Connect and collaborate…
Round Square schools collaborate, creating meaningful, real-world opportunities for students to develop global competence, character and understanding. Here are some examples of our work:
Nayantara Atal, Alumnus, The Indian School Al Gubra
Peter Willet, Teacher, Aiglon
Eric Niles, Head of School, The Athenian School
Ann Hansen, Director of Global Education, Herlufsholm Skole
Josceline Cluff, Alumnus, Cobham Hall
Round Square is an international network of 200 like-minded schools in 50 countries that connect and collaborate to offer world-class programmes and experiences that develop global competence, character and confidence in our students.
The Round Square approach is built around six core themes - our IDEALS - and 12 underpinning “Discoveries” that together provide a Framework to support schools in embedding Character Education within and beyond the curriculum.
Our world needs courageous and compassionate leaders, prepared to discover and embrace different cultures and nationalities in ways that promote meaningful and lasting understanding and respect. Today’s students are the leaders of the future: It is our responsibility to prepare them well.
Round Square schools collaborate, creating meaningful, real-world opportunities for students to develop global competence, character and understanding. Here are some examples of our work:
90 students and more than 110 teachers from the Ermitage International School of France, Emerald Heights International School in Indore and Herlufsholm Skole, Denmark took part in the 15th Annual ICU2 Eye Camp in India from 25th February to 1st March.
A group of Round Square schools have been working together on an Early Years collaboration around the International Day of Friendship. The lesson plans were written by some of the teachers that took part in the collaboration, and were then swapped, piloted and refined among the group, and are designed to develop young learners’ understanding of the value of friendship, considering how they can be good friends to those around them.
Round Square schools innovate, designing new approaches to teaching and learning that broaden horizons, and challenge students to go beyond their comfort zone. Here are some of our ideas and initiatives:
MLC Junior School has introduced ‘URSTRONG’, an emotional wellbeing program which aims to enable students to overcome obstacles that arise within relationships with their peers, as well as to teach our girls how to forge and maintain successful relationships.
Fern Hill School’s Burlington Campus sits on 30 acres of green space, including forest, stream, marsh and meadow. Inspired by this diverse habitat, their Field Studies Programme has been designed to connect students to their natural world and foster a spirit of Environmentalism.
Round Square schools motivate, compelling students into practical experiences, addressing real-world issues and inspiring them to become agents of positive change. Here are some of our recent challenges:
Belgrano Day School’s Global Diversity Week is designed to help students appreciate and celebrate cultural diversity and helps to improve students’ self-esteem and communication skills in different environments.
The Guardian Convention is one of the most significant annual events in Cobham Hall’s calendar. It is the day on which the Student Leadership Team, including the Guardian (our Head Girl), Deputy Guardian and the four House Captains are chosen for the next year in the life of the school.
RSIS Projects bring together students from Member Schools all over the world to work in truly international teams in support of communities in need. They develop skills for leadership and global citizenship, self-confidence and a deeper understanding of the world’s challenges. Their horizons are broadened through working in a multinational team and immersing themselves in a country and culture that is often very different from their own.
Students in all RS schools have the chance at various ages to attend conferences. Round Square Conference programmes offer a combination of guest speakers, group discussions, workshops, cultural visits, community service and adventure activities. They provide outstanding personal development opportunities, enhancing social and leadership skills, broadening intercultural understanding and forging lifelong friendships.
Round Square schools connect to create opportunities for students and teachers to develop international understanding, self-confidence and a range of interpersonal skills through studying or working on exchange at another school in our network. Exchanges are arranged flexibly between schools, often taking advantage of variations in academic timetables so that visits can take place whilst their own school is not in session.
A team of students and adults from across the Round Square network will be arriving in Borneo on the 7th December to take part in the latest RSIS Big Build project which will take place over the next two weeks. The team will work to renovate some extremely dilapidated buildings within Tambunan Orphanage, taking the walls back to the foundations and rebuilding them as well as replacing floors, doors, decking and windows, before plastering, decorating and installing new kitchen and bathroom facilities. You can follow their adventures here:
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