Friday, 10 Sep 2021

Pathways

Yesterday I shut my laptop and used the last hours of sunlight to prune a hedge in my garden. This hedge runs along a fence line and my kelpie disappears behind it regularly. As I pruned back overgrown branches, I discovered a well-worn pathway that creates a circuit. Lewis follows...

Friday, 20 Aug 2021

How’s Your Self-Talk?

Have you ever tried to brush your teeth with your non-dominant hand? Or tie your shoelace with a different method? Maybe your favourite seat was taken at your local park, church or café table and you had to sit somewhere else. When you had something interrupt your routine, how did...

Friday, 13 Aug 2021

Great Expectations

As I drive into the school gates each morning I have expectations. I expect to see the school come alive as car parks fill. I expect to hear the happy hum of hundreds of students filling the campus as they tumble out of cars and spill from buses. I expect...

Friday, 06 Aug 2021

Never Give Up

To be persistent is to never give up no matter what difficulty or opposition you may face. Across our campus we teach persistence in our wellbeing programs from Kindy through to Year 10. Our Primary School program is called ‘Bounce Back’ and to teach this value one of the books...

Friday, 30 Jul 2021

Time Flies

Thank goodness for the Olympic Games. I am in no way dismissing the seriousness of the situation we are in as a nation with the current health crisis. However, I sure do appreciate having things to celebrate and something else to focus on right now. Our Australian representatives are doing...

Friday, 23 Jul 2021

Dealing with Uncertainty

How quickly the landscape changes! We find ourselves back in a situation where new information and updated recommendations and restrictions are being released daily. It makes my brain spin and even alerts from my phone send a jolt through my body. What next? At school we are trying to plan...

Friday, 25 Jun 2021

It Takes Courage

On the recent Year 7 trip to Canberra I had the opportunity to ride the alpine slide. I examined the small sleds that slide at heart-racing speeds down the stainless-steel tracks, winding through the alpine landscape. As I assessed the situation, each breath of crisp air heightened my senses. Would...

Friday, 18 Jun 2021

Real Reading

Even before COVID-19, digital texts were becoming more commonplace in schools. Their adoption has been led by the desire to better support reluctant readers and those with special needs, such as dyslexia and impaired vision. Of course, digital technology can play an important role in supporting children to engage and learn, often...

Friday, 11 Jun 2021

Celebrating the Seasons

On a chilly morning, that feels like it was ushered in by winds delivered by Antarctica, you could be forgiven for being drawn to remember the warmer sun filled days that we were accustomed to just weeks ago. On days like these I think of the cycle of our seasons and the...

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