The View

Friday, 29 Oct 2021

Hey Frog
I love frogs. I do everything I can to encourage frogs (and other wildlife) to thrive in my garden. On rainy nights, I am the crazy person outside with an umbrella and torch in an attempt to locate and identify my amphibious friends. I even have an app on my...
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Friday, 22 Oct 2021

Am I Active?
“I can do all things through Him who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13 Over the last 12 months I have seen a great increase in the number of people outside, being active. My local bush tracks around the Morisset Peninsula, the Gap (Great North Walk) and Avondale University tracks have...
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Friday, 15 Oct 2021

Back to School with Confidence
Many students are excited to return to school and will thrive as they return to classrooms. Some students, however, may be feeling anxious about the return, having enjoyed the comforts and flexibility of learning from home. Students may be worried they have fallen behind, anxious about friendship groups or concerned...
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Friday, 08 Oct 2021

If you can be anything, be kind.
Many years ago I remember sitting with a young student who had lashed out angrily at a classmate. The classmate was crying as they dealt with their wounds; bruises to his leg and his pride. The classmate had bravely shared their feelings and now I was attempting to negotiate a...
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Friday, 10 Sept 2021

Pathways
Yesterday I shut my laptop and used the last hours of sunlight to prune a hedge in my garden. This hedge runs along a fence line and my kelpie disappears behind it regularly. As I pruned back overgrown branches, I discovered a well-worn pathway that creates a circuit. Lewis follows...
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Friday, 20 Aug 2021

How’s Your Self-Talk?
Have you ever tried to brush your teeth with your non-dominant hand? Or tie your shoelace with a different method? Maybe your favourite seat was taken at your local park, church or café table and you had to sit somewhere else. When you had something interrupt your routine, how did...
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Friday, 13 Aug 2021

Great Expectations
As I drive into the school gates each morning I have expectations. I expect to see the school come alive as car parks fill. I expect to hear the happy hum of hundreds of students filling the campus as they tumble out of cars and spill from buses. I expect...
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Friday, 06 Aug 2021

Never Give Up
To be persistent is to never give up no matter what difficulty or opposition you may face. Across our campus we teach persistence in our wellbeing programs from Kindy through to Year 10. Our Primary School program is called ‘Bounce Back’ and to teach this value one of the books...
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Friday, 30 July 2021

Time Flies
Thank goodness for the Olympic Games. I am in no way dismissing the seriousness of the situation we are in as a nation with the current health crisis. However, I sure do appreciate having things to celebrate and something else to focus on right now. Our Australian representatives are doing...
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