Are test results the enemy of learning?
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...
Professional Learning at NBCS – Towards Shared Understanding and Improved Practice
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...
School and Home In Partnership
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...
Into the rhythms of school life
Recently I came across a lovely quote from the work of Frederick Beuchner. In it, he reminds us to pay attention, to our lives and all that is in them.
Safe, Secure and Able to Grow
Whenever a player in the World Cup walks onto the pitch, they do so in the colours and uniform of their national team. They are an individual, playing in a team, representing a nation. The one becomes part of the group, representing the whole. This is true for our students here at NBCS.