Increasingly independent tweens and teens still want their parents to take an active interest in what they are learning at school, despite popular assumptions to the contrary. And the best [ … ]
Category: Relationships
Overcoming distance and gaining trust: how one boarding school brought its remote parents closer
As one of Australia’s oldest independent schools, Ipswich Grammar School, established in 1863, has a proud history – and plenty of experience in building great relationships with its families. But [ … ]
Engaging parents reaps rewards for Hills International College
When Hills International College decided to overhaul the way it taught literacy in its Junior School, it recruited a very special group of people to help with the rollout. That group was the College’s Junior School parents. The teaching staff invited parents in from the very [ … ]
“Making that extra connection”: how this independent school is bringing parents closer to their children’s learning
At Cannon Hill Anglican College in Brisbane’s inner-east, parents have always been valued members of the school community. But a pilot program running in the Junior School’s Japanese language classrooms [ … ]
Term 2: a great time to strengthen partnerships between home and school
The start of the school year is always a whirlwind for children and families. New classrooms, classes, teachers and routines. By the time families draw breath, Term 1 is almost [ … ]
Consent: resources to guide you in conversations with your child
The issue of consent is dominating headlines. Below is a list of resources for parents looking for guidance about how to talk to their teenagers about consent. Parent TV This [ … ]
Schools are ‘places of human connection’: parents urged to become involved in school life in 2021
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]