St Paul’s School Award-winning journalist, author and commentator Madonna King has interviewed over five-hundred girls and many fathers, as well as leading psychologists, school principals, CEOs, police, guidance counsellors and neuroscientists, to get the answers all mothers, fathers and daughters need to know in her book: Fathers and Daughters. She has written the below article for […]
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A promise worth keeping
On Thursday 4 October 2018, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) pledged $1.75 billion for early education and universal access to two years of quality preschool education if elected the next government of Australia. Read the full post here at the Community Early Learning Australia blog.
Research shows there are benefits from g...
New post on The Spoke – Early Childhood Australia’s Blog http://thespoke.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/research-shows-benefits-getting-three-year-olds-preschool/
Sisters win Australia’s top science awar
Sisters Emily (Year 11) and Ella (Year 8) Woods have won the 2018 University of Sydney Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize for secondary students for their short film “Gas Busters”, about lactose intolerance. Their prize was awarded at an August gala black-tie event in where the girls had the opportunity meet some of Australia’s leading […]
Finding treasure in the Prep School
Anglican Church Grammar School The Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book Week theme this year was ‘find your treasure’, opening the doors to books about a wide range of themes and what it means for each student to find his or her own treasure. On Friday 24 August, Churchie’s Reception to Year 2 students welcomed girls from […]
Celebrating cultural diversity in the bo...
St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School In the second week of this term, the Boarding House held its second annual ‘See my difference, See my worth’ festival to celebrate the boarding community’s vibrant cultural diversity. The two-day event featured a program of rich experiences celebrating the uniqueness of every one of our 170 boarders who hail […]
What the new Senior School system means ...
St Andrew’s Anglican College The most significant change in Senior Secondary education in Queensland for almost 40 years will be enacted from January 2019! Here are some key points to note about this revised Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) system: 1. Current Year 10 students (2018) will be the first cohort in Queensland to progress […]
Habits of the Heart
The Glennie School This semester we are beginning a series in Junior, Middle and Senior Years Chapel services on the Habits of the Heart. The idea is to help us develop habits in our lives that nourish ourselves and others, helping us to grow in faith and service. To form good habits we need to intentionally […]
The Problem of Popularity
The Glennie School We all worry about friendships, play dates, birthday parties, who’s in and who’s out. Sometimes we worry more than our children do. We want them to be happy and enjoy having lots of friends. We are sad when they fall out with friends and anxious when they make a friend we are […]
St Paul’s School I hope that the students had a wonderful break over the winter holidays, and that those who were lucky enough to travel with their family, or go on one of the four School tours, had a wonderful time. My son was married on the first weekend of the holidays. It was […]