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BreSCia houSe SChool:

the BeneFitS oF a BalanCeD aPProaCh

Brescia House School, an independent Catholic school for girls, is situated in the heart of Bryanston.

ffering Grades R to 12, Brescia For many of the girls, this time could have build a strong school spirit and lifelong
House School has a caring been very stressful. If their Wi-Fi connection friendships. The ongoing interactions
environment, where girls was not optimal, if they lost power due between past and present girls, and the
Oare respected and valued as to load-shedding, or if something went sense of community and sisterhood, attest
important individuals. As an Ursuline school, wrong at home, they may not have been to the adage of 'Once a Brescia girl, always
the girls and staff embrace the principles of able to attend an online lesson. Thankfully, a Brescia girl!'
gratitude, love and compassion. lessons were recorded in Teams, and girls
were able to access these later if they At the end of each year, a special assembly
The school has been recognised as a missed them for any reason. The school’s IT is held during which each matric girl is
Microsoft Showcase school since 2013 and Department even went so far as to provide presented with her alumna scarf. The girls
most of the Brescia House School teachers remote support for pupils, parents and are called up individually and the scarves
are currently recognised as Microsoft teachers during this time. They also set up are entwined around their shoulders. It
Innovative Educator Experts. a programme that enabled parents who is the school’s way of saying: ‘Brescia is
did not have devices for their daughters to wrapped around you. We will be with you
All of these years of training and innovation borrow these from the school. always.’
laid the foundation for the unexpected,
when schools across the country had By providing a holistic learning In this day and age, it is important to mix
to suddenly come to grips with remote environment, embracing modern tradition with innovation, but never allow
learning during the nationwide lockdown technology and encouraging a spirit of the one to overshadow the other. It is this
that began at the end of March this year. independence, Brescia House School balance that the school has achieved,
During this time, teachers and pupils alike ensures that the girls are service-oriented, combining the traditional, the ‘old school
developed their skills using Microsoft grounded in values and well-equipped for values’, with innovative and meaningful
applications. When the lockdown was a technology-orientated future. educational practice. This allows the girls
announced, it took less than 3 days to to become the best version of themselves,
move from integrating technology into The long-standing school traditions, such and leave school at the end of matric as
the classroom, to teaching and learning as carol services, drama productions confident young women with the skills
completely online. and inter-high events, continue to needed to be successful global citizens.

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