Term 4 exam season is just around the corner for our Year 12 students. Experts in learning and the teenage brain have lots of great advice for Year 12 parents [ … ]
Category: Schools
Trends: Increase in children studying via distance education in Queensland Independent schools
There are 12.4% more students studying at home through accredited distance education programs in Queensland independent schools than there were prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and 52% [ … ]
What Parents Want: a chance to have your say
What factors were important to you when deciding on a school for your child? Was it school reputation? Student wellbeing? The sense of community? Year 12 results? Independent Schools Queensland [ … ]
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 [ … ]
New ISQ CEO signals focus on expanding school choice to meet interstate migration demand
Creating more school choice for new and existing Queensland families is a key goal for Independent Schools Queensland’s new Chief Executive Officer Christopher Mountford. Mr Mountford said the latest 2021 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
New chief executive officer appointed to lead Independent Schools Queensland
The Chair of Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ), Karen Spiller OAM CF announced on 20 April that the ISQ Board has appointed Christopher Mountford as the incoming Chief Executive Officer (CEO) [ … ]
No school uniforms and a start time suited to teenage sleep patterns: welcome to the Brisbane school doing things differently
Behind the arresting seven-story mural in the inner-city suburb of Spring Hill in Brisbane, a small group of independent high school students are learning about their place in the world [ … ]
Complex challenges, trauma, disruption: the special assistance schools answering the call of parents
Queensland families desperately seeking an education lifeline for teenagers who have experienced complex challenges, trauma or education disruption are turning to a growing network of independent Special Assistance Schools. These [ … ]