How Can Schools Prepare Students for Adulthood?
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London Private Schools leave the power in your child’s hands. It’s a good time for kids to truly become adults, and it also means that your child has the ability to handle themselves in a way that benefits them. They get to be more independent, confident and self-determined as a result. These are some key ways that schools can prepare students to be better equipped for adult life.
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Teaching students about life skills
Life skills are essential to any child’s development. It gives them a wider understanding of the world and how they can navigate more complex issues often reserved for adults, but it doesn’t mean they won’t ever encounter these issues. They can feel like mundane things, but they are actually very important for young adults to learn about before heading out into the world without school direction.
Examples of life skills include learning about taxes, how a mortgage works, and how to apply for their first job roles. They could be things that won’t become instantly apparent to children but they are essential.
Provide students with big opportunities
Schools have huge facilities and big projects underway all of the time across the academic year. Having opportunities for children to take on their own unique projects will give them all the power, and the potential to develop their skills in new areas.
An example could be having a newspaper being made about the school and the monthly highlights. Students could band together to help with charity work or other community involvement projects on their own accord. It helps to build an environment that makes children feel inclined to do these things naturally.
Prepare students for the outside world through school trips
School trips are hugely beneficial for a number of reasons. They teach students to effectively communicate, develop their problem solving skills and bring out a new sense of confidence. It’s a good way of testing a child’s particular skills as well. If your child is heading out on a trip to France, for example, they can test their speaking and reading skills on the go. It also means that they are having more instances where they can build their ability to handle themselves on their own.
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