“‘Let your yes mean yes and your no mean no’… Quakers perceived that with a conscience illuminated by the Light,
life became an integrated whole with honesty as its basis.” (Advices and Queries, ‘Living Faithfully Today’, 20.45)
The Fothergill Society is devoted to the broadening of knowledge. It meets weekly, outside of lessons, at different points of the week, to help students develop their learning skills.
The traditional academic curriculum is characterised by the increasing specialisation of knowledge. The Fothergill Society exists in order:
Those students attending will develop a variety of learning skills through platforms, innovation challenges, reflections, further reading, writing and discussions, that can be fed back into their curricular learning. They also strive to develop the skills of others, helping their fellow students to learn and think better, through a system of community work known as Fothergill Service.
Quakers believe that all people are talented, that there is something of God in everyone. Thus, this society is open to all, and seeks to enrich, extend, challenge and support all students who are determined and ambitious and want to gain this breadth of intellectual perspective.
The work done in The Fothergill Society aims to inspire the following student reactions:
A student may say: “That was really interesting.”
A student may say: “I didn’t know that this could have been so interesting.”
A student may say: “I didn’t know that this even existed for me to be interested in.”
The Fothergill Society’s theoretical principles are based on the work of, among others, Carol S. Dweck, who sees learning as not being governed by innate “talent” but rather by effort: that is, development through a “growth” rather than a “fixed” mindset.
This view “creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment.” A growth mindset democratises and universalises attainment - it "creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment." The Fothergill Society is fundamentally designed to be inclusive and enriching, providing learning opportunities for all students. It is a society that broadens as well as deepens our students’ minds; one that “encourages all students to extend their knowledge, experiences, gifts and talents”.
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” (William Butler Yeats)
life became an integrated whole with honesty as its basis.” (Advices and Queries, ‘Living Faithfully Today’, 20.45)
The Fothergill Society is devoted to the broadening of knowledge. It meets weekly, outside of lessons, at different points of the week, to help students develop their learning skills.
The traditional academic curriculum is characterised by the increasing specialisation of knowledge. The Fothergill Society exists in order:
- to support students to maintain a breadth and richness of knowledge;
- to maintain a vibrant sense of open-mindedness and curiosity;
- to develop a synthesising outlook that mobilises knowledge from different disciplines and perspectives, so that they can be used creatively and originally to innovate.
Those students attending will develop a variety of learning skills through platforms, innovation challenges, reflections, further reading, writing and discussions, that can be fed back into their curricular learning. They also strive to develop the skills of others, helping their fellow students to learn and think better, through a system of community work known as Fothergill Service.
Quakers believe that all people are talented, that there is something of God in everyone. Thus, this society is open to all, and seeks to enrich, extend, challenge and support all students who are determined and ambitious and want to gain this breadth of intellectual perspective.
The work done in The Fothergill Society aims to inspire the following student reactions:
A student may say: “That was really interesting.”
A student may say: “I didn’t know that this could have been so interesting.”
A student may say: “I didn’t know that this even existed for me to be interested in.”
The Fothergill Society’s theoretical principles are based on the work of, among others, Carol S. Dweck, who sees learning as not being governed by innate “talent” but rather by effort: that is, development through a “growth” rather than a “fixed” mindset.
This view “creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment.” A growth mindset democratises and universalises attainment - it "creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment." The Fothergill Society is fundamentally designed to be inclusive and enriching, providing learning opportunities for all students. It is a society that broadens as well as deepens our students’ minds; one that “encourages all students to extend their knowledge, experiences, gifts and talents”.
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” (William Butler Yeats)