The View

Friday, 25 Aug 2023

Family Reading Time
Book Week – such an important week in our library’s yearly program! This week has seen me reminiscing about the importance of books in my life. I have many cherished childhood memories but one that really stands out in my mind is the part that books played during my childhood...
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Friday, 18 Aug 2023

Skills, skills and more skills...
With National Skills Week on the horizon for next week from August 21 - 27; Year 12 students finalising their last few weeks of school before heading off to further study and/or work and Year 10 students choosing their subjects and pathways for 2024, parents are asking what the most important...
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Friday, 11 Aug 2023

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
Emperor penguins live in a harsh environment. Living and breeding on the Antarctic Sea ice and coping with extremes of conditions, such as a bone chilling -50˚ C and winds of up to 200km/h, is challenging. Under harsh conditions how do they manage to produce the next generation? Well, the...
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Friday, 04 Aug 2023

Unanswered Prayers
Sometimes God answers prayers and sometimes He doesn’t, and I have always wondered why. The simpleness of my human brain can’t comprehend why a God so powerful only answers certain prayers. And while I still don’t have an answer, observing a herd of horses recently, helped me to somewhat come...
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Friday, 28 July 2023

Curiosity
One of the things I love about working with children is their curiosity. The questions they ask keep us on our toes! Nothing is off the table. They see the world through fresh eyes and are filled with wonder. Of course the barrage of questions from young children can be...
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Friday, 30 June 2023

Courageous Kids
We all aspire to raise brave young people. We want our kids to be resilient, to speak up for themselves, to have the strength to resist peer pressure and the confidence to try new things. But bravery is often portrayed through television and movies as huge heroic acts performed in...
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Friday, 23 June 2023

Service in Action
As we are nearing the end of yet another action-packed term, there remain some exciting events for Secondary students and teachers before we embark on this mid-year break. It's great to witness the excitement build as the Secondary students are getting ready to showcase their talents in the upcoming ‘High...
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Friday, 16 June 2023

Something New
As I mindlessly scrolled social media while waiting for my darling wife in the book store (where time doesn’t seem to exist for her), a video reel showing a ‘Cash for Change’ machine appeared. It showed people inserting their cash into the machine with the expectation to receive change of...
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Friday, 09 June 2023

The Whole Child
At this time of year, teachers are busy marking student work and assessing how they are performing against expected learning outcomes. Whilst academic achievement is one of the things that we strive for and measure as educators, it is only one part of the picture. We believe in the holistic...
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