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Co-Video Festival
In this new and challenging time our creative, clever Director of Productions and Head of Digital Learning and Innovation have launched a Video Festival for girls schools across Australia.
The Future of Education
Tina Funder from Work like a Motherfather talks to our Principal, Mrs Marise McConaghy, about how Strathcona prepares the next generation of leaders to grow and thrive, COVID-19 impacts, pivoting and what she thinks the future of learning looks like. #girlsunstoppable #unstoppableleader
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Design your work life
Join us as guest speaker Lisa Leong shares her career journey - from lawyer to radio presenter and entrepreneur.
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- Featured
- In The Media
- News
- Strathy Stories
Co-Video Festival
April 9, 2020
In this new and challenging time our creative, clever Director of Productions and Head of Digital Learning and Innovation have launched a Video Festival for girls schools across ...
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The Future of Education
April 8, 2020
Tina Funder from Work like a Motherfather talks to our Principal, Mrs Marise McConaghy, about how Strathcona prepares the next generation of leaders to grow and thrive, COVID-19 ...
Read More →
Support Our Community
April 7, 2020
A list of Strathcona community businesses that we can support.
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Continuous Learning at Strathcona
April 1, 2020
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 ...
Read More →
Tomorrow’s Leaders
March 24, 2020
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 ...
Read More →
Online tools to keep kids learning even in a statewide school shutdown
March 20, 2020
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 ...
Read More →
Lifelong learning key to the future
March 13, 2020
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 ...
Read More →
Focus on Creativity and Invention
March 10, 2020
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 ...
Read More →
A champion for female empowerment
February 19, 2020
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 ...
Read More →
How Victorian schools are creating resilient and confident ‘future leaders’
February 13, 2020
“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 ...
Read More →
Measuring a School: VCE and Tertiary Offers
February 11, 2020
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 ...
Read More →
Design your work life
February 11, 2020
Join us as guest speaker Lisa Leong shares her career journey - from lawyer to radio presenter and entrepreneur.
Read More →