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It's not rocket science - Just Read!

7 August 2020

Every parent I know would like their child to be an avid reader. Who doesn’t want their child to have better vocabulary, comprehension, writing, general knowledge, conceptual ability and even, in the case of reading fiction, greater empathy and better interpersonal skills? But making that aspiration a reality is hard, and getting harder.

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Spotlight On: Gratitude

18 September 2020

The emerging theme of 2020 is, for me, gratitude. Here are four things for which I am grateful.

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Spotlight On: Why Children Draw

11 September 2020

I recently asked a group of small children to make a birthday card for their grandfather. I laid out crayons, markers, pencils, coloured paper, scissors and glue and reminded them that they needed to consider not what interested them, but what might interest ‘Papa’ and make him happy on his birthday.

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Spotlight On: The Class of 2020

4 September 2020

While there is talk all around us about finding ways to have graduations and ceremonies to mark Year 12, and while we are doing all that we can not only to do these things in a constrained environment while making sure that we do recognise the very special achievements of the Class of 2020, their individuality and their specialness, there is more to the story of what will always be a storied year.

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Spotlight On: Life Beyond Queenwood

28 August 2020

In the same way that an answer to the common question, “What do you do?” does not give a full picture of who a person really is, what our girls choose to study beyond Queenwood is not the whole picture of who they are becoming.

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Spotlight On: Why History Matters

21 August 2020

In truth, history is a discipline that has the human experience at its heart. It examines the very substance and art of living. It introduces us to bodies of knowledge and powerful ideas that shape people’s values and understandings of the world.

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Spotlight On: A New Teacher's Perspective

7 August 2020

As a girls’ school, we are able to build the needs, habits and preferences of girls into everything we do. For those like myself, who have been in the field for many years, it can be refreshing to hear the perspective and insights of colleagues who are new to Queenwood and new to teaching in a girls’ school, so Mrs Toohey took the opportunity for this newsletter to interview Mr Tanchevski, who joined us this year to teach Year 2. 

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Spotlight on: Stamina

31 July 2020

A few weeks ago, we were in a very different situation in NSW; yet as I write the virus is creeping closer. I am full of admiration for the management of this crisis so far by our medicos, public health experts and political leaders. Are they perfect? No. But in NSW we have been exceptionally well-served so far.

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Spotlight on: Looking to the Future

24 July 2020

As these strange and uncertain times continue, it is tempting to put deeper, long-term thinking on hold. After all, everyone is exhausted, there’s a crisis to manage and who knows what the next weeks and months have in store? There is, however, something restorative and energising about raising our eyes to the far horizon and we have been thinking hard about some of the lessons (so far!) of 2020.

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Return to School - COVID-19 Restrictions

14 July 2020

Any NSW resident who has visited Victoria in the last 14 days is required to self-isolate for 14 days once they return home. If your daughter has travelled to Victoria during the holiday break we ask that you keep her home for self-isolation and monitor her symptoms.

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Spotlight On: Why All Children Need School

19 June 2020

I have the clearest memory of watching my two-year-old son exploring the back garden. A very thin twig was poking out from the hedge. He picked up a rock about the size of my fist and slowly, with infinite care, he held the rock gently on the top of the trembling twig… and let go. The rock thumped to the ground, and my son learnt something about gravity and the relationship between the diameter and strength of a tree branch.

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