Queenwood News / Opinion

Spotlight On: International Day of the Girl Child

18 October 2024

On Friday 11 October, it was International Day of the Girl Child which was set up by the United Nations in 2011. The aims are to focus attention on the need to address the challenges girls face, and to promote girls’ empowerment and fulfilment of their human rights.

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Spotlight On: Standardised Testing

28 February 2020

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) was again in the press this week. A detailed review to be released on Tuesday will report that Australian primary school students have registered a slow but statistically significant improvement since it was introduced in 2008.

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Spotlight On: Reading

21 February 2020

A key literacy strategy for 2020 began in Week 1 this term with our daily timetabled sustained silent reading program, ‘Just Read’. With all year groups from Kindergarten to Year 11 taking part in ‘Just Read’, some of our students will be reading a book of their own choosing, on a daily basis, for the first time in a long while.

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Spotlight On: TikTok

14 February 2020

Social media, when used effectively, is an unprecedented tool to foster creativity, deep conversation and meaningful connections. It can also be an escape, a commodity, a marketing tool, a vehicle for 15 minutes of fame, a way to receive the latest news or a simply a distraction.

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Spotlight On: The Value of Routines

7 February 2020

Routines help foster independence and confidence. Rather than constantly being told what to do, routines can return responsibility to children so that they can show initiative and feel empowered.

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Spotlight On: Just Read

22 November 2019

The faint glow of an iPad backlight has merely replaced the faint glow of a torch under the sheets as my night-time routine for a lifetime. Books are a gift. The joy of reading opens your eyes to experiences you will never have or sheds new light onto ones you have had. This gift of a lifetime is one we aim to support through our Just Read program in 2020.

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Spotlight on: Theory of Knowledge

15 November 2019

‘There’s so much information out there, I just don’t know what to believe’.

Over the last few decades, we have created and consumed increasing amounts of knowledge. Libraries stored vast quantities of books and journals, radio and television transmitted events from around the world into our front rooms and most recently the Internet put all of that and more into our pockets. We now have access to literally everything. But what exactly is this knowledge?

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Spotlight On: Perspective Beyond Queenwood at Macleay Vocational College

8 November 2019

We realised that privilege is not about what you have, it is about what you don’t have to think about, and this trip (to MVC) put this perfectly into perspective. It is easy to get worked up about the little things and forget to reflect on how fortunate we are to live where we do and be able to focus on school and friendships rather than how we are going to find a meal that day.

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Spotlight On: The Role of a Year Coordinator

1 November 2019

As a progressive school from the start, Queenwood has always given a student’s wellbeing priority. In the Junior School, the girls have one class teacher who gets to know that girl and her family well, and can quickly respond to the needs of the girl as necessary. However, as girls enter high school, they enter a different environment where they have multiple teachers each day.

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Spotlight On: Geography

25 October 2019

If you could only study one subject what would it be? Surely a serious consideration would have to be Geography. When discussing with parents what their daughters will be studying through their years in Geography at Queenwood, they are frequently surprised that we won’t be learning the capital cities of some of the 195 countries or learning to read maps most lessons! Instead, Geography plays a crucial role in understanding our world.

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Spotlight On: Learning Indigenous Cultures

18 October 2019

Over a decade ago, the teaching of Indigenous histories and cultures was identified as a priority in the Australian Curriculum, to allow students ‘to engage in reconciliation, respect and recognition of the world’s oldest continuous living cultures’ (Melbourne Declaration). My concern has always been about the implementation of that priority when teachers themselves have not been taught, either in their schooling or university training, which means that even well-meaning attempts to teach such culture and history can easily end up being superficial, misleading or even unintentionally disrespectful.

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