Daily Archives: August 5, 2022

Private schools under pressure as luxuries the first to go in tough times

The Age, 5 August 2022 The sudden closure of the Colmont School in Melbourne’s north sent an understandable shockwave through the devastated community. It would be genuinely heartbreaking for students and parents to so instantly be separated from peers and teachers with whom they had long-standing relationships. For the teachers, who try so hard in all locations…

Think About Your Behaviour

I’ll admit it.  Before I knew there was a better way, I said it to likely more than one student who I’d followed through with on the threat of a lunchtime detention.  What were these fateful words? They were “Now, you sit there and have a good hard think about your behaviour.” The problem starts…