St Peter's School Cambridge

Broadhurst was a proud Scotsman, Oxford scholar, and World War I veteran. In 1924, at the age of 34, he left his family's prosperous cotton business in Manchester, England to pursue his dream in education to own and administer his own preparatory school for boys. His first task was to become a teacher. Ten years later, Broadhurst embarked upon a worldwide quest to locate a site for his school.

The official opening of the school on 22 February 1936 was a grand occasion, attended by the Minister of Education, Peter Fraser; Primate and Archbishop of New Zealand, Dr Walter Averill; former prime minister Joseph Coates, and more than 800 invited guests. Lippincott presented the Minister of Education with the gold key to open the front door of the main building. The first school term began with seven full-time staff and a roll of 36 boy boarders.

The Enhanced Learning Centre at St Peter's, Cambridge provides support to students with identified learning needs to enable them to reach their full potential. Our approach is collaborative, holistic and inclusive in keeping with the INC St Peter's body, mind and spirit ethos. We facilitate opportunities for students, families and teachers to work together to identify student needs and design learning pathways to meet them. The Enhanced Learning Centre supports gifted and talented students to fulfil their potential. We aim to support these students so they can excel in areas of interest and ability. Students are identified and prioritised for learning support through various assessments. This is done using entrance testing, previous school reports, school-based assessments, standardised tests (eg, MidYlS, PAT), educational information caregivers. psychology reports and from parents and

Prep School (Years 7-8) at St Peter's, Cambridge offers a holistic education and a wealth of opportunities for our students to discover and explore their 1 Homeroom teachers provide a holistic approach to the curriculum. Students in Years 7 and 8 are with their homeroom class teacher for core subjects — Mathematics, English, Social interests and talents. The New Zealand implemented in all IIC teachers tailoring the 4CE Studies, and Health Studies for curriculum is subjects, with programme to suit students of all abilities.

The Years 7- 8 curriculum is designed to integrate seamlessly with work covered in Years 9 and 10, including skills, understanding, knowledge and vocabulary. approximately half of the teaching week. The homeroom teacher is the key point of contact for our Prep students and homeroom classes provide a tight- knit and supportive environment. Our Prep students also have classes with specialist teachers, including Science, Technology, physical Education, Art, Performing Arts, Religious Studies, and Languages. This gives students access to specialist facilities as well as secondary school teachers with a wealth of specialist knowledge. For more information regarding these specialist subjects, Learning is a mix of the traditional and the innovative. As a BYOD (bring your own device) school, technology is an intergrated part of the curriclum.

We have a seamless teaching and learning pathway through the school to The goal is excellence for each student. Each student brings a range of talents and abilities. Our goal is to enable students succeed to academically in a holistic environment. St Peter's students regularly produce results beyond expectation. Year 9 and 10 students at St Peter's have outstanding learning opportunities. The programme in Years 9 and 10 targets our emerging young adults by consolidating and building on their content knowledge and skills, readying them for the senior assessment years. We promote self- management, critical thinking skills and learning strategies designed to ensure that all learners are functioning to their potential.

Our core subjects are English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education and Health, and Religious Studies. Students also choose option subjects from a range including: metal and wood technologies, digital technologies, performance sport, drama, dance, visual arts, and languages. Students have a choice of four options in Year 9 and two in Year 10. English has one extension class and mixed ability groupings in the other classes. Differentiated learning in Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies classes in Years 9 and 10 ensure that teaching is targeted to needs. In particular, ICCSE Mathematics is offered to students who would benefit from the extension opportunity to hone their skills prior to the senior assesment year.