It's something of a cliché that men like to play sports and that even men who don't play sports like to talk about them. Watching sports and commenting on the performance of players and teams is a favourite pastime for men. Knowing the basic rules of key team games is an important part of a … Continue reading Sport is a key part of masculine identity
Education is not a race to the finish, but a journey…
Cs Lewis was a British writer and theologian who had strong ideas about education. Lewis believed that education should be focused on the development of the whole person, rather than just the acquisition of knowledge. In his words, "education is the key to unlocking the door to the mind. It should be a means of … Continue reading Education is not a race to the finish, but a journey…
American High School Diploma at Chavagnes
The leading International Catholic boarding school for boys, Chavagnes International College is introducing a new programme from September 2022: a high school diploma route as an additional option alongside A-levels and the French baccalaureate. For more details visit Chavagnes International College's website : http://www.chavagnes.org
The last UK Catholic boarding school for boys, with GCSEs and A-levels …
Following various closures and changes in the UK, the last surviving senior school for boys in the Catholic independent sector and offering GCSE and A-level examinations is Chavagnes International College, set up about twenty years in western France. With origins going back to a 13th century Benedictine priory and a later minor seminary, the international … Continue reading The last UK Catholic boarding school for boys, with GCSEs and A-levels …
School in lockdown
Corona lockdown is going ot have a long term effecton the way we all teach and learn.
Boys’ education : Good Reads
How to Raise a Boy: The Power of Connection to Build Good Men Michael C. Reichert (2019) Psychologist Michael Reichert draws on his decades of research to challenge age-old conventions about how boys become men. He explains how the paradigms about boys needing to be stoic and "manlike" can actually cause them to shut down, … Continue reading Boys’ education : Good Reads
St Martin’s: a school with a farm
In the heart of Kansas, Saint Martin's Academy is a new Catholic boys school, including an organic film with pigs, chickens and crops, tended by its pupils. For more information, visit their site: https://saintmartinsacademy.org/
Chavagnes: a Catholic boarding school for boys, with its own university college
Chavagnes International College, a Catholic boarding school for boys, in the west of France, is unique. Not only does it welcome boys from a dozen different countries and equip them for the world's leading universities, but it also has its own small university college, offering BA and MA programmes in Catholic Liberal Arts.
A school for scouts: Chavagnes International College, where boys are allowed to be boys …
For over a decade, Chavagnes International College, the Catholic boarding school for boys, has also played host to its own Scout movement, the Scouts de Chavagnes, part of the World Federation of Independent Scouts.
Catholic boarding school launches new Liberal arts programme
Chavagnes International College, an international Catholic boarding school for boys, situated in the west of France, is opening a new Liberal Arts programme which provides an opportunity for university-level studies for boys and girls who have completed high school. The new programe offers an intensive formation in Catholic Liberal Arts over 2 years, leading to … Continue reading Catholic boarding school launches new Liberal arts programme
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