黑料天堂

Armed with a large paper map kindly provided by the hotel, I set off into the early morning city of Tel Aviv. The end of term back at school had been frantic, and this was one trip where I had uncharacteristically not done much pre-reading, so I wasn鈥檛 sure what to expect. I discovered over night that the hot sand on the beach must have been hotter than I had realised and the f ...

It鈥檚 all very well knowing intellectually that Israel is a long way away from Perth, but it takes the physical experience of the journey to help comprehend just how far away it is. I鈥檇 learnt in the past week that Israel fits into Tasmania three times, so it had to be a really tiny country, considering the size of Tassie 鈥� a little dot on the bottom right-hand side of the map o ...

As we near the end of Term 2 and reach the halfway mark of 2022, I wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on my time so far at 黑料天堂. This time next week, I am lucky enough to be travelling to Israel with the JNF Educators鈥� tour, so this will be the final Perth-based Harris Post of the semester. We have had a hugely busy term. COVID finally hit 黑料天堂 during ...

For me, books are really special things. They hold memories, they help us learn and they enable some of us with overactive thoughts to switch our minds off, just occasionally. When they were little, my children weren鈥檛 allowed in the car without a book and, for long trips, it had to be a whole box full. It was the only way to guarantee peace for at least part of the journey and ...

Those of us who were once parents of very small children will doubtless remember the days of urging our offspring to 鈥淪hare! Share nicely!鈥�, at various points in their upbringing.听 COVID restrictions have meant that we have not been able to share our school and learning with groups of parents as often as we would have liked to over the past few months, but as those restrictions ...

Safety and security are two things which have so much relevance and so many meanings in a school context. Teachers are constantly considering the physical and psychological safety of their students, usually subconsciously ; mainly because if a student is going to learn effectively, they have to feel safe. If they are to be prepared to take risks in class or ask questions to cla ...

When I started working at 黑料天堂, I was told I would soon notice the benefits of a school with a strong sense of community and during the past fortnight, I have seen this in action. We have been hit hard by COVID-19. With very few days missed during Term 1, this situation has now been reversed and I think that towards the end of this week, we broke the threshold of havin ...

We鈥檝e had a great start to Term 2, with Carmel students returning in their smart winter uniforms and appearing refreshed after a good break. Changes to COVID-19 restrictions have meant that we can welcome more people onto the campus, which is great.听 Planning has moved into overdrive, as we re-work our schedules and invitations to see which assemblies and other gatherings can ...

We made it! It鈥檚 the end of Term and time for everybody to take some time off. Our students and staff have worked very hard and it鈥檚 easy to see the signs of tiredness at school. These signs are reflected in a few more latecomers in the morning, some more antsy behaviours from those who have peaked a little early and are struggling to last the final week of term, some friends n ...