Selwyn House School: Meet the Principal

Selwyn House School is the only South Island girls’ school offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) from Pre-school to Year 8. The IB offers high quality education that develops in our students an understanding that they can make a difference to their world, both locally and globally.     At the heart […]

Meet the Principal: Selwyn House School

At Selwyn House School, the critical skills of creativity, self-regulation, empathy, adaptability, innovation and collaboration are infused throughout the Selwyn House curriculum, culminating in a unique senior leadership programme that prepares all students for their future lives. Our students develop deep discipline knowledge across subjects and then use their ability to collaborate and innovate to […]

Meet the Principal 2019: Dr Lyn Bird of Selwyn House School

  In a world of accelerating change, it is important that girls develop an abundance mindset in order to leverage emerging tools to solve complex challenges. At Selwyn House School we provide all girls with the latest technological tools and the creative environment to collaboratively innovate and develop solutions. A key ingredient of a Selwyn […]

Dr Lyn Bird Principal of Selwyn House School

Meet the Principal 2018: Dr Lyn Bird of Selwyn House School

“One of my life long aims, as a principal, is to ensure all students are equipped with knowledge, skills and attitudes for their future lives and careers. To ensure students are equipped for their future, it is paramount that a personalised, future-focused curriculum which develops students as self-regulated learners is provided. Selwyn House School offers […]