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Continuous Learning at Strathcona
This is an exciting and challenging time for education, as we strive to support our students through unforeseeable events. As an independent school, we have been fortunate to have the freedom to start planning early and develop our approach to learning in this unique environment.
Tomorrow’s Leaders
Change is inevitable — but what kind of world do our next generation of young leaders want to live in, and how will they play a role in making it happen? The Progress Leader interviews our School Captain Kara.
Online tools to keep kids learning even in a statewide school shutdown
To manage student wellbeing, pastoral periods will run via Microsoft teams on Tuesday and Thursdays. The school said students are encouraged to adopt positive wellbeing strategies for the period of remote learning such as: be dressed in neat attire for all classes, set up their computer to do online class from a public space in the house, stay connected with friends online and through telephone at recess and lunchtimes, keep to a ‘school day’ routine while at home, maintain daily exercise, eat healthy meals and snack regularly. Teachers are also encouraged to maintain regular working hours, behaviour management and pastoral care as best as possible.
Lifelong learning key to the future
At the coalface of girls’ education, Strathcona Girls Grammar Head of Digital Learning and Innovation Michelle Dennis says the most important skills will be those that can’t be taught from a book. “A lot of future-proofing comes down to giving students the opportunity to encounter new experiences,” she says.
Focus on Creativity and Invention
In the Media: The Australian, March 7-8 2020 by Rosanne Barrett Strathcona Girls Grammar head of digital and innovation Michelle Dennis guides her pupils in a computer studies class Creativity and collaboration are key when the girls at Strathcona Girls Grammar in Melbourne take to the Tinker Train. The Australian award-winning initiative teaches problem-solving and …
A champion for female empowerment
The Educator speaks to Marise McConaghy about the outlook for girls’ education in 2020, the culture she has built at her school and the continued push to help cultivate strong leadership abilities in young women across Australia.
How Victorian schools are creating resilient and confident ‘future leaders’
“To us, a leader is anybody who can make a difference big or small, who has the ability to see a problem that needs to be addressed, can think critically and creatively about a remedy, and execute that idea,” Marise McConaghy says.
Measuring a School: VCE and Tertiary Offers
How do you measure the success of a school? The work of schools is so complex and is not done in isolation, with families playing such an important role. There is no clearly defined product. There are many metrics parents and students can use to judge the success of their school: friendships and networks formed, curiosities aroused, sense of belonging, identification of strengths and interests, opportunities to engage in diverse experiences and many, many more. Education certainly cannot be reduced to a number.
Where warm vibe underscores authenticity
The impression Strathcona Girls Grammar makes on parents of prospective students in just the few hours of open morning, fills principal Marise McConaghy with pride. One word invariably crops up, highlighting that all at Strathcona are on a worthy path.
