3-13 – a NEW APPROACH Introducing the IB and Years 7 & 8 Senior Prep Experience

3-13 – A NEW APPROACH Introducing the IB and Years 7 & 8 Senior Prep Experience 1 CONTENTS Please click image to access a video message from the Head. The world has changed. This requires a new way of thinking. A set of special competencies that will enable the next generation to flourish. Our girls and boys become REAL WORLD READY. K-Y3 PRE-PREP K-Y3 PRE-PREP REAL WORLD REAL WORLD READY Y4-6 PREP READY Y7-8 SENIOR PREP REAL WORLD READY – ST GEORGE’S SCHOOL 1 K-Y3 PRE-PREP REAL WORLD REAL WORLD READY Y4-6 PREP READY Y7-8 SENIOR PREP THE WORLD HAS CHANGED... Reimagining education for the 21st century was at the forefront of our St George’s has a rich heritage stretching back to the mid fourteenth century. For over 700 years, minds in July 2019 when we unveiled our new strategy for the school. the school has held firm to its guiding ethos whilst adapting to the changing nature of society. REAL WORLD READY is a vision, underpinned by our focus on: We have given thought to the following key questions: 1. How do we develop a powerful learner journey, enabling our pupils to make connections Transformational Community: Windsor Wellbeing Music & creative arts and embed both skills and knowledge? learning Castle and beyond 2. Our young people will have the ability to break down geographic and cultural borders like no previous generation; a global and expansive world will be open to them. How do we instil international Two months before the world shutdown in March 2020, the World Economic Forum produced a report, mindedness to enable our girls and boys to navigate these relationships? Schools for the Future, listing the following eight critical characteristics to define high-quality learning: 3. Opinions are more polarised than ever before; fake news exists in all quarters; too often collaboration gives way to conflict. How do we nurture genuine compassion, integrity, and an ability to listen to and • Global citizenship skills • Personalised and self-paced learning understand the view of others? •Innovation and creativity skills • Accessible and inclusive learning • Technology skills • Problem-based and collaborative learning 4. Deep mastery: in its current form, education is rooted in assessment. Pupils get grades and ‘pass or fail’. This is not how the adult world works. How can we create a deep and rich learning experience, • Interpersonal skills • Lifelong and student-driven learning so pupils develop mastery? The pandemic has clarified the need for a new way of thinking. Young people who can problem-solve 5. Society understands the importance of diversity. How can our curriculum be diverse and relevant and develop creative solutions will succeed. to the 21st century? 6. Learning is a journey that must be celebrated over time. Developing curiosity and inquiry leads The role of school is to encourage pupils to ask the right questions, to an enjoyment of learning and a sense of life-long passion and purpose. How do we achieve this? rather than simply getting the right answers. We value our relationship with St George’s It is now time to have the School Windsor Castle. With its new, progressive approach to education, pupils are well-rounded courage to think boldly and passionate about their own learning “ and development. and look to the needs of our girls and boys. Chris Muller Head, Sir William Perkins’s” School REAL WORLD READY – ST GEORGE’S SCHOOL 3 GIRLS & BOYS AT ST GEORGE’S BECOME... REAL WORLD READY REAL WORLD READY – ST GEORGE’S SCHOOL 5 OUR MISSION TS TRANS E AR FOR TIV MA EA SEVERAN TIO CR PER CE N D A stuck and u L N hen I am se a ran A ng w ge o L goi ome mistakes, challen f po E C ep overc ges a siti A I I ke s to nd h ve R S egie urd rat le N U s, st s. st IN M re s. t C e n e S t io s I R G n t d c i o e a n i y d E S e n m r p m e u c l e e t m i , A e E y n k n n t t r h e a h g i m t t a l r a OUR VISION a e i - T s w N e e k o g l g f s v e a o e I a R i i I r k t n e R g E i R n R s y w V G w a s s it n d p e A l i g o i Pupils become REAL WORLD READY. R o m o i k n t t n P g i h h e in v h E f o d c A l i S t t t th o n n A o o iv s k e g f e AL M g T g n e ON IN i m o w T n i ed TI D B le i n S A u i H G r ta b E t d W d n a N D rob s n a d c R N P e e k id E OUR MISSION a L o E E a A t t u T t e s I s . h t S s O e fr e N r p c o N S Z on t a e o ro m I ti h n F l w a R To ignite inquiry, instil a passion for learning and foster d e d gin e d K n v a ns b k G L u e Im o G ti o n d ra es E t u x o our Christian values. Through inspirational teaching, E n itu K q E a o d W g w t e n w h N ki R o a s ’ S g s W t A l illi n w O e S n a ng k children develop the mindset and skills to navigate i n e e l d e ess S ta r t k W en p o l w n im g L a ea L t er A o rn a o xp e l w E life’s opportunities and contribute to global society. & L h L L e I w a W s E v n h K e e s d D t l A gica d Co S u u Lo A g nde nce e n G n d m R e w HONESTY e R r a E r t I w s er D s cal think OUR VALUES t Criti o a O n H F d COURAGE Kindness | Honesty | Courage & T stainable cial, ethical, su o R R S tencies KINDNESS G compe enerate ideas O O I N r e U P ers I th Y n o C B a h u r S it ild a w T N m ork co a n L I n , W n e ec l d ti g s U S o D d n t h e n m c n R E n i o ala S n B g e n y w E a r R I H t k g d S ow c n e a r i O d a o o we t k an V w w n n hin i e Q p I le th l E l g i d e e sh N g re r er D D e le p i a d ig va e o U The vision, identity and ethos demonstrated by St George’s S n n a M i n f e IN SET ta t d L l D l e t a li n R A P h w ro E te i v through their cohesive learner pathway embodies the innovation e t s n r n k t a n lo a o i re c E R O w r -c ll p y a e lf s s s a that we need to see in education. Today, it is not enough to i e a re R E d n S e n a g e e d e n I N r s i u g i s s r simply prepare pupils for when they leave school. We know c s s ia in p s n e o o e r l p lo r c U o m f p e i o e S y n y l at Heathfield that pupils must be prepared for a global future, o x h n i v t “ t h e s i e m E s y t t r p e r h o t s v n e I i a r Q o d u e e e c o o e p f B i i n t i understanding the international outlook and opportunities that r h d d t t v t o s d i i t g m n u n o t m y d a N E L n i b e a i p I e I are available to them, and this begins during the Primary Years.

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