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we wish to embody,” said Director of
Boarding Dick Morriss.
“Those big old dorm-style rooms
weren’t conducive to building the
kinds of good relationships we want
in the modern day. With this new
way we could replicate the family
dynamic more easily. This dynamic
was further enhanced with a mix of
ages in residences, and students
having their own rooms rather than
sleeping in dorms.
“It was a brave decision to close
the big boarding house; we were
full and doing well,” Miss Fogarty
continued, “and yet, we favoured
a style of boarding that sat more
comfortably with our values, and
aimed to produce the kind of young
adults we think the world needs.”
A spotlight on wellbeing
These young adults are supported
not
just
academically
but
developmentally too. They take part
in many community and charitable
projects, and a core example of
nurturing their emotional wellbeing
is through the school’s restorative
practices: methods used to bring
a pupil back into the mainstream
student community, after they have,
perhaps, through their behaviour lost
the trust of others.
“We
don’t
see
punitive
consequences as a good way of