St Andrew’s Anglican College Over the past couple of days I have had the privilege of undertaking a number of individual interviews with our Year 10 students. The purpose of these interviews is to look at each student’s character profile, focus on their interests, strengths and passions, and then to link this in with the […]
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Santa’s Workshop!
Cannon Hill Anglican College Our recent Santa’s Workshop was a lovely, fun and innovative way to finish off Term 2, and brought big smiles to the faces of both Prep and Year 8 students, as well as the staff involved. This year, the Industrial Technology and Design Faculty (ITD) adopted the new ACARA National Curriculum […]
Men’s Health Week
The Southport School Last week at TSS, we celebrated Men’s Health Week. Around the world, this week aims to highlight the challenging and pertinent issues (both mental and physical) related to men’s health, as well as acknowledge the strengths and contributions that men bring to society. This year we chose to celebrate and promote the […]
Former Churchie Student Makes State of O...
Kalyn Ponga is a professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. The 20-year-old rising star has been selected for the Maroons to come off the bench in Sunday’s State of Origin II. In 2013, Ponga, then a scholarship holder with the Brisbane Broncos, moved to Brisbane. He […]
Character Toolkit for Teachers
On Monday morning, this amazing book, CHARACTER TOOLKIT FOR TEACHERS arrived on my desk at The Anglican Schools Commission at Church House in Brisbane. I am passionate about Character Education and have had the joy of visiting the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at Birmingham University in the UK. One of the students from […]
The finished beginning
Anglican Church Grammar School The longitudinal New Generation Learning Spaces (NGLS) project, in partnership with the University of Melbourne’s Learning Environments Applied Research Network (LEaRN), presents one of the first longitudinal empirical studies that evaluates the impact of secondary school learning spaces on teaching and learning. It addresses significant gaps in the literature around an […]
The Most Important Asset
St Paul’s School Towards the end of our child’s formal school education, many of us have changed our view of what education is all about. As exam time looms and decisions have to be made on the QTAC application form (Tertiary Admissions), the sole focus becomes results that can be measured. There is an adage […]
Wellbeing and Cyber Safety
Cannon Hill Anglican College At the recent Queensland Anglican Schools biennial conference, the topic of Wellbeing was widely canvassed. Within this broad area, Cyber Safety and the digital world received special attention. CHAC families will recall the compelling presentation given by Dr Michael Carr-Gregg at the College in February this year. Michael was also one […]
Kokoda 2018
St Andrew’s Anglican College This year, St Andrew’s entered an incredible 37 teams in this event, including thirteen 15km teams, eleven 30km teams and thirteen 48km teams, encompassing 137 Students, 32 staff members and 5 committed parents. Our St Andrew’s teams all competed brilliantly with many teams placing inside the top ten of their respective […]
Coomera Anglican College Students take o...
Coomera Anglican College Visiting the pyramids of Egypt before morning tea, Antarctica after lunch, and an excursion to Mars – learning at Coomera Anglican College has taken a 360-degree spin with the opening of our newest facility, The Pod. With the idea emerging in 2015 and construction completed in late January 2018, The Pod is […]