PARED School Melbourne - Seminars

Seminars

We are hosting a series of seminars to introduce parents to the school and to explain the PARED model of education.

Information about future seminars will be publicised in due course.

Andrew Mullins – A school that supports parents as the primary educators of their children: Two sides of a partnership – September 2014

Andrew Mullins was one of the founding teachers at Redfield College, the first PARED boys’ school in Australia.  Andrew is now Headmaster of Wollemi College, the PARED boys’ school in Western Sydney.

Andrew describes how a PARED school works together with families by means of the tutorial system, which is unique to the PARED schools.  He will also give an overview of the academic program, and describe how the school supports parents in the spiritual development of their children and provides an education in the Catholic faith.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJGk-N0y_8U&feature=youtu.be

Dr Marie Therese Gibson – Personalised Education – June 2014

Dr Marie Therese Gibson is the Principal of Tangara School for Girls, the first PARED school in Australia.

Dr Gibson explains the school’s focus on character formation.  She describes how, in addition to the pursuit of academic excellence and the acquisition of skills, the emphasis placed on the development of virtue is what ultimately forms a well rounded and happy person. This integrated education is realised through the partnership between parents and school. It is made concrete and given a practical efficacy through the ‘Personal Tutorial System’ that is unique to the PARED Schools.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAgfm0A_qnU

Elizabeth McKeown – Introduction to the PARED schools – March 2012

Elizabeth McKeown and her family were one of the founding families of the first PARED schools in Sydney.  She is herself a qualified teacher and remains an active member of the PARED Board, as well as of the steering committee in Melbourne.

Elizabeth introduces the PARED model of education and describes its key features.  She brings the personal perspective gained by being among the founding families, as well as insights emerging from her own expertise as a teacher and tutor.

http://youtu.be/tekBuyhJY7o

PARED School Melbourne - Welcome!

Welcome!

A group of parents in Melbourne is proposing to open a PARED school in 2016.

The PARED Foundation has established four schools in Sydney over the past 30 years, and has achieved great success in assisting families in the task of educating their children.  For more information on the PARED Foundation, its educational philosophy and the existing Sydney schools, please visit www.pared.edu.au.

The school will open in Melbourne in 2016 with a foundation (previously known as “preparatory” or “prep”) and a grade 1 class. One additional year level will then be introduced each subsequent calendar year (e.g.: grade 2 in 2017; grade 3 in 2018). 

Enrolments will be open to both girls and boys until the end of grade 2. From year 3 onwards this school will continue on as a girls’ school up until year 12.

We have been laying the groundwork for the school for several years already, and in 2013 we convened a more formal steering committee, under the guidance of the PARED Board.  The current members of that committee are:

Damien and Tatiana Burger

Daniel and Elizabeth Carrick

Patrick and Maureen Coyne

Elizabeth McKeown

Rosemary Mullins

Trent and Isabelle Thomas

If you would like to know more about the Melbourne project, please email paredschoolmelbourne@gmail.com.

What is the PARED model of education?

In 1982, the founders of the PARED schools introduced into Australia a personalised system of education which had been successfully implemented in many schools throughout the world.

Two prominent features which characterise the PARED schools:

·  The education is personalised: that is directed towards the whole person, seeking to integrate the pursuit of academic excellence, the acquisition of skills and the development of the student's character.

·  The Personalised Tutorial System, pioneered in Australia by PARED, ensures that each child is helped to be the best person he or she can be. It facilitates the partnership between parents and school, which ensures the children receive a holistic and efficacious education.

For more detailed information about the model and its unique features, please visit www.pared.edu.au.

Where will the Melbourne school be located?

At the moment, the steering committee is looking for a suitable piece of land in the south-eastern growth corridor.  We are looking in or around Officer, Pakenham, Beaconsfield, Narre Warren, Harkaway, Clyde, Cranbourne etc.