他們應該具備的第一項能力是選擇正確學校的能力。

　　要保持好奇心，保持創造力，保持獨立，保持交流。

　　——摘自3月13日Tim Pattison媒體采訪

　　媒體采訪時間：2021年3月13日媒體采訪地點：IEIC國際教育創新大會 · 春季峰會 · 上海站 新聞媒體中心媒體采訪嘉賓：Tim Pattison，常州威雅公學中學校長

　　▲現場媒體采訪

　　媒體記者：

　　Do you think it is better for Chinese children to attend international schools in China or go abroad directly?

　　您覺得的中國的孩子在國內讀國際化學校更好，還是直接出國更好?

　　Tim Pattison：

　　The benefits of staying in China shouldn't be overlooked. If you've got a child and they're not sure what they want to do. Staying in China will give them a chance to decide before you move them all that way away from home.

　　Staying in China will give them the chance to try a school like Wycombe Abbey School Changzhou where we have all the facilities that a school in the UK would have.

　　We're here in a familiar environment where they're closer to their family, where they've got friends, who have a similar experiences to them.

　　It could be right for your child. You should carefully consider staying in China at a school like Wycombe Abbey Changzhou before you think about going to England.

　　留在國內的好處是毋庸置疑的。如果你有一個孩子，他們暫時還不知道未來想做什么，那么留在國內可以給他們一個機會去發現自己真正想做的。

　　同時，孩子將有機會嘗試一所像常州威雅這樣的學校，威雅擁有和國際上學校一樣的所有設施。在這樣一個熟悉的環境里，孩子離家人、朋友更近，他們有相似的經歷。

　　這是有利于孩子的，在考慮出國之前，你可以慎重考慮留在國內學校。

       媒體記者：

　　What abilities do you think students who want to enter British private schools should have? 您覺得想進英國私立學校的學生，應該具備哪些能力?

　　Tim Pattison：

　　The first ability they should have is the ability to choose the right school. Now that might not sound important, but I see so many people who have made decisions based on league tables and not what's right for their child.

　　So have you seen that your child who's interests in arts has a fantastic art department at their school they going to? Have you seen that your child who really like sports is going to a school that has enough sports facilities? Have you seen that your child that really likes music has gone to a school where there's enough music and where music is part of the whole curriculum and part of the school in a really important way?

　　If you haven't made sure about those things, then you've missed the first skill. After that, obviously you have things that I imagine everybody would tell you, be curious, be creative, be independent, be communicative.

　　But if you can't communicate together as a family and with the schools you're seeing and visiting and thinking about what you really need for your child，you've missed the most important skill.

　　他們應該具備的第一項能力是選擇正確學校的能力。

　　這聽起來可能并不重要，但我看到很多人仍然根據學校排行榜再做決定，而不是根據什么對他們的孩子合適。如果你的孩子對藝術感興趣，你有沒有為他(她)選擇一所有很棒的藝術課程的學校?你有沒有注意到你的孩子真的很喜歡運動，并為他選擇一所擁有足夠體育設施的學校?你有沒有認識到你的孩子真的很喜歡音樂，他(她)有沒有去到一所把整個音樂課程作為學校非常重要的一部分并且有豐富音樂課程的學校，如果你沒有確定這些事情，那么你就沒有重視第一項技能。

　　其次就是我相信每個人都會告訴你的一些事情，要保持好奇心，保持創造力，保持獨立，保持交流。但是如果你們不能和家人一起交流，和你們參觀、考察的學校一起交流，并思考你的孩子真正需要什么，那你們就失去了較重要的技能。

       媒體記者：

　　Which ones need to be prepared in advance, and which ones need to be cultivated after entering school?

　　哪些需要在就讀前做準備，哪些又需要在入讀后不斷培養的呢?

　　Tim Pattison：

　　Any good schools should be able to cultivate abilities that child is motivated to achieve. Our school, we find ways and to motivate children through our boarding environment. At Wycombe Abbey School Changzhou, we do 7 days a week boarding like they do in the UK, like they do a broader in any boarding school. Any good school should be able to motivate your child to cultivate those abilities. The really important thing is choosing the school，that's right for your child. That's the first skill and that involves you as a parent communicating with your child, working with your child, working with the teachers, trying to persuade you to go to their school, to really find out if it's right for them.

　　So making that choice is the only thing that you can’t cultivate in advance because once you're there, you've already moved a child and that's a lot of difficulties and a lot of stress.

　　So make it easy for yourself and get the decision right at the start. Why don't you come and visit Wycombe Abbey Changzhou if you want to see what a good school should look like. Thank you.

　　任何一所好學校都應該能夠培養孩子們想要獲得的能力。就我們學校來說，我們通過學院式寄宿體系來培養和激勵孩子，我們每周7天寄宿，就像他們在國外的任何一所寄宿學校一樣，任何一所好學校都應該能夠激勵你的孩子并培養他們應該具備能力。真正重要的是選擇學校。這對你的孩子來說很重要，這也是較重要的技能。這涉及到你作為家長與孩子溝通、與孩子一起努力、與老師一起努力、去到孩子學校，從中真正了解這些是否合適孩子。

　　所以，選擇一所合適的學校是你要提前做的準備。因為一旦選擇了不適合孩子發展的學校，你會發現孩子和家長都會面臨很多的困難和壓力。

　　所以，讓自己放松下來，從做出正確的決定開始。如果你想看看一所好的學校應該是什么樣子，為什么不來常州威雅看看?謝謝。