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Principals Pen Thursday, 03 Dec 2020

Leaping Out in Faith

At the start of the year when we announced that 2020 was the year to...

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Principals Pen Thursday, 19 Nov 2020

Mastery is a Mindset

After recommending it to you at Connect in January, I recently re-read Daniel Pink’s bestseller, Drive....

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Principals Pen Thursday, 05 Nov 2020

Education for our Youngest Generations:...

Mark McCrindle is a social researcher and influential thought leader. He and his team recently...

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Principals Pen Wednesday, 21 Oct 2020

Are our children’s job prospects...

A question I was often asked as a child is, ‘What do you want to...

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Principals Pen Wednesday, 07 Oct 2020

Jesus Overrides Negativity Bias and...

From minor annoyances to major disasters, our bias towards a specific episode can change over...

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Principals Pen Thursday, 10 Sept 2020

Environmental Sustainability

Did you know? We have a Sustainability Team populated by Year 6 students. The Sustainability...

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Principals Pen Friday, 28 Aug 2020

Sir Ken Robinson

I woke on Sunday morning to the unexpected news that Sir Ken Robinson had passed...

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Principals Pen Thursday, 13 Aug 2020

Praise

Can you recall the Connect parent session in January? We looked at Daniel Pink’s research* in relation...

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Principals Pen Thursday, 30 July 2020

The Relationship Between Emotions and...

It has long been acknowledged that intelligence and conscientiousness are vital factors in students’ academic...

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