Concord College

國家
英國
學校類型
Co-education, 中學/高中 High School, 寄宿學校 Boarding School
提供課程
GCE A Level, GCSE

歡迎來到康科德學院,這是一所真正的國際寄宿和走讀學校,為來自約 40 個國家的 580 名學生提供服務。

該學院成立於 1949 年,自那時以來一直在教育來自世界各地的學生。它的創始人相信,與不同國籍的學生一起學習可以建立和平與理解,這是現代學校繼續提倡的。

我們佔地 73 英畝的校園坐落在美麗的英國鄉村,擁有美麗的綠地、體育和音樂設施、寄宿處以及教室和最先進的實驗室。
康科德致力於幫助我們的學生蓬勃發展並實現他們(相當大的)潛力。我們相信,要做到這一點,他們應該被包圍在一個適合他們發展的身體、情感和智力環境中。

康科德大學是一所高度學術化的機構:這裡的每個人都熱愛學習,致力於努力實現我們的抱負,並理解最重要的是,對他人的友善和理解至關重要。

我們共同創造的文化在我們所做的一切事情中都是卓越的。這包括我們的學術努力,但也延伸到豐富多樣的豐富活動計劃以及我們彼此之間的互動。

我們的課程既要求高又富有挑戰性,並有廣泛的超級課程支援。康科德大學為學生提供進入英國和全球頂尖大學所需的技能和資格,並為他們的生活做好準備,為他們周圍的人和世界帶來積極的影響。

課程

Form 3

Form 3 是 Concord 9 年級的名稱。

我們的課程培養學術學習所需的技能,同時讓學生接觸全球歷史、音樂和藝術的觀點。

Concord 中三學生學習數學、英語、科學(生物和物理)、地理、歷史、宗教研究、音樂、藝術和戲劇。他們也至少學習一門現代外語,所有人都學習西班牙語,大多數人也學習法語。如果需要 EAL 支持,少數學生會用歷史和第二門現代外語來取代額外的英語課程。

還有機會學習心理學、經濟學、電腦科學、德語和「未來領袖」。

GCSE

中四和中五是學生首次體驗外部考試資格的門戶。學生將建立技能和知識的學術基礎,為六年級進一步、更詳細的學習鋪平道路。

康科德大學這些年級的學生都學習數學、英語(英語語言和文學或英語作為附加語言 (EAL))、生物、物理和化學。那些未經審查但仍然很重要的教訓。

學生從一系列科目中選擇四個選項,包括藝術、天文學、電腦科學、戲劇、經濟學、法語、地理、德語、歷史、音樂、心理學、宗教研究、西班牙語和統計學。

大多數康科德學生都會獲得十個或更多的 GCSE 和 IGCSE 資格,因此課程內容多樣化且具有挑戰性。

在學習的同時,我們也鼓勵學生過著平衡的生活,並開始發展他們的課外興趣。這有助於他們探索和發展所謂的軟技能方面的優勢,例如適應力、團隊合作、同理心和領導力,這些技能越來越受到大學招募人員和雇主的重視。

在中四,學生可以申請監察員職位,這些職責要求​​他們表現出成熟度和團隊合作精神,並體現 Concord 的價值觀,為他人樹立榜樣。

在學生開始 GCSE 課程之前,中三學生有機會廣泛探索科目,教師可以靈活地鼓勵批判性思考和對不同觀點的理解。

所有中三學生還每週參加 PSHE 課程以及按時間表安排的體育和遊戲/戶外活動課程。

在學習的同時,我們也鼓勵學生過著平衡的生活,並開始發展他們的課外興趣。這有助於他們探索和發展所謂的軟技能方面的優勢,例如適應力、團隊合作、同理心和領導力,這些技能越來越受到大學招募人員和雇主的重視。

夏季學期,中三學生在我們美麗的場地上演戶外莎士比亞作品。

Sixth Form

我們的Sixth Form體驗是為了讓康科德的學生邁出邁向大學的第一步而設計的。學生遵循嚴格的學術時間表,為大學做準備,並逐漸提高獨立性。

在Sixth Form(12 年級和 13 年級),學生根據自己的熱情和優勢進行專業學習和選擇 A Level。他們不僅為 A Level 考試做準備,還為大學入學做準備。

Concord 的A Level 學生通常在AS Level 學習四門科目(大部分在12 年級末進行考試),並在13 年級繼續學習三到四門A Level 科目。化學、經濟、英語文學與語言、法語、進階數學、地理、歷史、數學、物理和西班牙語。

許多學生也完成了擴展專案資格 (EPQ):幾乎所有主題都受此支持,儘管基於專業音樂或戲劇的 EPQ 也是一種額外的可能性。

非英語母語人士繼續參加六年級的英語課程,並完成支持大學入學所需的英語資格。 發展超越功能和必要水平的英語技能可以幫助學生更好地表達自己並表達他們的熱情——這有助於他們在大學面試中取得成功。 

除了他們選擇的學術科目外,Sixth Form課程還包括 PSHE,這是一門必修課程,為健康生活提供重要信息,並幫助學生培養批判性思維和討論的技能。 

Sixth Form的學生都是導師小組的成員,來自同一學院、同一年級的 10-12 名學生每個工作日早上都會與他們的導師見面。

儘管Sixth Form學生沒有固定的體育課,但他們每週必須至少參加一次「運動準備」課程。參與體育活動對於健康和平衡的生活很重要,並有助於學生的心理健康。課程多種多樣,學生可以選擇他們想參加的活動。

Sixth Form學生在 6.1 中有自己的入門課程。夏季學期,考試結束後,他們都會花幾天時間去威爾斯參加戶外教育計畫。這培養了他們的團隊合作技能,並教導他們積極應對不熟悉的挑戰。

 

Welcome to Concord College, a truly international boarding and day school catering for 580 students from around 40 nations.

The college was founded in 1949 and has been educating students from around the world ever since. Its founders believed that learning together with students of different nationalities would build peace and understanding, something the modern school continues to promote.

Our 73 acre campus is set in beautiful English countryside, and encompasses beautiful green spaces, sports and music facilities and boarding houses as well as classrooms and state of the art laboratories.
Concord is dedicated to helping our students to flourish and achieve their (rather considerable) potential. We believe that to do this, they should be surrounded with a physical, emotional and intellectual environment that is ideal for their development.

Concord is a highly academic institution: everyone here shares a love of learning, a dedicated commitment to working hard to achieve our ambitions and an understanding that above everything, kindness and understanding towards others are paramount.

Together, the culture we create is one of excellence in all that we do. This includes our academic endeavours, but extends to a rich and varied programme of enrichment activities as well as to our interactions with each other.

Our curriculum is both demanding and challenging, supported by a wide-ranging super-curriculum. Concord gives its students the skills and qualifications required for access to top universities in the UK and globally, and prepares them for lives where they can make a positive difference to those and the world around them.

Curriculum

Form 3

Form 3 is Concord’s name for Year 9. Students have the opportunity to learn and explore a wide range of subjects spanning languages, mathematics, arts, humanities and sciences.

Our curriculum builds the skills required for academic study and at the same time gives students exposure to perspectives on global history, music and the arts.

Students in Form 3 at Concord study Mathematics, English, Sciences (Biological and Physical), Geography, History, Religious Studies, Music, Art and Drama. They also study at least one Modern Foreign Language, all study Spanish and most study French as well. A small number of students substitute History and a second Modern Foreign Language for additional lessons in English if EAL support is required.

There are also opportunities to study Psychology, Economics, Computer Science, German and “Future Leaders”.

GCSE years

Forms 4 and 5 are the gateway to students’ first experience of externally examined qualifications. Students will build an academic foundation of skills and knowledge that will pave the way for further, more detailed study in the Sixth Form.

Students in these year groups at Concord all study Mathematics, English (either as English Language and Literature or English as an Additional Language (EAL), Biology, Physics and Chemistry. They also choose four additional options. All students also attend Physical Education and PSHE lessons which are not examined but are nonetheless important.

Students choose four options from a menu of subjects which includes Art, Astronomy, Computer Science, Drama, Economics, French, Geography, German, History, Music, Psychology, Religious Studies, Spanish and Statistics.

The majority of Concord students take ten or more GCSE and IGCSE qualifications and therefore have a varied and challenging curriculum.

Alongside their studies, students are encouraged to lead balanced lives and to begin to develop their extra-curricular interests. This helps them to explore and develop their strengths in the so-called softer skills such as resilience, teamwork, empathy and leadership which are increasingly prized by university recruiters and employers alike.

In Form 4, students are able to apply for positions as Monitors, roles of responsibility which require them to demonstrate maturity and teamwork as well as embodying Concord’s values as role models for others.

Coming before students embark on their GCSE courses, Form 3 students have the opportunity to explore subjects widely and teachers have the flexibility to encourage critical thinking and the understanding of different perspectives.

All Form 3 students also have weekly PSHE lessons and timetabled PE and Games/ Outdoor activity lessons.

Alongside their studies, students are encouraged to lead balanced lives and to begin to develop their extra-curricular interests. This helps them to explore and develop their strengths in the so-called softer skills such as resilience, teamwork, empathy and leadership which are increasingly prized by university recruiters and employers alike.

In the summer term, Form 3 students act and perform in an outdoor Shakespeare production, which takes place in our beautiful grounds.

Sixth Form

Our Sixth Form experience is structured so that students at Concord take their first steps towards university. Students follow a rigorous academic timetable with university preparation woven through it, and gradually increasing levels of independence.

In the Sixth Form (Years 12 and 13), students specialise and choose A Levels according to their passions and strengths. They prepare not only for the A Level exams but also for university entrance.

Concord’s A Level students usually study four subjects at AS Level (most are examined at the end of Year 12) and continue with three or four at A Level in Year 13. A range of subjects is available to choose from including Art, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English Literature & Language, French, Further Mathematics, Geography, History, Mathematics, Physics and Spanish.

A number of students also complete the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ): almost any topic is supported for this, though specialist Music or Drama-based EPQs are an additional possibility.

Non-native English speakers continue with English lessons in the Sixth Form and complete the English qualifications necessary to support university entry.  Developing English skills beyond the functional and necessary level helps students to better express themselves and to articulate their passions – something that helps them to succeed in interviews for university. 

Alongside their chosen academic subjects the Sixth Form curriculum includes PSHE, a compulsory course that provides important information for living healthily and which also helps students to develop skills in critical thinking and discussion. 

Sixth Form students are all members of a tutor group, where 10-12 students from the same House and year meet with their tutor each weekday morning.

Although Sixth Form students do not have timetabled PE lessons, they must all attend at least one “Sports Prep” session each week. Engaging in physical activity is important for a healthy and balanced life and helps students’ mental health. Sessions are varied and students can choose the activities they wish to participate in.

Sixth Form students have their own induction programme in 6.1. In the summer term, at the end of their exams, they all spend a few days undertaking an outdoor education programme in Wales. This builds their team working skills and teaches them to approach unfamiliar challenges positively.