and work with others.
Yet a busy classroom leaves limited time for focused practice and individual feedback. And the stronger AI becomes, the more these human skills matter. GrowMate® gives them focused, regular practice.
What your child gains
Three things your child takes from every month.
HEART™
GrowLoop™
The six-step growth cycle
Inquire, design, create, revise, present and reflect, repeated every month until it becomes a habit.
At school: knowing how to start, plan and improve inquiry projects and presentations.
Growth records
Growth you can see
Watch your child present finished work at every monthly Showcase, keep a portfolio of their projects, and read HEART™ Growth Reports with specific examples.
At school: more confident presentations and group work, and real examples to bring to self-assessment and parent-teacher conversations.
HEART™ · What we develop
Five competencies we help children build.
Human Collaboration
Take a role, listen, work through disagreement and move the group forward.
Expression & Communication
Explain ideas clearly and adjust to the audience.
Action & Problem Solving
Make a plan, get started, adjust and follow through.
Resilience & Self-management
Stay steady, bounce back from setbacks and manage time and effort.
Thinking & Creativity
Ask good questions, weigh evidence and combine ideas in new ways.
Five competencies, 20 behaviour indicators. They guide goal setting, mentor observation, project feedback and growth records.
Real-world learning. Real skill practice.
How a month works: four online sessions, one in-person Showcase.
Small groups, active participation. Each month a group of about four peers takes one real-world project from first question to finished work, guided by a mentor.
Week 1
Inquire
Online · small group
Week 2
Design · Create
Online · small group
Week 3
Create · Revise
Online · small group
Week 4
Revise
Online · small group
Showcase
Present · Reflect
In person · with families
GrowLoop™ six-step cycle Inquire Design Create Revise Present Reflect
Every project ends with Reflect.
Children look back on what they did, name how they have grown and set a goal for next month. It is the same self-reflection and goal-setting habit BC schools ask of students, practised every month with a mentor’s feedback.
How we’re different
Like tutoring, but for the skills behind every subject.
| Academic tutoring | GrowMate® | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | What to know: subject content | What to do with it: asking questions, planning, solving problems, communicating and working with others |
| How children learn | Lessons and practice questions | Interdisciplinary, real-world projects across eight domains, in small groups with a mentor |
| Where it shows at school | Tests and quizzes | More confidence in class discussions, group work, presentations and inquiry assignments |
Every BC subject includes curricular competencies, the “doing” part of learning: questioning, planning, reasoning and communicating. These are the skills GrowMate® practises in every project.
Tutoring helps children answer questions. GrowMate helps them turn ideas into action.
What parents say
From our first families.
Now enrolling ages 10–13.
Spaces are limited. Apply online, or scan the QR code to chat with us on WeChat.
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- Builders · Ages 10–13Now enrolling
- Innovators · Ages 14–17Coming soon