Queensland independent schools are expected to welcome over 130,000 new and returning domestic students in 2021. Four new independent schools and three new campuses have also been approved to open [ … ]
Category: Relationships
Why building a healthy relationship with your child’s teacher is worth your time (and how to go about it)
At the start of every school year, most parents would admit to feeling nervous about meeting their child’s new teacher and working out the best way to ‘break the ice’. [ … ]
Talk time keys: one school’s simple strategy to enrich conversations at home
At St John’s Anglican College, a K-12 school at Forest Lake in Brisbane’s south-west, parents and teachers are considered “partners” in a child’s education journey. It’s a concept known in [ … ]
Parents as partners: one Queensland independent school’s transformative journey
At Alta-1 College Queensland – a special assistance school at Caboolture aiming to get disengaged teens back on track with their Year 11 and 12 studies – parents are being [ … ]
Amazing teachers who go the extra mile for our kids: TEACHX award nominees announced
John Paul College’s Alice Pan-Moreau is one of many independent school teachers to be shortlisted as a nominee in the prestigious 2020 TEACHX Awards. Mrs Pan-Moreau, an early years teacher [ … ]
Post-it notes of encouragement on test papers: one teacher’s winning formula for reducing exam stress
Queensland independent school mathematics teacher Nick Brooking has earned the praise of students and parents for his unique techniques to reduce students’ exam anxiety. Mr Brooking (pictured below) was already [ … ]
Harnessing parent power to boost students’ engagement with maths
The Queensland Independent Schools Parents Network was a key resource Maths teacher Tim Huppatz relied on when setting out to better understand the concept of ‘parent engagement’ and how it [ … ]
‘Green shoots’ emerging: educators and families share how COVID-19 has boosted the home-school relationship
The importance of schools engaging parents in their child’s education has been acknowledged in academic circles for more than 50 years. Now, thanks to the COVID-19 ‘home learning period’, parents [ … ]
Online parent-teacher interviews during COVID-19: a welcome change for many parents
Case Study: St Andrew’s Anglican College For St Andrew’s Anglican College, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of ideas and changes the 1,300-student school had been “tinkering away” with for [ … ]
Earning a family’s trust over time: one school’s long-term commitment to parent engagement
One of Australia’s largest and oldest girls’ boarding schools, Fairholme College, is well practiced in building rapport with their boarding families, who are often coming to them from far-flung country [ … ]