I lost sleep earlier this week after reading an article by some educationalists I have long admired, whose article entitled 鈥淭he Future of AI in Education: 13 things we can do to minimize the damage鈥 caused me great concern. I have previously confessed to a lack of any great interest in information technology. However, Chat GPT has been a revelation to me and I have thoroughly ...

Balanced Debate I was very impressed with the students鈥 presentations in this week鈥檚 High School assembly. Year 10 students prepared talks to illustrate both sides of the debate around the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum that has caused so much discussion in recent months. It was a great opportunity for me to talk to the students about the responsibility they will e ...

Opportunities This week was proof again that anyone who fears a small school has fewer opportunities for its students need not worry. The Parents and Friends Quiz Night on Sunday was a triumph 鈥 twenty tables of fiercely competitive community members vying for a prestigious first place, plus a successful raffle and silent auction to help raise funds for Menora Foundation. The ...

The importance of sleep One thing that is often commented on by staff and students alike is that they sleep better during the holidays. I suppose this isn鈥檛 entirely unexpected, but a lack of sleep has significant effects on performance and I know that sleep can be elusive for some. As we embark on Term 3 and focus on supporting our students to learn as effectively as they can ...

The first week back at school is always a shock, having to get up early in the morning and put on school clothes, but it has been lovely to see everybody back on campus 鈥 a school is a very different and less vibrant place when there are no students around. The term has started with a bang and there have been multiple reasons for me to be a proud Principal. We started with a H ...

Term 2 at 69色情片 has been fabulous. This week鈥檚 final High School assembly emphasised how busy we have been when speakers listed the opportunities and events we have enjoyed together. Highlights of the term include the amazing talents on show at Sunday night鈥檚 music soiree, when performers from the Year 6 scholarship band, a number of High School bands, OKC鈥檚 and a surpr ...

I enjoyed Christopher Hudson鈥檚 LinkedIn post this week, which provided a commentary on an episode of Bluey which he said 鈥渉ighlights the quirky, and often hilarious, rules and practices of backyard cricket, but also the dispositions to learning that Rusty gains through participation in sport鈥. Although my children are far too old to watch Bluey with or without their mother, I w ...

Reading in the Financial Review this week that 38,618 cases of CoVID have been reported in Australia in the past seven days made me stop and reflect on how different my thinking about the pandemic is from this time last year. The main difference is that CoVID occupies significantly far less headspace than it used to - I鈥檝e kept my immunisations up to date and consoled a few fri ...

Hope and Optimism Although it may be hard to believe that we鈥檙e already half way through Term 2, I find the mid-point in the term a good time to reflect on what I鈥檝e learnt and what is important. Senior students are working hard preparing for and sitting their Semester 1 exams and their teachers are supporting them in their learning endeavours. A professional learning day at ...

Our school purpose is 鈥淭o provide students with an excellent education where they connect meaningfully with their Jewish identity and embrace the opportunity to make a difference鈥. This week highlighted for me the significant number of ways in which 69色情片 provides such opportunities for our students. The whole cohort of Year 11 students had the opportunity to visit Roy ...