The First Year
The beginning of a journey that inspires joy and empowers student to be brave and lifelong learners.
Month: May 2019
PADDLING TO SUCCESS
Marlena Ahrens (’09) is a passionate World Champion Kayaker and Physiotherapist.
Her passion for kayaking started in Year 9 at Strathcona. The appeal of being part of
a team competing in a five day race was the start of her paddling success.
Parent Seminar: Mindfulness
Mindfulness is being fully engaged and present in each moment of our lives.
The Cyber Safety Project Parent Event
Please join us as Trent Ray, Educator and Microsoft Learning Consultant and Sam Macaulay, Educator and Curriculum Specialist provide parents with the insights and important information about popular social networking and online gaming platforms for young people today.
Parent Seminar: Emotional Intelligence and Friendships
Friendships are complex interpersonal networks that are developed during early childhood and refined during the middle childhood and adolescent years.
Are you an owl, lion, peacock or dog?
When you think about your leadership style, do you see yourself as an owl, a lion, a peacock or a dog? Upon being asked this question, we, the handful of young female leaders attending the Leadership Forum, were confused to say the least.
Primary school VR a superb intro to STEM learning
“We see that the earlier that students start to see how to create things with technology the more empowered they are,”
A Tennessee Williams Spectacular
Come and see the remarkable Theatre Studies class perform two eloquent and compelling plays written by one of the luminaries of American theatre, Suddenly Last Summer and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Girls’ life-changing Tanzania trip
“We learnt the importance of quality education for young people in order to create a successful future and the hardships that those in a third world country face.”
Meet our Year 5 teachers
Year 5 is an intake year at Strathcona, a crucial year to extend and enrich learning as girls prepare for their transition into our Senior School.
