BOARDING A drive for improvement
With College’s three boarding Houses – School, Richards and Flower’s – now offering a consistent level of care, the driving aim is to ensure all boarders have a positive boarding experience. “We want to make sure the boarding experience for all the boys is helping develop them in their journey through adolescence and, most of all, we want to be sure the whole experience is a positive one for our boys,” says Director of Boarding and the Centre for Character & Leadership Darrell Thatcher. Having led the move to standardise the level of care across the Houses, while ensuring they maintain their distinct characteristics, Darrell says there are three main areas of focus for boarding this year. The first sees the development of the “House Man” programme across all boarding Houses. Last year School House introduced an incentive-based award focused around House participation, service to College, academic endeavour, personal attributes, duty and responsibility, and overall consistent effort. It eventuated after an initial consultation process with the School House boys. They came up with some words to describe what a School “House Man” would look like, and the awards programme developed from there. The boys’ enthusiasm for the new awards was immediate, according to School Housemaster Arthur Wood, and the programme has now been rolled out to the other boarding
Diligent Trustworthy Hardworking Respectful
Communicative
Empathetic and inclusive
Chivalrous
Humble
Learning from experience good or bad
High standards Resilient
Manners
Striving for excellence
Courageous
Polite
Enthusiastic
Responsible Leadership
Integrity
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Determination
Know your limits
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