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How to protect our children from inappropriate internet
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23 Jun, 2016
Thirty years ago, children were taught never to accept sweets from strangers, but the equivalent modern message, about staying safe online, doesn't seem to be getting through. For all its positives,...
Food for Thought
Queensland Training Awards: Well Done Lily!
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23 Jun, 2016
Year 12 student, Lily Brown is currently undertaking a Certificate III at the Caloundra RSL. She has been nominated as a finalist in the School Based Apprentice/Trainee of the Year category at the...
Secondary College
Kids Need to Tinker to Learn
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16 Jun, 2016
This term Yachts students in Years 2, 3, 4 and 5 have deeply engaged with project based learning. Our engineering teams were inspired “to tinker, to learn by doing and take agency for their learning...
Junior College
Year 2 Excursion
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16 Jun, 2016
On Friday 10 th June, Year 2 went on an excursion to support their learning in Science and History this term. To further enhance our understandings about water, we visited Baroon Pocket Dam. Ranger...
Junior College
Camp Buranga
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16 Jun, 2016
Camp Buranga was an experience of a lifetime. From the activities to the food, this camp was spectacular and it helped us gain more knowledge in our favourite subjects at school. There were six...
Junior College
Pacific Gardening Club
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09 Jun, 2016
Welcome to our first College gardening club article. Mrs Monica Naples, Mrs Colleen Beattie and I are running a lunchtime gardening club on Wednesdays. The plants are flourishing in our new ‘no dig’...
From the Head of Learning K-5
Six ways to support positive mental health in children
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09 Jun, 2016
Keeping children healthy and happy involves looking after their mental health as well as their physical health. Mental health is about having a healthy mind and body and influences how we feel about...
Food for Thought
Boat Shed Dinner
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09 Jun, 2016
Last week, our Year 12 Hospitality students took over the reins at popular Cotton Tree restaurant, The Boat Shed. The annual event was a sell-out with nearly 100 patrons dining over the course of the...
Secondary College
Brainy Breakfasts - How breakfast can improve performance
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02 Jun, 2016
Breakfast Science ‘Breakfast’ means just that: breaking the overnight fast. Eating breakfast restocks the energy stores that have been depleted overnight and fuels your body for the day. Going to...
From the Head of Learning K-5
Netball Grand Finals
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02 Jun, 2016
Congratulations to the PLC 2 netball team (coached by Ms Melissa Pietrala), who won their semi-final match this week to proceed through to the Sunshine Coast Schools Netball Grand Final! The girls...
Secondary Sport