May 19, 2022 | Academic Excellence, Character Development, Leadership, Parent-Teacher Partnership, Parenting, Parenting Boys, Parenting Girls, Teaching Boys, Teaching Girls, Technology, Teenagers, Wollemi College
Photo by Green Chameleon on Unsplash The final year of school is the most wonderful, exciting, and nerve-racking year of our young lives. Let’s look at how, as parents, we can best prepare them for that final exam. 1. Develop A Love of Reading With Them One of the...
Mar 31, 2022 | Character Development, Early Education, Leadership, Parenting, Parenting Boys, Parenting Girls, Redfield College, Teaching Boys, Teaching Girls, Wellbeing
Photo by Timothy Eberly on Unsplash 3 Reasons You Need To Be An Assertive Parent Assertiveness is about speaking up in a respectful and honest way. Being passive, especially as a parent, could leave you at risk of being taken advantage of or not being taken seriously...
Mar 10, 2022 | Character Development, Early Education, Innovative Teaching, Leadership, Parent-Teacher Partnership, Parenting, Parenting Boys, Parenting Girls, Teaching Boys, Teaching Girls
Photo by Arwan Sutanto on Unsplash Managing Meltdowns With Your Child Let’s face it, it’s obvious when a child is about to have an outburst. Tiredness, hunger and sleep deprivation are all triggers when it comes to an outburst. These signs are important to recognise...
Feb 3, 2022 | Character Development, Community Service, Innovative Teaching, Leadership, Parent-Teacher Partnership, Teaching Boys, Teaching Girls, Technology, Teenagers
Photo by Jason Goodman on Unsplash You would never send your child to a doctor knowing they had never consulted another doctor, right? So why would you send your child to a teacher who doesn’t consult other teachers? The idea behind professional Learning Communities...
Nov 25, 2021 | Academic Excellence, Character Development, Innovative Teaching, Leadership, Parent-Teacher Partnership, Parenting Boys, Parenting Girls, Redfield College, Teaching Boys, Teaching Girls, Teenagers
Photo by Jeswin Thomas on Unsplash Building rapport is the art of developing mutual trust, respect, and friendship with another person. For a teacher, there are several benefits of building rapport with your students in the classroom which translate to hard work,...
Nov 18, 2021 | Academic Excellence, Character Development, Innovative Teaching, Leadership, Parenting, Parenting Boys, Parenting Girls, Redfield College, Teaching Boys, Teaching Girls, Wellbeing
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Understand That Your Child Will Know What Makes You Happy Your child knows what makes you happy and wants to replicate it themselves. If your eyes light up when your spouse comes home, your children will see that this brings you...
