Building Relationships: We structure our classrooms for success
Our teachers begin each lesson with fresh positivity, valuing each boy as an individual and forgetting past mistakes. Boys can and will move on when given the opportunity. This strengthens mutual respect in the long term.
Our teaching styles encourage a kinaesthetic learning modality to support boys' natural physical needs to move, stretch, and walk, to help they stay engaged and focused.
We use the same principles as computer game designers to captivate the engagement and motivation of boys: healthy competition, quickfire quizzes, and making success more probable than failure. The most motivating games allow players to succeed about 80% of the time initially, before building up to 100% to move to the next level. Developing a growth mindset is explicitly taught to our students throughout their educational journey at the College.
We develop a culture of trust, so that our students presume the educational journey we are taking them on is worthwhile. Our staff give of themselves generously, showing students they are human, sharing aspects of their lives and being authentic.