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- Written by St Catherine's School, Sydney NSW
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You might agonise over the co-ed versus single sex schools question endlessly. After all, the world is made up of men and women, girls and boys, and every shade in between in this age of gender fluidity. And let's not kid ourselves. The world is not a gender-equal co-ed playing field. How will she learn to navigate this if she is in an all-girls environment?
Well it might surprise you how strong the evidence is for choosing an all-girls' school.
Gender bias1 is still a real and pressing problem for women in the workforce and women in general. And it affects schools in equal measure. Freeing girls up from gender bias at a formative stage in their education has been proved to have significant influence on girls' confidence and self-esteem. Countless studies have shown that from around nine-years-old girls' confidence dips below boys which affects the choices they make at home, school and work.
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- Written by St Rose Catholic Primary School - Collaroy Plateau NSW
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St Rose has been ranked Number 1 Primary School on the Northern Beaches. CONGRATULATIONS to all our hard working teachers and Students.
https://privateschoolsguide.com/st-rose-catholic-primary-school-collaroy-plateau-nsw
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- Written by St Teresa's Catholic College, Noosaville QLD
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Each year in conjunction with Lexis English College, St Teresa’s students welcome a group of Japanese students from Otemon High School in Osaka and spend a day at school learning about each other’s country, culture and language. Students often end the day exchanging social media contacts with a promise to ‘stay in touch’.
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- Written by Ambrose Treacy College Indooroopilly Queensland
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Michael Senior, Ambrose Treacy College Principal, reflects on how fast time flies by and how to make more time for joy, rather than rushing from one task to another.
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- Written by St Catherine's School, Sydney NSW
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Explicit instruction (or direct instruction) is a teaching method whereby the teacher tells students what to do and shows them how to do it. The education researcher John Hattie notes: ‘The teacher decides the learning intentions and success criteria, makes them transparent to the students, demonstrates them by modeling, evaluates if they understand what they have been told by checking for understanding, and re-telling them what they have been told by tying it all together with closure’1. It contrasts with the constructivist (or discovery-based / enquiry-based) teaching method, whereby students construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world through experiential learning.
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- Written by MARYMOUNT COLLEGE BURLEIGH WATERS QLD
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They are the two Gold Coast inventions that could win a big youth Science prize – and save lives.
Since 1981 the BHP Billiton Science and Engineering Awards have been Australia's most prestigious school Science awards. They reward young people who have used technological innovation to design a new invention or who have undertaken practical research projects that demonstrate innovative approaches and thorough scientific procedures.
Students projects from across the country compete to become a national finalist in this elite competition. A total of 26 finalists have been selected from across Australia.
Marymount college students Lachlan Zidar and Jared Crowley are both 2018 finalists.
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- Written by Peace Lutheran College Cairns
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Peace Lutheran College's Peace Performing Arts Centre has showcased its very first recording artists with Year 8 student, Dean Brady singing "Hallelujah" and Year 9 student, Holly Cummings performing her original composition, "Jealousy". This state-of-the-art building boasts boutique performance space with the latest AV and lighting, recording studio, seven practice rooms and two customised music-teaching spaces. The performing arts centre is a wonderful addition to our College facilities and will be well utilised by our Arts students and their teachers.