Dan Harrison

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Statement from Headmaster

Please click here to read the letter sent to Sedbergh Senior School parents today by Headmaster, Mr Dan Harrison.
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A Level 课程或国际文凭课程?

学哪个 - A Level 课程或国际文凭课程(IB)? 这两种优质课程在全球范围内都受到高度重视,但两者却截然不同。确有几所学校能同时提供两种课程,但这种情况极为罕见,几乎每一所学校都必须二选其一,Sedbergh 也不例外。我们学习 A Level 课程,辅以少量的职业资格证书的课程作为补充 这场辩论的核心是选择的问题。IB 要求中学六年级学生学习广泛的科目,而 A level 则允许学生在知识广度或专业之中二选其一。IB 所含广度反映了其欧洲起源、以及对于助力个人发展与成就的教育所赋予的较高文化重视。英国教育的发展更为侧重实用性,即以个人就业能力来衡量教育价值,因此,学习深度要优于广度。政府接二连三的政策强化了这一趋势。  IB 要求学生学习多个科目,包括语言、科学、艺术、数学和人文学科。就像麦片一样,可能对您身体有好处,但并不能让人感到享受。大多数在英国教育体系中熏陶至 16 岁的学生会偏爱某些科目,而且毫不意外,会选择一门有选择余地的课程。在英国,每年约有 300,000 名13 年级的考生参加 A Level 课程考试,却只有 5,000 多名学生选择 IB 课程。这意味着大学招生导师对...
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Statement from Headmaster

Please click here to read the letter sent to Sedbergh Senior School parents today by Headmaster, Mr Dan Harrison.
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What I won’t miss from the lockdown – Room 101

Room 101 is a place introduced in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. It is a torture chamber in the Ministry of Love in which the Party attempts to subject...
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The Beauty of Books (Part one)

From an early age I have always read a lot. Encouraged by two parents with a huge love of literature, myself and my brother learned to love words at an...
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Exercise and its benefits

March was a bad exercise month for me. Apart from walking around the campus at School, I did very little. I used the excuse of increased Covid-19 meetings and limited...
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Reasons to be cheerful

These must be unprecedented times! I have never been persuaded to write a blog before. But I suppose the world has changed, and I must change with it. I was...