In the Christmas Holidays I took my sons to Canberra to watch the Australian women’s cricket team play the English womens side. While we were in Canberra, on a friend’s recommendation, we went to an all you can eat buffet.…
I love this time of the year! A new school year has started and the Year 7 students are all excited to be beginning the next chapter of their lives. The first day of school brings nerves and excitement, however…
This week at PCS has been one of the highlights of the year already! These newsletter articles give us a chance to connect with our school community and offer small insights into who we are and the day to day…
Everyday I feel privileged to work at PCS. I get to work with great colleagues, with great students within a great school. As part of the Executive team, I am involved in forward planning and decision making, and as Stage…
This week we are celebrating the beginning of our HSC exams. I use that word celebrating purposefully as it is a celebration of much hard work put in by our students and teachers. It may not feel like a celebration…
As I sit to write this newsletter article, I am looking over the Ag Plot at PCS and thinking about where we have come from and the progress that has been made in my time here. When I started at…
The great thing about working as a part of a team is seeing what each person adds to the group and the value that they provide to the big picture. I am blessed to work in a wonderful team of…
The past couple of weeks have just been fantastic if you’re a fan of the Olympics! But even if you’re not, I can’t imagine how anyone couldn’t be impressed by the skill, dedication and sportsmanship that’s been on display. There’s…
For the last two weeks in Chapel we have been exploring how kids view themselves, how they build confidence and how they are affected by others. I have been lucky enough to work with two fantastic groups of students from…
There is a wonderful story of integrity found in the Bible in Daniel Chapter 3. It’s a classic Sunday School lesson and one that amazes people the first time they hear it and the 300th time they hear it because…
This week I have been on a trip down memory lane. Unfortunately, I lost a long-time family friend this week and I have spent some time with my family reminiscing about the ‘good-old-days’. When I was at Mum and Dad’s…
As a PE teacher I get to work alongside students and teach a variety of sports and activities. The variety of sports is quite diverse as are the rules that apply to each of them. When we mention rules, sometimes they…
