Measuring Academic Success – Types of Assessment
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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Parenting and Leading through Pausing and Listening
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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Tackling Racism – Inclusion Is Everyone’s Work
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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Working towards peace and a better world.
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
“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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Belonging, Inclusion and Allyship
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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Thinking Sustainably Across the Compass
Walking onto the HVGS you can’t help but feel connected to nature and feel a sense of openness and space. The dominant feature of our “green corridor” from the main…
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Embracing Change
The end of the academic year is a time of change for everyone. Students are transitioning to new year levels or school sections, staff are saying goodbye to classes and…
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The Value of Experiential Learning
Imagine this: you are 15 years old backstage at a theatre. You peer out through the stage curtains to see an audience of adults all enjoying a wonderful meal and…
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