Academic
Our curriculum is designed to ensure that students are able to develop the knowledge, skills and competencies needed to thrive in the 21st Century. In a world that is shifting rapidly, we aim to empower our students to create the future, not just be prepared for it. In order to achieve this, we have developed four principles for the future of education:
Embrace complexity: Don’t try to control everything. Stay grounded and curious. Embrace emergence and become used to working in systems that don’t have simple cause and effect.
Spark connections: Don’t limit your perspective. Use an entrepreneurial mindset to link knowledge, people, concepts and experiences to create something new. The world is inter-connected; our thinking should reflect that.
Lead together: Don’t miss out on other people’s ideas and energy. Invite them in, to multiply what’s possible. Work with hierarchies and collaborate and influence outside of them. Learn to inspire communities around shared purpose.
Act today: Don’t wait for the future to happen. Life has started. You shouldn’t be resigned to inheriting the future; you can make a mark on the world here and now and doing so will only build your purpose.
Independent Learners
We seek to cultivate a culture of teaching and learning which supports students to take leadership in their learning and to become confident, resilient and reflective learners. Research tells us that learners who are more confident in their own learning ability learn faster and learn better.
We have developed a framework of six key characteristics required to be an effective independent learner. This approach is based on the research of Professor Guy Claxton and his work on Building Learning Power.
