Guest post by Justin Skea (Head of Prep School)



This image outlines the key habits, skills and dispositions identified by the St Cyprian’s School Prep staff during a workshop as being required by every child of the 21st century.

In making this known to you, we make a very public commitment to teach in such a way that we focus not merely on how students produce knowledge, but also how they reproduce it.

Furthermore, as teachers, we commit to developing these skills in your daughter in everything we teach. In so doing, we remain constantly mindful that though we teach content, we strive towards even greater ideals, and that is to develop in each student the skills, habits and dispositions she will require in order to meet the 21st Century and its challenges with self-confidence, innovation and creativity.

I will, in the coming weeks, discuss each of these dispositions in turn, and would welcome your active feedback and dialogue.  

It is also important to note that the dispositions that have been identified are critical in meeting our objectives as a Microsoft World School, namely:

1. Knowledge Building
2. Self-regulation
3. Real-world problem solving
4. Collaboration
5. Use of ICT