As the year rapidly draws to a close many members of our community; students, parents and staff, will be leaving our school and Hong Kong over the next few weeks. I’d like to thank all of these families who are leaving us for choosing to be part of our wonderful school. I wish you all the very best of luck […Read more]
Often, we seek excitement in our lives as the hum drum of normal can be perceived as boring. However, this week it was been so nice to just have a normal, uneventful week at school. Please don’t get me wrong, we have been incredibly busy with many different school events. However, for many of us it has been so long […Read more]
One of the buzz phrases in leadership at the moment is ‘agile leadership’. Now, I have to admit to being slightly skeptical about this term previously, however, after the events of the past two weeks here in Hong Kong, I now fully understand and value the importance of agile leadership. I didn’t know if it was possible for a ’50-something’ […Read more]
This has certainly been a challenging and difficult week for all of us. There is no doubt that we are all experiencing significant stress as a result of recent events in Hong Kong. I would like to applaud our Year 12 students (and their families) who have been sitting their final exams recently, including this week. Every single student turned […Read more]
Do you live in an ideal world or the real world? If you were to believe everything you see on social media then the real world doesn’t exist. I found the following entertaining but particularly relevant article in the Sydney Morning Herald this week, which I thought was well worth sharing. We always need to remember that no child (or […Read more]
How beautiful is the weather at the moment? I know that we’ve all been anxiously waiting for the humidity and the temperature to drop. Now is the perfect time to get outdoors and explore the amazing hiking trails around Hong Kong. We are absolutely blessed in Hong Kong to have some of the best, most beautiful and easily accessible walking […Read more]
Across Australia today, World Teacher’s Day is being celebrated. Hopefully each of us can identify at least one teacher who we remember as having a significant impact on our lives. Three teachers stand out for me. Sister Eugene, who was my kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 teacher who taught me to read and inspired in me a lifelong love […Read more]
If you’ve been into school this week you may have noticed the teachers wearing “Let’s Talk” badges. What is this all about? October is Mental Health Awareness Month so, as a school committed to student wellbeing, we are promoting the idea of “Let’s Talk” about our concerns, fears, anxieties and how we are feeling, rather than keeping our negative feelings […Read more]
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