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Friday, 24 Mar 2017

FLARE
In 2017, we have started a new exciting enrichment program called FLARE. However, FLARE is not just a program, it is a way of thinking and, as such, is also...
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Thursday, 23 Mar 2017

​Poco Voce performs at Voices from the Trenches Festival
Last weekend our newest and youngest Choral Excellence Choir, Poco Voce, travelled to Brisbane to participate in the Voices from the Trenches Choral Festival. Six schools and three community ensembles...
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Thursday, 23 Mar 2017

Why are the Arts important for your child? Artistic vs Creative
I was reading a research article recently about the new “creative class” in America. This is a new economic segment of society (paralleled in Australia) which has arisen out of...
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Tuesday, 21 Mar 2017

LUMOS
3/4 LUMOS The year began with the excitement of settling into a new learning environment now known as, The Precinct. It provides us with space to pursue project based learning...
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Tuesday, 21 Mar 2017

From the Principal
At times in the last few months, people have asked me why there is so much change at the moment and why are we doing so much? This is really...
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Monday, 20 Mar 2017

NEW HORIZONS: Year 8 Reach New Heights
This term, the Year 8 New Horizons class have been busy at work building prototype bottle rockets. After refining their designs through the shaping and taping of fins it was...
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Monday, 20 Mar 2017

NEW HORIZONS: Hope and New Beginnings
New Horizons is an allegory for hope and new beginnings. The New Horizon's program is the embodiment hope as we journey towards a brighter future with our students. The 21st...
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Monday, 20 Mar 2017

Calling New Zealand
A small group of students in Year 5 participated in a Skype session with Elim Christian College in New Zealand with Miss Jorgenson. The students have been learning about the...
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Monday, 20 Mar 2017

Why are Teenagers so Emotional?
Why are many teenagers so emotional?Not only are many of us as adults divided over our nation’s politics right now, expressing volatile emotions, but our young people are navigating extreme...
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