A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to head to Sydney and complete myCertificate III in Screen and Media. I did this as part of my training to be a fullyqualified Screen and Media teacher – you have…
Last week we got the great pleasure of taking our Year 8 class to see Anh Do The Happiest Refugee Live! Year 8 English has been studying this text for a few years now and it is one of my…
For all of you out there who are a certain age, you will remember the TV show MacGyver. He has gone down in Gen X folklore not only for having an amazing mullet, but for being the guy who can…
Parkes Christian School has been a lot of things to me over the years. It started out as a job in the school office covering Hayley Ballantyne as she was off on maternity leave around 15 years ago. It quickly…
There is something very refreshing about being a teacher. Some jobs just roll on from year to year, not really changing very much, but that is definitely not the case in teaching! Especially in High School. Every year we get…
I really enjoy the saying that “first impressions last,” but just as important – perhaps even more so – are the final impressions we leave behind. As our Year 12 students prepare to finish their schooling journey, the idea of…
Mrs Wynstra and the team have been very busy this year organising work experience for our Year 10 and Seniors. Our students have been more keen than ever to complete work experience and see what options are available post-school. This…
As a (kinda,sorta) Queenslander in NSW for Origin it is a great time. Win or lose the rivalry is awesome! The best games are not the ones where one team dominates, but the ones like just this week, with a…
Time is a funny thing. It is the main constant in our lives and in my opinion it actually underpins the fabric of our existence! Everything we do is tied to time. Everything we do takes a certain amount of…
‘No man is an island, entire of itself.’ This line comes from a short yet impactful poem by John Donne describing human connection. It is something I have said in Business Studies every year for the last 10 years and…
This week’s memory verse really struck a chord with me, and mainly because in our executive meeting, Glen challenged us to really think about what it means. It has been tossing around in my head for days now, and I…
I recently learned from one of my colleagues about the Swedish Death Clean. An unusual name but after some explanation a very known concept. I’m sure some of us asked inanimate objects if they brought us joy a few years…
