Taunton and South Somerset Living Apr - May 2020
With Easter on the horizon, we celebrate the arrival of spring! With an interview with chef James Martin, a host of seasonal recipes, travel inspiration, what's on and home renovation inspiration, this issue is a glorious read - perfect with a cuppa and a hot cross bun!
With Easter on the horizon, we celebrate the arrival of spring! With an interview with chef James Martin, a host of seasonal recipes, travel inspiration, what's on and home renovation inspiration, this issue is a glorious read - perfect with a cuppa and a hot cross bun!
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ADVERTISING FEATURE<br />
OPEN<br />
MORNINGS<br />
Junior, Pre-Prep & Nursery (3 mths -11 yrs)<br />
Friday 1st <strong>May</strong> • 9.30am -12noon<br />
Senior <strong>and</strong> Sixth Form (11-18 yrs)<br />
Saturday 2nd <strong>May</strong> • 9.30am -12noon<br />
Scholarships available at 11+, 13+, 16+<br />
If you are unable to attend,<br />
contact us to book a personal visit<br />
01823 340830<br />
admissions@queenscollege.org.uk<br />
www.queenscollege.org.uk<br />
Student transport from across <strong>Somerset</strong><br />
Queen’s College • Trull Road • <strong>Taunton</strong> • <strong>Somerset</strong> • TA1 4QS<br />
Methodist Independent Schools Trust • Registered Charity No. 1142794<br />
QUEEN'S College<br />
We live in a rapidly changing world <strong>and</strong>,<br />
as educationalists, we are attempting to<br />
prepare young people for a future we do<br />
not recognise...<br />
As such, it is essential we respond to the latest educational<br />
research as well as listening to feedback from our school<br />
community.<br />
The result of doing this at Queen’s led to a raft of changes<br />
from September to improve our timetable, co-curricular<br />
offering <strong>and</strong> pastoral system.<br />
The first area we looked at was the timetable – 40-minute<br />
lessons are considered too short, 80-minute lessons too<br />
long, while research shows that one-hour lessons are “ideal”.<br />
We also felt there were a series of issues to address<br />
regarding our Co-Curricular Programme – not least of which<br />
that it was under-utilised by some students.<br />
We decided to reduce the length of the lunch period, which<br />
enabled us to insert two co-curricular periods at the end<br />
of each day with opportunities ranging from Engineering<br />
(pictured) to Dance.<br />
The next area we considered was our pastoral system –<br />
previously with two boys’ Houses <strong>and</strong> two for girls – <strong>and</strong> we<br />
decided to move to a ‘horizontal’ Year Group system with<br />
a Year Leader responsible for the needs of all pupils in that<br />
year.<br />
In order to develop House competitions, pupils were also<br />
allocated to one of four ‘vertical’ Houses named after the<br />
founders of Queen’s – Ray, French, Barnicott <strong>and</strong> Woolmer.<br />
And it seems fitting that, having recently marked our 175th<br />
anniversary, these exciting developments for our educational<br />
future have also remembered our beginning.<br />
Schools like Queen’s must continue to build without ever<br />
forgetting their original foundations.<br />
Visit our <strong>May</strong> Open Mornings – for further information,<br />
email admissions@queenscollege.org.uk<br />
or call 01823 340830<br />
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