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Creative Precinct, which will bring
four creative disciplines together to
collaborate and inspire one another:
Design and Technology; Media, Film
and TV; Art; and Drama.
The Performing Arts program is another
key area where the School acknowledges
that creativity can flourish and thus, among
other key strategies, will be provided with a
new home: the Performing Arts Complex.
This project will follow the construction
of the Roberts Centre for Learning and
Innovation in the medium term. These two
building projects will lie at the very heart of
the School’s future academic, creative and
intellectual aspirations for our young men.
The third major thrust within the School’s
vision for the future is focused on student
resilience: the ability to bounce back from
the inevitable difficulties with which one
is presented in life. It is very important
that our young men develop the courage,
skills and mindfulness to accept that
setbacks are an essential part of growth
and character development, and to
develop the resolve to turn setbacks into
the inspiration to do better. Accordingly, in
partnership with two of Australia’s leading
universities, the School is developing
pastoral programs to focus specifically on
the development of student resilience.
The School’s broad sporting and
cocurricular program remains another very
fertile area where young men can challenge
and immerse themselves in opportunities
to develop character and resilience.
Within the bedrock of Churchie’s
foundation lies our Christian heritage
observed in the Anglican tradition. This
is an essential element of our identity.
The School’s Service tenet is a key
expression of that Christian identity as
our young men use their time, talents
and treasure to be of service to others.
Thus, in this fourth key area in the years
ahead, the School will continually seek
to provide our young men with local and
international opportunities to be of service
to others and to learn more about their
own humanity in the course of doing so.
This vision for the future, which I have
termed Vision14+, will inform the
directions and strategies that will take
Churchie boldly into the next century.
I look forward with immense
excitement to the achievements
of our young men as, together, we
envision their wonderful future.
Dr Alan Campbell
Headmaster
The Commissioning of Churchie’s eighth Headmaster, Dr Alan Campbell
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HEADMASTER’S MESSAGE
Vision14+
Looking to the Future
One of the great joys and responsibilities of leadership is the need to take a long-term
view of the School and where we seek to be, whilst at the same time remaining
cognisant of our highly valued traditions.
In many respects, the narrative of
Churchie is also the narrative of
Queensland. A visit to the Old Boys’
Museum reveals that the School’s
history is inextricably linked to key events
and leading identities both within and
beyond our state. For over 100 years
Churchie has prepared many thousands
of leading citizens, some of whom have
held the highest posts of public office.
It is essential that any vision incorporates
strategies for the future and is mindful of
that which we value most; the School’s
four tenets provide an ideal example,
held dear by vast numbers of Old Boys,
students, staff and parents.
One of the great joys and responsibilities
of leadership is the need to take a
long-term view of where we seek to
be, whilst at the same time remaining
cognisant of our highly valued traditions.
This year I have shared my vision for
Churchie with students, parents, staff
and Old Boys. I have done so with a deep
respect for our traditions, but also in
recognition of the fact that preparation for a
fast-paced and dynamic world is essential.
Inherent in the vision for the future are four
key thrusts upon which our strategies will
be based: the internationalisation of our
academic programs to bring a renewed
academic focus; the advancement
of creativity in intellectual and artistic
pursuits; the development of resilience
in our young men; and a refocusing on
our Christian mission of serving others.
As an academic institution, the School
will continually seek to provide the very
best teaching and learning experiences
available anywhere in the world. This
recognises that scholarly pursuits and
academic attainment lie at the core of
our School and that our young men will
need to be well prepared to compete and
flourish in the global community. This focus
also recognises that our young men will
continue to study at the world’s leading
universities. The building program designed
to assist includes a newly constructed
Roberts Centre for Learning and Innovation
that will redefine teaching and learning
programs at Churchie with the provision
of technology-rich, collaborative research,
teaching and presentation spaces.
Young people are innately creative; so it
is that the second key thrust of our vision
is to provide an environment in which
creativity can thrive. Accordingly, the
School’s new generation learning spaces
will require our young men and teachers
to think, plan, learn, collaborate and teach
differently in continually innovative ways.
Around the globe schools are required to
rethink how spaces for learning should
be established to give learners access
to a range of learning methodologies to
enhance the personalisation of learning.
The first major project to feature new
generation learning spaces on a large
scale will be the Hayward-Midson