College – Issue 38

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

House

Determination

Know your limits

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