Tag: Parenting
Straight from the top
Sydney Catholic Schools Executive Director Tony Farley appeared on Facebook Live on Friday 22 May in a video that reached over 19 thousand people...
In the magic of books, adventure awaits!
“Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.”
This slightly odd (yet undeniably true) quote comes from Lemony Snicket, author of...
Finding joy in a crisis
Life is less cluttered. It’s slower-paced. We have more time for one another.
This was the consensus during a family dinner conversation last week. I...
What Zola did on Monday
After selling more than 1 million books in Australia alone, author Melina Marchetta has just released one of her most challenging titles to date...
Eileen O’Connor principals saintly story
You may have seen in The Daily Telegraph a story about their Top Teachers Campaign? The Telegraph asked for parents and students to nominate...
COVID-19: the toughest time in 30 years
At the onset of COVID-19 my leadership team and I had a good chuckle as we worked through a document sent to us to...
Giving the gift of gratitude
“Never worry about anything; but tell God all your desires of every kind in prayer and petition shot through with gratitude.”
The message of Philippians...
Does missing a term due to COVID-19 really matter?
If you’re anxious about how two months away from the classroom due to COVID-19 will affect your child’s education … don’t be.
That’s the advice...
The COVID comeback
Helping kids who have fallen behind during the pandemic remote learning period
Kids are going back to school. It's a simple sentence, but it means...
10 reasons you should visit your church today
For many Catholics across Sydney churches reopening, even only for small numbers, is the answer to all their prayers.
Once again, we can gather with...
Should they stay or should they go? When to send your...
Is it still 2020?
Not even five months in and it’s already been the longest year of my life.
So much has happened in those five...
COVID-19’s classroom consequences
Given the consensus that the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic is over and Catholic, Independent and government schools around Australia are gradually reopening, it’s...
