Forming Habits for Life

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IN A D THIS ISSUE 01 fForming Habits for Life 02 Inspiring Entrepreneurship 03 Academic News 05 Sherborne Girls Voices 06 Community 07 Women of the Future 09 Boarding 13 The Arts 17 SG in the Summer 19 Adventure and Leadership 21 Sports Round-up

Front Cover: Artwork by Lotta Lindsay (U6) Photography below by Ella Thomas (U6)

There’s a well-known quotation from LP Hartley about the past being foreign to us, but the same could be said of the future. We don’t know what the world will be like in the coming decades. For those involved in education, that poses a particular challenge: how do we prepare our pupils for something that is, by definition, unknown?

At Sherborne Girls, we are committed to enabling our pupils, through the habits they form, to become women of the future: one of the pillars of our strategy and a source of constant motivation to me.

Preparing for the future means learning to live with uncertainty. It means forming habits and dispositions that equip you to thrive, regardless of the circumstances; living a full and meaningful life as part of a community, knowing whom you can lean on for support and how to help others through the inevitable peaks and troughs along the way. This approach is central to life at Sherborne Girls. Our busy full-boarding programme gives the pupils a rich variety of experiences so they can become the best possible version of themselves. They learn and mature alongside others, celebrating the diversity of our community and revelling in the achievements and accomplishments of all. We also create a safe environment in which mistakes can be learnt from, where we acknowledge our frailties and grow together.

Reading the stories in the pages that follow, I am reminded of the many ways our School forms women for the present and the future. Through engagement, stimulation and challenge in academics, adventure, sport, creative arts, community endeavours and the simple business of living alongside each other 24 hours a day, we prepare them for adult life. We may not be able to foresee the precise shape the future will take, but with the support of our whole community we do our best to ensure it is bright and full of hope.

Dr Ruth Sullivan

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