The boarding school renowned for its back-to-basics approach, Chavagnes International College, was featured on Vatican Radio a few years ago; the journalist then drew attention to its 'chilly dorms' ... But now students at Chavagnes will be able to look forward to a cosy winter; double-glazing and extra insulation is being installed in dormitories over … Continue reading Double-glazing for the ‘chilly dorms’ of Chavagnes
Problems with co-education, and schools on a learning curve …
As this Daily Telegraph Journalist shows, the learning curve of schools that have turned 'co-ed' (taking boys and girls) has been a steep one: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationopinion/10576886/A-school-trip-that-went-a-little-too-far.html The article alludes to the sad outcome of a too close relationship between boys and girls at school, which is the mistreatment of girls by boys 'just looking to have … Continue reading Problems with co-education, and schools on a learning curve …
Boarding Schools Are Good for Teenage Boys
http://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/boarding-schools-good-teenage-boys for an article by an American Headmaster on how boarding schools could be just what teenage boys need. In Europe, visit http://www.chavagnes.org for a Catholic boarding school with similar values and ideals.
Scotland and France both have all-boys’ boarding schools belonging the International Boys School Coalition
Research strongly indicates that most boys have different learning styles and needs when compared to girls. Most boys develop mentally, physically, and emotionally at a different rate from girls. It is our experience that boys’ interests, hobbies, and inclination to physical activity respond best to a male focused framework to learning. We believe that boys … Continue reading Scotland and France both have all-boys’ boarding schools belonging the International Boys School Coalition
Let boys be boys: the merits of the single-sex classroom
According to st Andrew's College, Canada (www.sac.on.ca) not only are students less inhibited and more focused in the classroom in a single-gender environment, but research indicates those who attend all-boys schools are more than twice as likely to study art, music, drama, and foreign languages, in addition to the traditional maths and sciences. This is largely because … Continue reading Let boys be boys: the merits of the single-sex classroom
Catholic Independent Schools Conference
"The Joy of the Gospel in our Schools" was the title of the recent annual conference of the Catholic Independent Schools Conference, held 15-16 January 2015 at Oatlands Park Hotel, Weybridge. More details of CISC: http://www.cisc.uk.net
Double Diploma at Chavagnes International College
Congratulations to the two leavers this year at the small but respected Chavagnes International College who are now about to begin university studies. Maximilian Micallef Eynaud (Chavagnes 2007-2014, their first pupil to complete all 7 years of secondary education at Chavagnes) has now gone to the Delft University of Technology (http://www.tudelft.nl/en/) to study Aerospace Engineering. Ambroise … Continue reading Double Diploma at Chavagnes International College
Boys and Sport at Chavagnes
Saint Paul, to the Corinthians, has this to say: "Don't you realise that the runners in the Stadium, all of them run, but only one gets the medal? You are to run in such a way as to win. Everyone who is in athletic training exercises self-control (but they do it to win a medal … Continue reading Boys and Sport at Chavagnes
Chavagnes opens ‘Double Diploma’ class : French Bac and A-levels!
Chavagnes International College in France is the first school in the world to offer a class with the option of taking British A-levels and the French baccalauréate simultaneously. Other schools have offered hybrid qualifications with double validation between two education systems (French/Spanish; French/German most notably), but Chavagnes has this year a class of 7 boys, 4 … Continue reading Chavagnes opens ‘Double Diploma’ class : French Bac and A-levels!
St Edmund’s College is “good”
St Edmund's College, Ware, Hertfordshire, has been hailed as "good" in its recent OFSTED report.
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