NEWS
HOUSE HOME ROOMS PROVIDE BOYS WITH A PLACE TO CALL HOME – AT SCHOOL
‘ IT FEELS MORE WELCOMING , FRIENDLY , FOCUSED , AND CONNECTED ’
TOP : THE NEW DAVIDSON HOUSE HOME ROOM , LOCATED IN THE QUADRANGLE . BOTTOM : GILRAY ’ S HOME ROOM , LOCATED IN THE OLD GENERAL SCIENCE BUILDING
The move to a new House-based pastoral care structure and tutorial program at the start of the 2011 school year made the Houses more central to Upper School life at Scotch . The change from a ‘ horizontal ’ to a more ‘ vertical ’ House system , consisting of 12 Houses with about 80 boys in each House , removed the focus on year levels , and was designed to achieve a number of studentcentric objectives :
• improve the level and quality of pastoral care through increased and more specialised staffing ;
• provide parents with a consistent point of contact as their sons
journey from Year 9 to Year 12 ;
• make it easier for a Head of House to oversee the boys in his or her care , and form relationships with the boys and the boys ’
families ;
• enable Heads of House to develop a more thorough knowledge of each boy ’ s engagement with all aspects of the
School program ; and
• ensure that each boy is valued for what he achieves , hopes to achieve and could achieve .
When the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre for Science was opened
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