Reading is beneficial. We all know this. I attended St Albans Writers Festival last weekend and there were of course plenty of dedicated readers along with well known authors and historians. To encourage children, young people and adults to read, Australian Reading Hour has been created. This … [Read more...] about Australian Reading Hour, September 14th 2017
Education
Our Classroom Culture
What is culture? It’s a word we hear all the time, in lots of different places and contexts – but what does it really mean? The culture of a group, I believe, is the ideas and behaviours that it accepts and rewards. Culture permeates everything we do; what we believe in, what we support and … [Read more...] about Our Classroom Culture
VET in Schools Student of the Year
After identifying a need to offer our students alternate pathways during their senior years, in 2016 CCSC launched their first VET course; Certificate II in Sport and Recreation. The course proved a huge success with all 23 participants successfully achieving their full qualification, completing 35 … [Read more...] about VET in Schools Student of the Year
Proud as Punch
I am never shy of spruiking the achievements of my children and saying how proud Jules and I are of their best efforts in whatever they choose to do. Last night was no different with our eldest son Jake winning the 2017 VET Student of the Year Award. Jake deserves all the accolades he … [Read more...] about Proud as Punch
2018 Kindy Fun Days are fast approaching
While we have many students from other colleges currently participating in primary and secondary trial days, our 2018 Kindy Fun Days are fast approaching. In weeks 6, 7 and 8 of term 3, our future 'Kinder Incredibles' will arrive to experience our classroom, our multi-sport activities, our cafe … [Read more...] about 2018 Kindy Fun Days are fast approaching
Water, water everywhere and now a drop to drink
Stage 4 have been working through a Water unit in Science and Geography this term. After several experiments to determine how the environment extracts and filters water the students set about designing their own unique devices that households or individuals could use to produce and clean water … [Read more...] about Water, water everywhere and now a drop to drink