PARENTS AS PARTNERS IN LEARNING

We are often reminded that we live in a privileged society and one of the privileges our boys share is having the support of guiding parents and extended family who choose to be involved with their education. Our boys are indeed fortunate that our parents back them in their endeavours and this is not only evident in all the support groups and organisation of social functions. Our parents choose to be informed on all aspects of their son's education and particularly those that affect academic learning. Attendance is strong at three way meetings between the boys, the parents and the teachers, as our parents seek information to assist our boys to be better prepared, better organised, better inquirers and more knowledgeable. So many of the Learner Profile attributes we hope to engender in the boys are modelled by their parents. Our teachers want the best for the boys and the partnership with parents is highly valued. The large numbers of parents who turn out in these cold winter nights to take advantage of our information sessions on student progress or on student course choice are indicative of the commitment of our parents to being part of the learning journey.

Ms Jan Skidmore

Director of Teaching and Learning