Part of our job, as teachers, is to share the wisdom of others and to add to it some of our own so that our students can know it and in turn add their own and are therefore well-equipped to make their way in the world. As we move into term and the routines that help...
A friend of mine is preparing a university graduation address. He has asked a number of us how we would answer the question, “What does success mean to you?” I responded with the following ideas that may not directly answer the question but head in its general...
We want our students to have as many opportunities for their future as possible, and success at school is one way to achieve this. Of course, we know that results are not the be all and the end all. The process and the outcome matter. The journey matters, as does the...
There are some people who, on principle, don’t like testing in schools. They think, somehow, that testing is the enemy of learning. And while it is true that plenty of learning takes place without testing, if we think of test results as evidence of learning, then we...
Each year at Northern Beaches Christian School, staff delve deep into the literature of education. In doing so, they seek to engage with key ideas and approaches in the field, and more importantly, ideas that translate into practical benefit to students and their...
Welcome to 2024 at Northern Beaches Christian School. At this time last year, I shared the words of Martin Luther King Jr, who wrote in 1947. “We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. The...
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