09 August 2018
It was one of those unusual days that occur from time to time. The SBS TV called the School and asked to interview me for the evening news broadcast about NAPLAN online and the current delays in re...
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03 May 2018
The recommendations of Gonski 2.0 are welcome. They strike at the essential challenges that prevent stronger learning outcomes for all Australian children. These challenges include but are not limi...
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23 March 2018
I have been reading Pasi Sahlberg’s “Finnish Lessons 2.0 “ (updated in 2015 from the first edition of 2011). In this book, Sahlberg (who is now a visiting Professor at the University of NSW) argues...
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02 March 2018
The Report card on Australian Children and Youth was released this week and it revealed a mixed bag of results, including an increase of high or very high psychological stress levels amongst Austra...
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16 January 2018
I hope you are enjoying a wonderful January break. There are still a few days left. Enjoy them! It is almost impossible to avoid the “Back to School” TV advertisements carefully placed during endl...
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07 December 2017
This is my final blog greeting of the year. I want to thank everyone who has taken the time to re...
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02 November 2017
Amidst the busy events of fourth term, our Middle School and Year 10 students will be sitting the...
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18 October 2017
I asked Philip Mundy, Head of History at Barker College, to offer some comments on the current de...
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13 October 2017
“The modern world does not reward you for what you know, but for what you can do with what you kn...
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21 September 2017
“There is a time in life when you expect the world to be always full of new things. And then come...
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09 September 2017
Amongst the many debates presently swirling around the marketplace of ideas in education is the r...
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14 August 2017
The author, Jean Twenge, argues that the world of our children and adolescents is dramatically an...
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04 August 2017
We place a high value on Outdoor Education, and on the opportunities that a carefully planned and...
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21 July 2017
During the break, I was able to travel to the South Coast for a week, enjoying the magnificent se...
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26 June 2017
We need to take the little moments in our lives as special gifts not to be wasted. The end of sem...
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09 June 2017
How do we take the countless good things that are happening and make those (small) adjustments to...
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02 June 2017
Our own Darkinjung Barker project allows us, in a small way, to create a new space – one where we...
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24 May 2017
If it is possible to imagine the future, it will make planning a great deal easier. Where are thi...
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19 May 2017
The mental health and wellbeing of our students does not occur in a vacuum. Barker students are s...
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10 March 2017
As the apostle Paul wrote to the Christian community in Philippi, “Do not be anxious about anythi...
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24 February 2017
Over the past few years, we have been steadily developing our strategies to ensure that the Schoo...
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10 February 2017
As we build the momentum in our schools in a new academic year, for the sake of all teachers and ...
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11 January 2017
Some thoughts offered to students as they commence the new year.
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