Posts from October 2011

Boys thrive on risk: the importance of play
October 21 2011

Tudor House stands up for free play! EQ - emotional intelligence - is more important than IQ. Schools need to offer greater opportunities for joy, wonder and challenge. Social skills and emotional growth come from unstructured play and risks.

Learning for Life - after school care
October 19 2011

Learning for Life is a new initiative commencing in 2012. It will open the school up to the wider community for after school programmes that are exciting, challenging and engaging. With too many children plugged into computer multimedia nannies, Tudor wants to offer holistic opportunities for boys and girls. We bring back broad learning opportunities enjoyed when we were children. If it was okay for us - it still works for kids!

Creative Thinking - the world of our imagination
October 17 2011

Two great video links that will have you thinking big thoughts. Creative and full of wonder and awe. This is what we need to engage learners - big thinking that opens ideas on a myriad of levels.

Why we should promote life-long learning
October 15 2011

Watch this video and understand we are ALL learners. We should engage, challenge and stimulate minds. Become a thinking place not a bus-stop for picking up knowledge. Learning is about living. We educate so we can lead people into new realms, new dreams and to be better.

Boys Schools are academically better than Co-Education institutions
October 12 2011

Single-sex schools are better than co-educational. This is a view we should all reflect upon because at its heart is not a sexist argument, not a tall poppy worry based on elite ‘private schools’, but an important consideration: How can we improve our academic standards?