The Trapeze – Hanging on for Dear Life during Transition
HVGS students learn life's most valuable lessons through transition and change.
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HVGS students learn life's most valuable lessons through transition and change.
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Recently I have been engaged in conversations about attention and dialogue: how to be actively present and engaged in conversation and avoid the allure of social media, which is…
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Last week parents and guardians of students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 received their child’s NAPLAN results. NAPLAN testing provides schools with an invaluable data point in terms…
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This week we had our first cohort of staff certified as Cognitive Coaches through Thinking Collaborative. This has involved an intense 8 days of training over 18 months as…
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Over the last two weeks, I experienced quite polarizing conversations with parents. The desires and concerns of these parents appeared opposing as on the surface both sets of parents wanted…
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On 25th April I was privileged to be able to attend the Dawn Anzac Service in East Maitland. The silence of the early dawn provides a wonderful moment of reflection…
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“Be restless; be curious”. These were the words of advice from Tricia Martin, one of our Alumni, who spoke at HVGS’ annual International Women’s Day Breakfast. It was in response…
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My blogpost this week is a speech I gave to students at the Welcome Back Assembly on 7th February. It was so wonderful to have ELC to Year 12 students…
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