Building Personal capacity through Outdoor Education

Building Personal capacity through Outdoor Education

Developing entrepreneurial skills in our students

Our College focus for 2024

Global Opportunities

Read, Grow and Inspire… and not just this week…

True North - Mission and Vision

Being an Upstander

It's good to remember that our young people model what they see and hear and it’s at these times of heightened emotion that the most impactful teaching opportunities occur.

The Future is Wide Open

Challenging Yourself

Reflections on ChatGPT

Over the past couple of weeks, there have been a multitude of news articles and opinion pieces written about ChatGPT and the impact this is going to have on us all.  I thought some simple reflections from me might be helpful based on what I’ve read, and discussed with colleagues both at St Andrews and across Australia.

Be curious and courageous

On around this day in 2003, St Andrew’s opened to the community. The stories from that first day and indeed the first couple of months of our College are still remembered and Steve Robson, Head of Sport and Nicola Britten, Teacher Aide - Learning Support, are our two remaining founding members of staff. Dr Sue Simon was the founding Principal, and serves on our College Council today. This year we also welcome Ms Ella Evans as our new Head of Commerce who was a foundation student on that very first day in January 2003!

Time to Think

In an era of instant gratification and incessant distraction, the notion of sticking at something, problem-solving, trying a few different ideas over an extended period of time is becoming a dying art.

Life Lessons Through Sport

As I step away from the energy that surrounds a final, I know that getting involved in sport is ultimately an opportunity for our students to learn about and build their personal capacity.

Planning for our Future

Toward the end of 2021 we undertook a review of our learning services across Primary and Secondary and one aspect of this was to refocus our attention away from withdrawing students from the classroom, to seeing our learning support teachers and aides working collaboratively with class teachers and students in their existing classes.

Should the Performing Arts be competitive?

Performing Arts and not just at the end of the year, but throughout the learning journey. We need to model a love for the Arts that sits outside the competitive nature and values it for what it is.

The importance of developing critical thinking

Within a family we often don’t think about the value of these conversations, because it’s not so much about the topic, rather about engaging developing brains in critical thinking, something we categorically need to embed in our children’s toolkit for life!