Tudor House is a preparatory school emphasizing comprehensive education to foster compassionate boys equipped for 21st-century challenges. The school integrates spirituality, emotional intelligence, and social skills with academic rigor, addressing contemporary trends in education and the need for resilience in students. It aims to cultivate creativity and respect for the environment while providing a supportive community that values learning and personal growth.

1. ―..the illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read
and write - but those who cannot learn, unlearn and re-learn..‖
Alvin Toffler

2. Our History
• Wilfred Inman‘s beliefs:
“My ideal of a headmaster is that he should supervise the whole of the work
going on under his management. He should be in a position to know the
individualities of each boy in his school, so as to direct his proper channels”

3. Our Foundations
• Wilfred Inman‘s focus:
―Educating the whole boy‖
Our Motto – In Domino Confido
• Mission Statement
Tudor House is a unique preparatory
school in the Anglican tradition that
strives, with high expectations, to
develop considerate and
compassionate boys equipped with
the attitudes, habits and skills for
lifelong learning in the 21st Century.

4. History of Education – why?
• Each generation, since the beginning of human existence, has
sought to pass on cultural and social
values, traditions, morality, religion and skills to the next
generation.
• Institution – trust in people not your friends or family. And
with boarding schools you have to trust much more than just
academic learning.
• What questions your trust of Tudor House?
• Boarding
• Boys only
• Expensive
• Distant
• Sport on Saturdays
• Too caught up in the past

5. Context Setting:
International Education Trends
Trend Implication
 PISA- OECD equiv of NAPLAN  International Transparency
but on international scale Global playing field levelling
 Finland tops global literacy and  Integrate best teaching practice
numeracy rates from different philosophies
 Global connectivity opening  Exploit these opportunities to
new world of learning students‘ best advantage
 Technology making learning  More dynamic teaching methods
more dynamic required, eg Smart boards
“We must bring world’s best practice to the Highlands!”

6. Context Setting:
Australian Education Trends
Legislation/Trend Implication
 National Curriculum: to be  All Australian States aligned bit
adopted in NSW by 2014 owned by State BoS; what PD?
 NAPLAN: National Assessment  Published school league tables
Program:Literacy + Numeracy and accountability; narrowing
 Govt Policy mandates  E-Learning crucial to achieving
technology more important maximum student potential
 Mandated reporting A-E  Better assessment tracking
banding Better early intervention if issues
“Higher Transparency, Higher Accountability, More Technology”

7. Context Setting:
Global Social Trends
Trend Implication
 More e-connectivity driving  Emphasis on developing social
social disconnectivity skills and computer etiquette
 Technology replacing tedious  Valued traits in future: creativity,
jobs = less jobs for low skilled curiosity & critical thinking
 Smaller families  Boarding provides larger ―virtual‖
family
 Society increasingly risk  Tudor House will ―Let boys be
averse= experiential loss boys‖!
 Both parents working  After school care increasingly
important
“Valued social skills and work traits must be emphasised”

8. SOME BACKGROUND
Why primary education is SO important for our
children‘s future.
Have we gone mad?

9. Did You Know?
If you are one in a million in China, there are 1300 people
like you. China will soon be the number one English
speaking country in the world.
The 25% of India‘s population with the highest IQs is
greater than the total population of the USA. India has
more honours kids than America has kids!
The top ten in demand jobs in 2010 didn‘t exist in 2004 -
we are preparing students for jobs that don‘t yet exist.
Today‘s learner will have 10-14 jobs by the age of 38.
1 out of 8 couples married in America last year met online.
Facebook has over 800 million (rising 300 million since
2010) registered users – if it were a country, it would be
the THIRD largest in the world!
There are 31 billion searches on Google every month.

10. Has our society changed?
• Smaller Families
• Bigger houses; smaller yards
• More wealth
• Consumerism
• Role of parents
• Helicopter parenting
• Nihilistic parenting
• Safety paramount
• Faster times
• Normal is now above-normal

11. The Parent Paradox
• Trying to create more confident kids is
making parents more anxious – less
confident!!
• Trying to create safer places – is
reducing our freedom of adventure
• Trying to push our children to learn – is
creating greater stress

12. The anxious parent paradox

13. The crowded curriculum

14. The hurried child syndrome
David Elkind

15. Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Self-esteem = Success/Expectations
(James)

16. ADHD diagnoses in USA

17. Conduct Disorder
Definition
Conduct disorder is a childhood emotional
and behavioural disorder characterized by
disruptive behaviour. Children with conduct
disorder have difficulty following rules and
behaving in a socially acceptable manner.
Causes
While no specific cause of conduct disorder has been
identified, the following are thought to possibly
contribute to the development of conduct disorder:
• Brain damage
• Child abuse
• Genetics
• Failure in school
• Traumatic life experiences

18. Conduct Disorder distribution
Notice any trends?

20. SPIRITUALITY
A protective shield against mental illness

21. Mental health – 1 in 5
One in four Australians aged 16–24
years had experienced some mental
health disorder in the previous twelve
months. In the estimates of disease
burden for 2010, mental disorders
account for about half of the burden in
these young people.

22. Why Tudor House for Spirituality?
• Focus on spirituality – Anglican
• Chapel each week – with a focus on the Christian
message
• Charity – developing a sense of giving
• Grace before meals
• Focus on bible readings
• Chapel choir
• Special services
• Sunday Chapel Services
We want to give our boys
awareness and mindfulness

23. EMOTIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
Being aware of self and others is a key indicator of
success

24. The marshmallow test

25. Determining future success
“It’s not your IQ. It’s not even
a number. But emotional
intelligence may be the best
predictor of success in
life, redefining what it means
to be smart”
1995 cover of Time

26. Emotional Intelligence (EI)
Critical Factors:
•Emotional self-awareness
•Accurate self-assessment
•Self confidence
•Empathy
•Emotional self-control
•Influence

27. The importance of learning emotions – not
just being happy

28. Why Tudor House for EI?
• Focused program – You Can Do It!
• Discipline model – Positive Behaviour Management
• Vertical connectedness – Colour Families
• Welfare system – Colour Families
• Flag Parade every morning – teachers shake hands
• Thematic days – Manners Monday, Tote-Tray
Tuesday, Challenge Wednesday, Friendship Friday
• Daily dining together
• School Counsellor onsite
• Staff and Student Meetings
• Moot for Year Six
• Leadership training: Senior Award, Monitors, King‘s Day
• Very nature of K-6 provides leadership

29. VAHS model.
ignorance
impulsivity
narrow
mindedness
apathy
arrogance

30. You Can Do It!

31. Intensive Behaviour
Support
Targeted Behaviour
Support
Whole school/class behaviour
Support

32. Allowing children to learn decisions

33. SOCIABILITY
Getting along allows us to develop our networks of
influence. We should strive to have our children develop
into ―hubs‖.

34. The new focus on competition
Goleman says, "Children are unintended victims of
ratcheting up of competition. Their parents have to work
longer and harder to maintain their parents' standard of
living. Kids are over-scheduled after school, you don't have
the down time. And there's a technological experiment with
the world's youth. They spend more time alone, staring at a
monitor than has been true ever in human history. There is
relational poverty. They have less time with the people in
their family. Fewer parents have the luxury of someone in
the family to hang out with their kids. You don't have time
as a child with the adults who care the most about you and
who can help you learn these lessons, and nor is there
time for free play, where you work problems out yourself.
Childhood has been impoverished in that regard,
particularly in affluent families. It's imperative that we put
this in schools, so that at some point every day, you're
getting it. In the interest of society, we need to institute
social emotional learning programs."

35. Vidiot interface – not face to face
• Social language cues
• Connectedness
• Understanding of friends
• Boarding
• Kids need social context in which to
learn
• Rewiring the brain – Dr Susan
Greenfield
• WoW for late night gaming
• Brain candy is not nutrition
• Australian Bureau of Statistics: the
percentage of our waking time spent
alone increased by 14% to three
hours a day!

36. Why Tudor House for Social Skills?
• Focus on freedom based on the chain of respect:
Act responsibly – earn our respect – granted greater freedom
• Playground licence system
• More play-based focus with opportunities to take responsible risks
• Computers for learning NOT for leisure
• Daily dining at table in groups
• Crazes encouraged – marbles, yo-yos, diablos
• Camping out at night with mates in Year Six
• Skype and web-conferencing
• Link to the past – tradition shapes our environment
• Flag parade every morning
• Colour House ball games
• Sense of community – Meyer House for parents
• Special events – Kite Day, GP Day, Anzac Day, Billy Cart Day
• Charity focus: Dream Cricket Day
• The Year Six Dance – mixing socially with girls
• K-6 gives transition. Kids in K-12 don‘t get that.

37. The Importance of Boarding
Enhances Social Emphasises EI
Look at what boys learn:
Social skills, emotional
strength, independence, confidence, patience, resilience, persistence, connections
for
life, organisation, communication, appreciation, routines, freedom, commitment, pe

38. ACADEMIC
Learning boosts confidence, knowledge and control

39. The teenage years – too late
• Primary years are the wonder years, when boys
still listen… mostly

40. Learning Styles
• Slow Learners
• Lazy Learners
• Selfish Learners
• Perfectionists
• Gifted Learners
• Stressed Learners

41. High Stake Tests
• NAPLAN
Did you know?
• There were 40 Maths questions in total
• There were only 36 questions to
assess Reading
• There were only 25 questions for
Spelling
• There were only 25 questions for
Grammar and Punctuation
• Writing was a timed test for only 40
minutes

42. Australian children falling behind
• As reported on ABC morning news – 15 November 2011:
More Australian children falling behind in literacy and
numeracy
COAG Reform Council
Good results coming out of primary schools but high
schools not as good. We used to rank 2nd but we
have slipped down six places. Global education is
improving – number of regions, like Shanghai, China
were not on the field when last rated. Our
performance has not moved ahead as many of other
competitors.
People are envious we have a NAPLAN test for all
our children. A real need to focus on the transition
from primary school to high school.

43. How we measure
• Test taking for recall

44. Levels of Being Smart

45. The need to fail..

46. Failure – it happens! And so it should
In the UK, it was mooted we
consider a new definition of
failure:
Failure = Deferred Success
What is happening? Are we
afraid of mistakes – or are
negative emotions so hard
to handle we decide instead
to avoid them in totality?

47. Resilience – the Tigger trait
• Health benefits of being positive
The death rate of socially isolated people is
2-5 times higher than those with close
friends.
Positive people on average live
ten years longer.
Resilience is a coping
mechanism.

48. Why Tudor House for academics?
• Small classes with exceptional teachers
• Timetable – with a focus on literacy and numeracy blocks
• Spotlight lessons – where teachers are peer-reviewed
• Scholarship/OC class initiated in 2011
• Boys‘ education specialists – only boys‘ school between
Canberra and Sydney
• Direct instruction programs – Spelling Mastery, Maths Mastery
• Improving NAPLAN results
• Writing Wall celebrations
• Comprehension focus
• Assessments for learning
• Accelerated Reader
• Inquiry based learning model
• 7 boys – 7 schools but friends for life

49. We are making progress in tests
NAPLAN Mean 2010 to 2011: comparison of boys (Year 5)
2010 results Region (boys) State (boys) Tudor House (+/-) Region
Reading 523.1 490.2 498.2 -
Writing 507.3 482.7 483.5 -
Spelling 511.6 492.9 481.1 -
Grammar/Punct 533.9 501.2 500.8 -
Numeracy 535.4 505.3 508.1 -
2011 results Region (boys) State (boys) Tudor House (+/-) Region (+/-) Growth
from 2010
Reading 518.8 489.3 548.7 + +
Writing 501.0 479.9 517.0 + +
Spelling 511.0 490.4 495.4 - +
Grammar/Punct 529.4 497.0 533.4 + +
Numeracy 534.4 506.5 525.8 - +
• Five academic GPS scholarships for 2012
• ICAS UNSW Competition:
• Maths 6 Distinctions
• English 5 Distinctions and 1 High Distinction (op 1% of State)
• 3rd in Nowra Public Speaking Competition (first boy)
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd in Chess Competition
• Two out of three winning teams in IPSHA Debating competition

50. Observation – the monkey in the room

51. The weakness of prediction...
For your amusement, I share Winston
Churchill’s report card. Notice the
comments!!
• Composition – very variable
• Grammar – fair
• Diligence – Began term well but latterly has
been very naughty! – on the whole has made
progress.
• Maths – greatly improved, but very uncertain
• French – not very good
• Weak in Geography
• On the whole he has improved though at
times he is still troublesome

52. Tudor House Report Card

53. PHYSICAL
Healthy habits need training and role-modelling. We
want our kids to survive and thrive.

54. Diabetes in Australia - rising
552 million people could have diabetes by 2030
•From:AP November 14, 2011 10:01PM
THE International Diabetes Federation predicts that one in 10
adults could have diabetes by 2030, according to their latest
statistics.

55. Overweight and growing

56. Eating fruit and vegetables

57. Why Tudor House?
• Blue Bar challenge
• Sports carnivals – IPSHA – CIS pathways
• Triathlon
• Bike riding, skateboarding, skating
• No tuck shop or canteen – so controlled meals
• Water – no soft-drinks
• We provide all meals – our focus is on wholesome, home-
cooked food
• Fresh fruit whenever the boys want it
• Playtime is emphasised
• Sport is important – as a small school we punch above our
weight: 2nd in National Interschools competition, undefeated 1st
XV rugby, Sports tour to Kinross, QLD cricket tour
• Sport played: water polo, cricket, softball, AFL, football, rugby

58. New timetable and focus

59. CREATIVITY
Our children need to be innovative and lateral – we
need to create change agents who can adopt and
adapt, seeing problems as opportunities.

60. Misconceptions
There are concepts we have ‗learnt‘ that are
wrong. Creative thinking weakens as you
progress through school.
Which way is this bus going?

61. Creativity is the highest thinking skill
• Creativity is a key to
innovation
• Based on good training
– look at Picasso
• Can be a shared
experience
• Needs to take us out of
our comfort zone
• Driven by passion
• Linked to talent: 10000
hours rule

62. Why Tudor House for Creativity?
• Woodwork and Art every week
• Music program weekly
• Show Case Concert
• Music Tour
• Eisteddfod competition
• IPSHA Music Festival
• Differentiated learning activities
• Performances: Public Speaking, Poetry Recital, Red Cross Concert,
Fancy Dress, Nativity Play, Carol Concert, Year Six Production
• Dance program in Term 1 with end of term Dance Spectacular
• Wakakirri competition – we came 3rd
• Art Show and Fair – 2012
• Play every day
• Weekly assemblies
• Chess competitions
• Choir and singing for boys

63. ENVIRONMENTAL
Our children will need to appreciate, respect and protect
their environment. We cannot continue to use – we
have to return to reuse for our resources are finite.

65. Why Tudor House for Environmental?
• 160 acres of rolling farmland – space!
• Kahiba program for boys
• Working farm
• Fishing
• Base building
• Science focus
• Seasonal change
• Paddock to Plate
• Water ways – yabbies
• Conservation areas
• Gardening club
• Contact with animals

66. TECHNOLOGY
We are preparing our children for the 21st Century –
which will give such amazing opportunities and risks.

67. Computers and intelligence
Computers will be on par
with human intelligence by
2029.
We will be in a virtual
reality – glasses to be worn
with tags interacting with
our environment.
Trends – boys in USA by
age 21 spend 10 000 hours
on computer games

68. Why Tudor House for Technology?
• Arguably the best ICT infrastructure in Southern Highlands
• Video conferencing suite
• Interactive whiteboards in every classroom
• Full audio-visual hardware in every classroom
• Clickers for testing and surveys
• Wireless technology
• Skype for boarders
• Two full class laptop trolleys for upper primary
• Use of Web2.0 for communication
• Every boy has email address
• Database tracking for progress and reports
• Headmaster is a geek!
• ICT is supported by the full power of The King‘s School

69. THE RISK OF RISK
Tudor House retains the connections to common sense
because we trust in our own upbringing.

71. Too noisy for neighbours!

75. Ban physical contact and fights

76. Children need risk!
• Latest research September 2011 reports, in order
to develop normally both physically and mentally,
kids need to take risks.
• Psychologists, Ellen Sandseter and Leif Kennair,
wrote: "In modern western society there is a
growing focus on the safety of children in all
areas, including situations involving playing. An
exaggerated safety focus of children's play is
problematic because while on the one hand
children should avoid injuries, on the other hand
they might need challenges and varied
stimulation to develop normally, both physically
and mentally."
"Children's Risky Play from an Evolutionary Perspective: The Anti-Phobic Effects of
Thrilling Experiences" in the journal Evolutionary Psychology.

77. No risky play = risk of neurosis!
It is concluded that risky
play may have evolved
due to this anti-phobic
effect in normal child
development, and it is
suggested that we may
observe an increased
neuroticism or
psychopathology in society
if children are hindered
from partaking in age
adequate risky play.

78. Why is playtime losing out?
• Parents' reluctance to let their kids play
outside on their own, for fear of abduction
or injury, and the companion trend of
scheduling lessons, supervised sports
and other structured activities that
consume a large chunk of a child's non-
school hours.
• More hours per week spent by kids
watching TV, playing video games, using
the Internet, communicating on
cellphones.
• Shortening or eliminating recess at many
schools — a trend so pronounced that
the National Parent Teacher Association
has launched a "Rescuing Recess"
campaign.
• More emphasis on formal learning in
preschool, more homework for
elementary school students and more
pressure from parents on young children
to quickly acquire academic skills.

79. NEW DIRECTIONS
Tudor House innovates and creates. Starting next year
new programs are on offer

80. New Programs for 2012
• Learning Central
• Learning for Life
• Food for Learning
• Boarding
• Camps
• Community connections
• Curriculum Focus – Science and Maths
• Transport links
• Agriculture and cooking

81. Take a moment to predict…

82. Questions & Answers