Real World Ready …. ‘A Great Fit and Ready to Go’
“To ignite a love of learning and life as we prepare our boys to thrive both now and in the future.” - Strategic Direction: Towards 2028
A 2021 report from UNESCO identified some key trends likely to impact our boys in the future. They included the challenges our planet is facing, advances in digital technology, instability in democratic government, and the uncertain future of work.
Our boys will see so much change and innovation over the course of their lives - some exciting and some daunting. Movement between careers will be so much more fluid than it has been for us, with increasingly less rigid and more diverse pathways. The graduate landscape looks far different for them.
Not only do we need to prepare our boys to be ready for secondary school and potentially tertiary education, but also for the challenges of a rapidly changing world. We need to adapt teaching practice to ensure that they have the knowledge, skills and character strengths they require to be ‘real world ready’.
Being equipped is more than having a rigorous academic grounding (although this is critical).
It also involves:
- being socially and emotionally strong
- having highly developed communication and collaborative skills, and the ability to relate well to a broad range of people across both genders (having a high EQ)
- being digitally literate in coding, data analysis, and interpretation
- thinking critically and creatively, with the ability to innovate and be resourceful
- having a more flexible and adaptable mindset.
We aspire for our boys to thrive socially and cognitively, staying true to their values and contributing richly to the lives of others. We want them to flourish in their schooling, further education, and eventually in the increasingly competitive job market they will face. They need to be equipped to be flexible, resourceful, and innovative as they prepare to embrace unknown challenges and the likelihood of multiple future careers.
Our approach to wellbeing and learning is focused on developing boys of character, who are confident, independent, lovers of learning, and are committed to live a full and rounded life in their community and beyond themselves in society.
The early years are the all-important formative years, where the critical foundations for successful social and cognitive growth are laid.
What a privilege it is to nurture our boys at this stage of their learning journey!
Peter Grimes | Headmaster
Every week boys are provided with an opportunity to deepen their understanding of the Christian faith by attending our Lunchtime CRU groups. Boys get to have fun, ask their questions in a safe and supportive environment and consider how they can love those in their community in a Christ-like way.
