Enrichment & Extension
Education at The King’s School is designed to grow and develop our students to be Global Thought Leaders through a combined emphasis on Academic Excellence with Character Development in the context of Christian Community. Each of these three elements contribute to developing each student as a whole person, in their quality of mind, body and soul.
Consequently, while there is an extraordinary range of activities and opportunities for each and every student at King’s to choose their own unique educational adventure, each and every student will be shaped and moulded to be the very best version of themselves as a Kingsman.
The Enrichment and Extension Program at The King’s School is designed to not only extend and stretch students in their particular strengths, but to also encourage and develop those areas that may not be so strong. The purpose of this program’s unique approach is to ensure that students with diverse needs and abilities are developed as whole and balanced people, willing and able to give of themselves in service for others.
For intellectually gifted and talented students, this program is designed to ensure that they are not only people of a quality mind, but of body and soul also.
Each student is unique and so The King’s School program is designed to provide a tailored educational adventure that brings out students’ strengths while also developing any weaknesses.
Enjoy discovering the opportunities that await your child as you read through this handbook. While no handbook can do justice to the breadth and variety of opportunities provided at The King’s School, it does provide a good overview of how to understand and explore The King’s School Enrichment and Extension Program.
Tony George Headmaster, The
King’s School
Success for a Kingsman is not defined by the School or society, but by the boys themselves. Success is for each individual student to feel a sense of rigour, motivation, achievement and enjoyment from what they are learning by acknowledging their learning needs, strengths, interests and goals. The enrichment and extension opportunities we offer, endeavour to ensure the needs of all students are met.
As a non-selective school, it is essential for King’s to challenge boys, giving them opportunities so they may follow their passions. We believe in catering for high-potential learners, including gifted students. This may mean they need to be pushed beyond the general curriculum and be encouraged to work at a level matched with their abilities.
Therefore, all our students are provided an enriched learning environment both in and out of the classroom, but it is through our Extension Program that learners of a high potential are identified, supported and extended within a challenging, creative and nurturing environment across a variety of domains.
This is one aspect of a much broader educational experience offered to your son by The King’s School. We go beyond the traditional classroom setting for learning where we value experiences in the character and Christian community spaces to complement our academics.
Our focus is to provide students with opportunities across a variety of settings to develop necessary 21st Century competencies, such as critical and creative thinking, problem-solving and collaboration, along with The King’s School Values like integrity, humility and responsibility.
We encourage you to identify opportunities at The King’s School that can challenge you and contribute to a rich and holistic learning experience during your time here.
We believe that when a student is allowed time and support to follow his passion, the sky is the limit and he can share his successes with the world. We want to assist them on their journey to becoming a Global Thought Leader who will make an outstanding impact on the world, not only during their time at The King’s School but well beyond our gates after graduation.
Ms Kathryn Fraser MEd (Gifted) BSc BEd Head of Enrichment & Extension
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Success for a Kingsman is not defined by the School or society, but by the boys themselves.
Enrichment & Extension Model
ALL STUDENTS
Enrichment
Student Identification
No formal identification required / offered to all students who may or may not have a choice regarding participation
Academic Department Opportunities
Whole-School promotion of innovative educational strategies, critical and creative thinking skills, providing choice for personal interest projects, solving real world problems, excursions, guest speakers, exhibitions of student work
Co-Curricular Involvement
All students participate in a winter and summer sport from Year 7-12 and are involved in the Cadet Corps in Year 9-10, Bronze Duke of Edinburgh in Year 8. Also included: Choir, some Clubs, Chess, Junior and Senior Crusaders
MOST STUDENTS
Enrichment
Student Identification
Often based on student interest via self selection or selection based on specific criteria for each activity and may include auditions or selection on performance data
Academic Department Opportunities
C lass activities that extend beyond the core providing differentiated levels of content between streamed classes
Academic Enrichment
Opportunities
Some external camps and other opportunities on holidays/weekends for students are interested in attending
Co-Curricular Opportunities
Some Clubs, Chess, Study tours, Debating, Drama, Music ensembles; Wind Orchestra, Senior String Orchestra, Intermediate Stage Band, Sporting and Academic Tours
SOME STUDENTS Extension
Student Identification
Based on students’ demonstrated and sustained interests including teacher nomination, marks and academic achievement, other test data or auditions to select students
Academic Department Opportunities
Sequenced modifications throughout programs and assessment tasks that extend beyond the core and provide differentiated levels of content between streamed classes
Academic Extension Opportunities
Year 9 Extension English and History Community Project, GATSTA excursion days, UNSW and Olympiad Competitions, GERRIC Student Programs, The Future Project in Year 10
Co-Curricular Opportunities
Academic clubs, Da Vinci Decathlon, GATEway 8, World Scholars Cup, Philosothon, Ethics Olympiads, Model UN, School Musical and Drama Productions, Symphonic Band, Senior Stage Band, Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award, Cadet Corps in Year 11 and 12, Community Outreach Program, GPS Representative teams
FEW STUDENTS Extension
Student Identification
Based on any evidence or application supporting the student’s unusual and unmet needs beyond Level 2 including learning disabilities exceptional interest or outstanding performance or selection for representation in areas specifically related to the proposed service
Academic Department Opportunities
Students benefit from highly individualised services; such as accelerated Mathematics classes, Individual flexible progression plans – single subject acceleration and differentiated assessments
Academic ExtensionOpportunities
The Future Project in Year 11, NYSF, Olympiad Summer Camp, FerMUN, other external competitions/programs
Co-Curricular Opportunities
Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award, State and National Representative teams
“ In our Extension Program learners of a high potential are identified, supported and extended within a challenging, creative and nurturing environment.
Shown below is a differentiated model of the enrichment and extension opportunities across The King’s School. Through this model, we are able to identify students according to their strengths and provide appropriate learning opportunities at a variety of levels both in and out of the classroom.
ALL STUDENTS
Enrichment FOUNDATION LEVEL
MOST STUDENTS
Enrichment
LEVEL ONE
SOME STUDENTS
Extension
LEVEL TWO
FEW STUDENTS
Extension
LEVEL THREE
SOME STUDENTS
Extension
LEVEL TWO
MOST STUDENTS
Enrichment
LEVEL ONE
ALL STUDENTS
Enrichment FOUNDATION LEVEL
Adapted by Kathryn Fraser 2020 from Treffinger, Young, Nassab, Selby, & Wittig (2008) The Talent Development Planning Handbook: Designing Inclusive Gifted Programs Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press
Enrichment
The School aims to provide quality enrichment for students of all ability levels through varied and rigorous classroom and co-curricular experiences.
Academic Enrichment Options Within the Classroom
Within schools, enrichment aims to take the basic curriculum subjects and expand them, looking at them in more depth or from a different perspective. At King’s, our teachers do this in multiple ways; from the promotion of innovative educational strategies, critical and creative thinking skills and providing choice for personal interest projects. Opportunities for solving real-world problems, excursions, guest speakers and exhibitions of student work are all embedded within each Department’s classroom programs.
Enrichment Options Outside the Classroom
At The King’s School, we offer a wide variety of co-curricular options including Cadets, Sport, Clubs, Duke of Edinburgh, Music and Drama. It is through these opportunities that students with a healthy risk appetite embrace challenge and adventure, whilst nurturing humility and excellence.
The array of co-curricular programs exposes students to opportunities for them to be active and engaged with the School community outside the classroom. The experiences students encounter from participation and enjoyment enable them to further develop considerable skill and elite aspirations.
This student-centred approach, whereby each student takes personal responsibility for their chosen co-curricular activities, is one that aims to foster individual development and a growth-mindset under the framework of character development.
The link between co-curricular and curriculum pursuits is one that encourages this evolution, as well as engaging the student in a sense of belonging and community pride.
We also do this through clubs such as:
Agriculture
Book Chess
Computer Programming
Debating
Homework
Maker Space
Science
Industrial Technology
Visual Arts
Writers’
Music and Drama programs offer a wide array of bands, ensembles and choral programs along with the drama musicals and productions that aim to draw together the experience of curriculum music and drama with that of performance in the co-curricular sphere.
We also present many opportunities for students to challenge themselves through numerous local and overseas excursions and tours. These can be study, cultural or performance-based allowing students to apply their knowledge and skill base to a variety of experiences:
Sporting Tours
Academic Tours
Musical Festival tours
Duke of Edinburgh Expeditions
Language Exchange Programs
We encourage all students to challenge themselves at home and abroad through these activities.
“ The School aims to provide quality enrichment for students of all ability levels through varied and rigorous classroom and co-curricular experiences.
Extension
We recognise there are some students within our School community who require further programming options. This ensures the particular needs of our high-potential learners, including gifted students, are identified and supported.
Co-curricular Extension
The King’s School acknowledges all domains of potential: intellectual, creative, socialemotional and physical. Therefore we have processes for identifying high potential and giftedness for talent development to occur across these domains. We provide many opportunities for students to be extended across these areas through our vast co-curricular offerings. There are a myriad of representative teams available for all sports such as The Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS), State and National team selections. We also encourage students to follow passions if competing at an elite level outside of the School if we do not offer the sport, such as fencing and karate.
The Performing and Creative Arts also provide many opportunities for extension beyond what is offered at school through the inclusion of students attending external competitions, auditions and exhibitions both domestically and internationally.
Gifted Learners with a Disability
A unique aspect of The King’s School is the diversity of the student cohort, so we recognise the need to acknowledge individual differences. For twice exceptional learners, the Academic Extension Program, along with the Educational Support Services Department, caters for high-potential learners who may have identified physical, emotional or learning issues to minimise any impairments to their learning.
Academic Extension
All students benefit from enrichment, but for gifted and talented students, it can give them opportunities to explore areas of passion and use their imagination. The School’s Academic Extension Program aims to assist in the identification of students with intellectual gifts and to develop their talents through appropriate educational opportunities.
Identification tools that may be used by the School to identify giftedness and talents include:
• Academic Assessment Services Testing
• NAPLAN tests
• Independent psychologists’ reports
• External tests and competitions
• Teacher identification checklists
• Pre-testing on new topics
• Work samples
• Parent, peer and self nomination
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A unique aspect of The King’s School is the diversity of our student cohort, so we recognise the need to acknowledge individual differences.
Support
Gifted and highly-gifted students in particular can often be asynchronous in their development. This can mean aspects of their physical, intellectual and emotional growth are out of step with each other. This can be frustrating for the student, as well as for their parents and teachers. The School’s pastoral care network of Mentors, Year Coordinators, Housemasters and School Counsellors is used to monitor each student in the Academic Extension Program and assist him to reach his full potential.
Academic Extension Options Within the Classroom
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The King’s School is committed to providing teaching staff with professional learning to meet the needs of our high-potential learners. We aim to foster the links between the Gifted Education, Research, Resource and Information Centre (GERRIC) and the Gifted and Talented Secondary Teachers’ Association (GATSTA) forming professional learning partnerships to ensure active and ongoing training and engagement for staff.
Scholar Classes are structured in Years 7 to 10 to cater for the most able boys. Placement is performance-based and classes can undertake a variety of curriculum modifications to address the student’s specific learning needs, such as a differentiated curriculum, rigorous extension tasks, curriculum compacting and individualised programs.
A wide variety of extra-curricular activities adds to the richness of opportunity for talented boys at The King’s School.
In-class extension is staffed by subject specialists with relevant programs developed to meet the individual needs of students. Sometimes high-potential learners need advanced learning pathways and/or acceleration in order to work at a level commensurate with their ability. We have a variety of acceleration options that occur on a whole cohort basis such as in Mathematics or individually through a single subject. These cases are assessed individually and a decision arrived at after considering all aspects of a student’s wellbeing.
Academic Extension Options
Beyond the Classroom
A wide variety of co-curricular activities adds to the richness of opportunity for talented boys at The King’s School. This is vital for building a group identity in which students are supported by capable and hard-working peers who share their aspirations. Intellectual societies and extension groups exist in each year group from Year 7 to 12 including the Mary Burns Philosophical Society (Year 7), the Tom Barrett Society, Cartesian Club, Scipionic Circle and Twelve Club for senior students.
National inter-school and international academic and thinking competitions are offered, such as the da Vinci Decathlon, Philosothons, Model United Nations, UNSW
and Olympiad competitions. Through links with GATSTA, we participate at inter-school activity days providing access to eminent people within their fields addressing a wide variety of different themes. University courses are also encouraged, such as Macquarie University’s Critical Thinking course for Year 11 students as an extension of the School’s Stage 5 Philosophy program. We encourage students to follow independent pathways to connect their outside passions within their school learning. Through our Independent Learning Projects, we work with students and support them to follow their passions so they can share their successes with the world. The sky is the limit.
Profile Finn McDonald
Finn McDonald is a fine example of how a well-rounded King’s education can bring out the very best in students. Joining King’s in 2019 in Year 5 at the Preparatory School, Finn was quickly identified as a gifted student both inside the classroom and out.
From a young age, Finn had a keen interest in numbers and enjoyed the challenge of problem-solving. He recognises that this comes from both a natural ability as well as his home environment.
“From a very young age, my Mum and Grandma would give me real-life maths problems to solve. When it comes to Mathematics, I enjoy the process of problem-solving and I apply this to many other areas at school and at home. I love riddles, trivia games and challenges that require many steps to find a solution,” says Finn.
From Year 5, Finn was identified by his teachers as a high-performing mathematician well above his year level. Finn has participated in the Australian Intermediate Maths Olympiad (AIMO) since Year 6, an invitation-only program usually reserved for students in Years 7 to 10. He is also part of the accelerated Mathematics program, which provides talented mathematicians with a pathway from Year 7 to follow an advanced program, skipping over Year 7 Mathematics to Year 8 and completing the HSC Advanced course in Year 11. This allows students more time in Year 12 to focus on their Extension Mathematics courses.
Alongside the AIMO, Finn meets once or twice a week with the Maths Mentoring Program, where younger students meet with older students to work through high-level maths problems.
It is not just Mathematics where Finn excels, he is a member of the National Junior Science Olympiad Academy where he was accelerated across all four branches of the Stage 6 Science Curriculum.
“The Science Academy challenged me and pushed me out of my academic comfort zone. I am curious in nature, and I love learning about how things work, which is why I enjoy subjects like Chemistry and Physics,” says Finn.
A desire for challenge is something Finn takes with him through all his walks of life. As a talented breaststroke swimmer, Finn has a rigorous training schedule that he manages around his school commitments. He trains from 5.00 to 7.00am five days a week, as well as participating in AAGPS, state and national-level competitions representing both The King’s School and his local swimming club.
Finn is also a keen member of the King’s Debating team, competing at A Level since Year 7 in the ISDA and AAGPS Competitions where he has been part of multiple premiership winning AAGPS teams.
“Debating gives me the opportunity to not only develop my public speaking skills, but I also learn how to work in a team which are both important skills I will need in the future”.
Finn acknowledges that the balancing act of school and co-curricular commitments can still be a challenge, but through the support of his parents and teachers, along with the mentorship provided by older Kingsmen, he is learning to develop his time management skills.
“In the Kurrle House, we regularly engage in conversations with the older students who are coming to the end of their King’s experience. They give us advice about time management and how to make the most of the opportunities available to us”.
Finn recognises that leadership is inculcated deeply in the School, and he embraces both the opportunity to be a leader and to accept leadership from his peers.
“Becoming a Gowan Brae Monitor in Year 10 has been an amazing opportunity to support and guide the younger students, much like the older boys have done for me. Good leadership within the School makes King’s a better place,” says Finn.
Finn recognises that natural ability is one thing, but students need a supportive network at school and home as well as their own personal drive to be successful.
“As Mr George says, the King’s experience is not just about academics, it is about embracing all the opportunities that the School offers to develop people into compassionate leaders”.
Finn’s advice to students entering Senior School is to try as much as possible in Years 7 and 8, and don’t be fearful of failure – you never know what you might be good at!
“ As Mr George says, the King’s experience is not just about academics, it is about embracing all the opportunities that the School offers to develop people into compassionate leaders.
Music Enrichment Stream
Music is woven through the experience of every boy at King’s and all students study Music as part of the Year 7 Course offerings. They also have the wonderful opportunity to sing in The School’s Chapel services and hear musical performances in assemblies by School and visiting musicians.
In 2021, we trialled a unique experience. Selected Year 7 students had the opportunity to participate in the Music Enrichment Stream during the mandatory timetabled music lessons, providing boys with significant musical backgrounds, the opportunity to develop advanced musical skills. Head of Music, Sarah Feltham is excited about what this program will bring to the School “This program provides an exceptional opportunity for those boys who have dedicated their time to learning a musical instrument since primary school. Their skills, knowledge, and understanding of music, through performance, is already at a remarkable level. This program will bring likeminded boys together to sing, play and create music, providing them with an extraordinary chance to further their skills within the class timetable. Students will have access to a variety of experts from both The King’s School and other specialists who will visit the School and perform with the students throughout the year.
The intensive course will build upon boys’ existing musical experience and knowledge, extending students according to their own unique abilities. Taught in an orchestral and choral setting, with instruments ‘in hand’, the program will: encourage service to the community; champion solo and ensemble participation; and focus on the development of musical excellence in performance, composition, and musicology.
Students will perform as an orchestral group in daily lessons as well as experience a composition program developed by the late Richard Gill AO. Our boys will meet and work alongside some of our eminent Australian composers, learning their craft from experts. Guests include Professor Matthew Hindson, Dr Nicholas Vines, and Professor Michael Atherton.
The program aims to create a pathway to further enhance the capacity of the student musician and will enable and foster a culture of musical excellence with clearly defined pathways through to Stage 5 and Stage 6 Music at The King’s School.
Sarah is confident that the introduction of an Enrichment Stream not only provides the opportunity for our advanced musicians to succeed in senior courses, it also allows us the chance to introduce a more Contemporary Program into the Mandatory Stream. “The Contemporary Program will allow us to meet the diversity of our boys, and our mandatory students will see opportunity in advancing through to the Music 1 course, which caters for our potential rock, pop and jazz performers.”
2022 Bicentennial Music Scholar, Eukai Miao enjoyed being in this class. “Being a part of this class meant we were enlightened with both opportunities to play music and to compose our own. Seeing the other student compositions really inspired my own thoughts and ideas, and I learnt to play and analyse sample works written by my peers… I have a great interest in classical music and composition and I was able to strive to continue pursuing it in this course.”
The Big Questions
How can we know our lives have meaning/purpose? What is knowledge? Are human rights universal?
Am I real?
What is beauty?
These are just some of the big questions Year 9 and 10 Philosophy students enjoy tackling. The Philosophy elective was introduced to the School in 2019 and has proved very popular with students.
Philosophy provides students with a wealth of knowledge and a critical thinking capacity that is indispensable for success in one’s academic life at King’s.
Students have also found that the lessons are different, both in structure and content, which allows for more discussion and deep thinking.
The aim of Philosophy in Schools is to create a Community of Inquiry (COI) where collaborative inquiry-based teaching and learning transforms the way that students learn and the manner in which they relate to one another. Such a classroom fosters critical, creative and caring thinking by means of structured classes and small group discussions.
Along with philosophy in the classroom, there have been many opportunities for students to engage in philosophical inquiry in the co-curricular space.
Philosothons and Ethics Olympiads are inter-school competitions where boys can flex their critical thinking, questioning and reasoning skills against students from other schools.
In the Ethics Olympiad history, The King’s School is the most successful boys school with gold, silver and bronze placings providing invitations to international events.
The Year 7 and 8 Mary Burns
Philosophical Society, Year 9 and 10 Student Colloquium and Senior Academic Clubs offer unique opportunities for boys to be exposed to and value each other’s thinking whilst on campus. Both led by senior students who facilitate and model discussion and questioning techniques. Students participating in Mary Burns receive an introduction to the skills of
philosophical thinking and reasoning. The Student Colloquium and Senior Academic Clubs allow students to present to their peers and pose discussion questions.
There are a wide range of topics addressed throughout the year providing the opportunity to engage with likeminded individuals and discuss thought provoking questions
Academic Extension Clubs
Academic clubs have been a consistent feature at The King’s School since the 1950s. Over the decades, more clubs have been added to increase opportunities for boys. However, the premise has remained to provide a forum for talented and passionate boys to engage in deep, student led discussions with their peers across a variety of topics.
Mary Burns Philosophical Society
An intellectual society for approximately 12 invited students from Years 7-8 in which a wide range of topics will be considered within a philosophical inquiry model. The aim is to open up the minds of members, whilst enjoying the social nature of the group. Boys will be introduced to the skills of conducting discussions about philosophical and ethical concepts and attend events such as the Ethics Olympiad.
Year 9-10 Student Colloquium
The Student Colloquium attempts to foster leadership and an enriched mind through discussion and debate for approximately 12 invited students from Years 9 and 10. A keen interest in the world around them and the desire to actively participate in conversation, taking intellectual risks and challenging assumptions is imperative for members of this club.
Senior Academic Clubs
These clubs are only available for invited students in Years 11 and 12, with students expressing an interest in joining these clubs at the start of Year 10. A selection process then occurs in Term 4 of Year 10 based on academic results and effort ratings along with other character and leadership criteria and students are invited to attend the following year. There are always a mixture of Year 11 and 12 students and discussions are based on current issues, historical perspectives, philosophy or various topics of esoteric interest.
The Twelve Club founded by Mr TW Cuff in 1950 and named after the original twelve members. This is led by the Headmaster.
Scipionic Club founded by Mr RI West in 1968, with the name originating from a group of Roman intellectuals of the second century BC. This is led by the School Chaplain.
Cartesian Club founded in 1966 by Mr JW de B Persse and takes its name from the French mathematician and philosopher Rene Descartes. This is run by the Deputy Headmaster.
Tom Barrett Society founded in 1990 by Mr PJ Yeend and is named after Tom Barrett, a convict who arrived on the First Fleet in 1788. This is led by the Deputy Head (Character
Academic Extension Opportunities
There are a number of events throughout the year such as Individual Learning Projects, Model UN, da Vinci Decathlon, Ethics Olympiad and external competitions, events and camps to which students can be invited or where they apply throughout the year.
Individual Learning Projects
The Independent Learning Projects (ILP) is a way of facilitating students’ passions and interests outside of the classroom and school. It is designed for students who are performing well in their current studies and who are already spending time outside of school on endeavours that could potentially link to an academic area of study, external competition or could be used for an application to a competition or grant.
These programs are academically challenging and require students to work independently on their chosen project over a long period of time. As there is a limit to amount of facilitation that can be offered, entry into this project is based on student applications.
Da
Vinci Decathlon
The da Vinci Decathlon is an academic competition held at Knox Grammar School, where hundreds of teams from local and regional schools work collaboratively competing in tasks which focus on a particular theme. The da Vinci Decathlon celebrates students’ academic abilities with a challenging and stimulating competition featuring 10 activities throughout the day, in the spirit of an Olympic Decathlon.
The da Vinci Decathlon is open to high ability students from Years 7-11. The School enters one team of eight students per year group (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) into the competition.
Model United Nations
We invite UN Youth NSW to come and provide a day of learning along with facilitating an internal debate amongst 30 of our students. This provides exposure to the rules and nuances of the competition and from this day we select our representatives to attend the annual, two-day weekend competitions. This event is part of an International Rotary project to educate senior high school students (Years 9 - 12) on the United Nations organisation and its vital commitment to world peace, in addition to health, education and living standards around the world. The event provides an excellent forum for students to develop and practice their public speaking skills, whilst debating on topical world issues and researching and representing a particular country. We enter teams of three students Years 10-12 in these events.
GATEway 8
GATEway 8 is an academic competition held at Macarthur Anglican School where over 40 teams from local and regional schools work collaboratively, competing in tasks focusing on a particular theme. GATEway 8 offers a challenging and stimulating competition featuring 8 activities throughout the day, inspired by the Olympic Octathlon.
GATEway 8 is open to high ability students from Years 7-10. We enter one team of eight students per year group (7, 8, 9, 10) into the competition.
External Competitions/Events/Campsa
There are a number of competitions for students to be involved in throughout the year that are organised by the School.
Competitions such as ICAS, Science Olympiads, various Mathematics competitions including Olympiads, Informatics Olympiad, Geography Olympiad, National History Competition are all offered by the School. There are also a number of other competitions that we encourage students to pursue independently with a comprehensive list across a variety of domains made available to students.
Attendance of The King’s School students at a variety of external events and competitions on weekends and holidays is encouraged and supported. The School participates in The National Youth Science Forum, The Young Entrepreneurs Program, UN Youth State Camp, The National Invention Convention.
Ethics Olympiad
The Ethics Olympiad promotes respectful, creative and rigorous discussion of ethics among students within and across school communities. Students compete against other school teams to solve a difficult problem whilst impressing the judges with thoughtful analysis, reasoning, logic, and coherent communication of ideas. Students work in teams of five to compete in a series of three Ethics Olympiad rounds. The scoring criteria rewards clear, concise, and respectful discourse around interesting ethical cases.
Ethics Olympiad is open to high ability students from Years 7-12. We enter two junior and two senior teams of five students per grouping (Junior, 7-9 and Senior, 10-12) into the competition.
“Our focus is to provide students with opportunities across a variety of settings to develop necessary 21st Century competencies, such as critical and creative thinking, problem-solving and collaboration, along with The King’s School Values like integrity, humility and responsibility.