1. An educational philosophy emphasising internationalism is being introduced at Wanganui’s St George’s School with help from much-travelled consultant Jane Taylor.

Her enthusiasm for the International Baccalaureate programme knows no bounds.

In the laid-back language of the IBO website, students are taught to be active learners, well-rounded individuals and “engaged” citizens who gain practical experience from being part of an international community. St George’s is the first stand-alone primary school in New Zealand to embrace IB’s primary years programme.

Ms Taylor, who grew up in Hawke's Bay and is now an IB trainer, said: “The culture of this school is one of empowering students and supporting them in their learning.

“In Munich, where I’ve been working recently, they start them at four. Of course, the level of sophistication grows and develops as they do.

“The children are natural inquirers. So often at school that’s squashed out of them? They have to fit into a neat mould.

“We’re not cookie-cutters. We’re not into one size fits all.

“Some of them have excelled in the arts. They don't have to be into physics, maths and science. It’s broad, it’s rigorous, it’s connected with the real world. The proof of the pudding is in the eating ... it’s what they’re doing with their lives.”

- School adopts world view learning philosophy, NZHerald.co.nz, October 2, 2004.

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