challenged by emerging technologies, including AI, by new understandings of how young people learn, and by changes in the world of work. Riordan speaks with enthusiasm about rethinking the use of time and place: exploring more flexible timetables, varied learning spaces, different modes of course delivery and a richer mix of experiences across the year. For a school with a strong researchinformed culture, these possibilities are less a disruption than an invitation. All of this thinking is being brought together in the school’s new strategic direction, a four-year plan that will carry St Aidan’s to its centenary year in 2029. The strategy is built around five key pillars and ten “big ideas,” all anchored in the overarching vision of becoming truly “future world ready.” As the plan is finalised, the school is engaging in broad community consultation and testing those ideas with stakeholders. In parallel, preparations are already underway for a year-long centenary 53 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 07, ISSUE 12 ST AIDAN’S ANGLICAN GIRLS’ SCHOOL
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