Impression's of St. Peter's school

Impressions of St. Peter's School （1)
St. Peter's School, Cambridge
Insights into life at a New Zealand boarding school
Located on a beautiful 100-acre campus. St. Peter's is an independent, coeducational school with students from grades 7 to 13. Of the 1000 students who attend this school, 430 of them board here, and 60 students come from abroad.

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As my host drove me through the gate at St. Peter's School, my first thought was that this must be a school for royalty!　Fields of green grass surrounded us as we made our way up the long driveway lined with gigantic trees.

As I walked around the school, the different colored shirts of the school uniforms(according to grade)caught my attention. Both the boys and the girls looked very smart.

The international student manager, Rosanne, tole me that the rules for both dress and behavior are very strict. No form of physical contact between boys and girls is allowed on campus. I think this rule is great because students come to learn, not socialize. The boys' boarding houses are across the campus from the girls' houses. The younger students share bedrooms while students in years 12 and 13 have their own rooms. I feel the design is really good because younger students need support and older students need their space.

Impressions of St. Peter's School （2)
At St. Peter's, a holistic style of teaching is emphasized with the goal to develop and strengthen students' minds and bodies and spirits. They teach the students how to learn, which develops and broadens their minds. The school also requires that students participate in two PE classes per week and extracurricular sports to help their bodies become strong . In addition, the school enriches students' spirits through teaching about Christianity.

For many classes, students are grouped together based on similar academic performance, an approach called streaming. When observing an English class, I discovered three major differences between the classrooms at my school and those at St. Peter's. First, the classes at St. Peter's are small with an average of 12 students. Second, I was struck by how eager the students were to answer questions or voice their opinions. The interaction was excellent, and the students participated enthusiastically in class activities. Third, the teacher gave a lot of class time for finishing homework and a lot of individual assistance to students as they worked. This was a valuable learning expericence for me, and I plan to incorporate what I learned at St. Peter's into my own classes.

Holistic: holistic medicine, holistic ecology.
Steaming: the students are grouped together based on similar academic performance, the
appoach is called streaming
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