From the PDHPE classroom to history, science and beyond, teachers at Queenwood School are working to raise the bar in discipline-specific writing skills – and an instructional framework is paving the way.
Year 7 are feeling quite at home, thanks to a fun-filled night spent in cubby houses in the Astra Theatre.
We are presently grappling with some unsettling phenomena. One of these is the rejection of expertise.
As every Queenwood family knows, we mark today the School’s 92nd birthday, and this beautiful tradition brightens up the day of hundreds of people.
Since 2006 Queenwood has been supporting the Cambodia Schools Project.
The education sector is prone to fads. A great example is the theory of learning styles.
We consistently emphasise to all the girls (not just the ones ‘chosen’) that girls become leaders not by being presented with badges but inspiring others to get involved.
The Kingdom of Bhutan famously developed a Gross National Happiness Index designed to measure the happiness of its population.
The introduction of a minimum literacy and numeracy standard for the HSC has also caused some vigorous debate.
In principle it is hard to object to minimum standards for literacy and numeracy in the HSC.