Public speaking is considered one of the main fears for people around the world; it unnerves so many, including myself. When I see our students stepping up and taking it on, I just can’t help but applaud and be excited…
At university I majored in Education but also Anthropology. I thoroughly enjoyed investigating, learning about and discovering why different cultures and civilisations lived the way they did. Margaret Mead was a famous Anthropologist that was asked once what she thought…
When I was growing up, I remember my friends and I having different ways to connect with each other and show that we were ‘in the group.’ In my primary school years, it was all about the secret handshake: a confusing…
Animal documentaries are one of my favourite things to watch – seeing the intricate detailed abilities of diverse creatures, the life cycles and how animals harmoniously work together in their species, or with other species, to thrive in their environment is…
It is hard to believe that the end of the 2021 school year is less than two weeks away. When I think back to the swimming carnival at the beginning of the year with all the fun, laughter and competition…
Outside of teaching, one of my favourite hobbies is running. In the warmer months, I love to get out a few afternoons a week and run for a while. Some days I’ll run shorter 5-7km tracks and other days I’ll…
On Wednesday PCS became the headquarters for a multitude of heroes from Hollywood. It was a great dress up day with so much creativity and fun bursting out of the classrooms by our students and staff. It was hard to…
Would it surprise you if I told you that two weeks ago I spent several days travelling across America seeing the sights and learning different skills of stunt riding with a Wild West show? Last week I also ambled through…
The heart of every teacher is to keep quality education going no matter what medium of delivery. PCS has enjoyed four weeks of face to face learning this term and this week teachers effortlessly switched to At Home Learning within…
Watching the news lately can be very deflating. You can sometimes forget all the blessings that surround each of us every day. A research paper published by Harvard Health Publishing in 2011 (see citation below), investigated the effects of gratitude…
Last week Kindergarten hosted the Primary assembly, presenting a play, playing a number game, explaining what they have learnt in both Science and Geography and showing their art work in a parade. Watching each of the Kindergarten students speak into…
Phoenix is my small brown brumby from Mount Kosciuszko who is currently very round from eating too much grass. Over the last two years together we have been learning to ride, changing from wild brumby to being able to have…
