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Tuesday, 19 Jun 2018
Meet our staff: The Vogel Brothers
Big hearts for little people Only 14 months apart in age, it’s a bit of a novelty to have the sporty, musical, creative brothers Ryan and Casey Vogel teaching at...
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Tuesday, 19 Jun 2018
Meet our Staff: Brenton Hobson
Not all those who wander are lost When Brenton Hobson was only about six years old, he went on a day hike with his father and uncle deep into Springbrook...
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Thursday, 14 Jun 2018
The Story of the BAC Bell
Friday November 17, 2017, 9am. Light filtered through the feathery leaves of a Poinciana tree, dappling the old restored school bell silver and grey. It was ready for the brand...
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Wednesday, 13 Jun 2018
How to help kids cope with friendship conflict
The Year 4 girls love a game of handball at lunchtimes. They’ve put a strict system of rules in place, but on Friday ‘Elise’ was King and had returned a...
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Monday, 11 Jun 2018
CHARTING COURSE: stand up and be counted
Picture a single, conspicuous figure, standing out from the masses. A lone individual who goes against the flow. This person is making a public statement about their convictions. They’ve decided to...
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Monday, 11 Jun 2018
CHARTING COURSE: gradually, then suddenly
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually, then suddenly.” These lines from Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises, reveal a lot about the human...
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Monday, 11 Jun 2018
Practical tips to get your child into the right frame of mind for school
Oh, bliss! It's the week before school and our brains are tap dancing with a mixture of trepidation and joy at the thought of getting back into the school routine. ...
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Monday, 11 Jun 2018
CHARTING COURSE: ask the right questions
When our children are in their first years of school, we have conversations with them that sound a bit like this: Parent: What did you learn today, Junior? Junior: I found out...
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Monday, 11 Jun 2018
CHARTING COURSE: there is more in you than you think!
Kurt Hahn led a remarkable life as educator and shaper of modern educational philosophy. During the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party in the early 1930s, he was principal...
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