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At Strathcona we pride ourselves on encouraging our students to become insightful thinkers, with the ability to evaluate various perspectives and adapt to new challenges, not only within school grounds but also beyond the classroom. Today we’re showcasing just some of the teachers who champion this motto including Kathleen Vergers, Social Worker & Ministry Volunteer […]

Published in Independence Vol 43 No 2 October 2018, p18 Is it time to re-think how we grade our students? Ross Phillips, Senior Dean of Learning, Research and Innovation at Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School thinks it is. He suggests that an analysis of policy might help to ensure that the practice of communication of

Our OSA President, Laura Loftus, will be in London on Saturday 13 October and is delighted to be hosting a reunion of alumnae who are living in the United Kingdom. A booking has been made for afternoon tea at the Terrace Restaurant, British Library from 2pm to 4pm. The restaurant closes at 4pm and the

We’re very proud to announce two Strathcona teachers have had their their article about Teaching Shakespeare to the Middle Years published in Idiom, the journal put out by the Victorian Association of the Teaching of English. It’s a wonderful achievement! A differentiated approach to engaging middle-school students in Shakespeare When someone asks you why you

The Junior School hosted our first Family Tinker & Maker Night. This was an opportunity for community to join our children to work through the design process to create and learn about Strathcona’s Tinker Train. The STEAM-powered curriculum, unique to Strathcona and known in the Junior School as the Tinker Train, allows for our girls

Strathcona competition Open to all Years 5 to 11 Strathcona students. Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora, Pakistan. After the Taliban began attacking girls’ schools in Swat, Malala gave a speech in Peshawar, Pakistan, in September 2008. The title of her talk was, “How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?” On

Over a hundred members of the community joined us at Balwyn Cinemas for the documentary ‘Screenagers’.  This event was designed to support families in their discussions about healthy technology use.  One of the suggestions made in the documentary was to develop a contract to clarify your family’s expectations about technology use.  To aid families in developing a contract,

Tuesday 11 September, 6.30pm-7.30pm, Featherstone Hall Please join us for the Opening Night of our Art Unstoppable Art Show. Children’s author Coral Vass (’91) will open the Arts Unstoppable – ELC to VCE Art Exhibition for 2018. As a successful woman working in the creative arts industry excels in the creative arts and embodies a

Wednesday 5 September, 6.00pm-7.00pm, Featherstone Hall, Senior Campus, 34 Scott Street, Canterbury Junior School parents and local support persons, come and join the Strathy Tinker Train with Miss Kyritsis and Mr Little at the Junior School Family Tinker & Maker night to complete a design challenge. Experience firsthand, the process our girls explore from initial

Monday 3 September and at 3.45pm at Featherstone Hall. We are very excited to announce, educational academic, Professor Erica McWiliam, will be delivering a presentation at Featherstone Hall next week. Prof McWilliam is an internationally renowned speaker whose presentation, Teaching After Trump, will explore the substantive work of building girls’ capacity for ethical deliberation. We