Many of us will be inspired to aim high as we enjoy watching and cheering on our Olympic Athletes over the coming fortnight. Aiming high creates energy and focus. Having high expectations of ourselves means that we are striving to be the best we can...
Every week I am inspired by staff, students, parents and volunteers who aim high to make the most of their gifts and talents to make a difference for those around them in ways large and small. Gifts of teaching, coaching, learning, appreciating,...
Having an identity as a learner includes our ability to grow in our capacity to form, sustain and generate positive relationships. During Chapel this week our Year 6 students shared their thinking about the qualities they hoped for in their friends...
Over the weekend our robotics teams competed in the Roborave Australia World Championships that brought together teams from Poland, Mexico, Taiwan, China and the Philippines. Students competed in a range of competitions, including programming their...
How different would our thinking be if we came into every context as a learner and invited others to be learners? Imagine the potential if as we got out of bed, interacted with family, friends, peers, colleagues and community members, or arrived at...
Being learners together as staff, students and parents is a defining characteristic of the Pacific community. From the outset we have defined ourselves as a community of learners who through our mutual learning and understandings grow more richly as...
This week as part of NAIDOC week we are invited to learn, celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Artist Deb Belyea, describes her work of “Urapun Muy” (One Fire) as capturing...
Rest and engagement in recreational activities invites us to step out of the busyness of our lives and to reset. In the normal rhythms of life we can get caught up in the high energy dusty, whirly winds that spring up around us. When in the middle...
As the semester draws to a close, we reflect on the tremendous growth that has occurred as young people have engaged in academic thinking and learning, sport, and cultural activities and grown spiritually, socially and emotionally through engagement...
This week we have had the pleasure of listening to our Year 11 students present speeches themed ‘The Road Not Taken’. There was regular reference to Robert Frost’s poem, of the same title. Sometimes we can think about our life’s journey as a...