August 2014
PERMA for Staff
26/08/2014
Once a term teachers from the Heysen Partnership schools meet to share how they are embedding positive education into their practice. This sharing allows us to learn from each other, to have an overview of what is happening throughout the partnership, and to keep the momentum going. The theme for...
Neuroscience and Education
20/08/2014
On the first day back at school this term staff enjoyed a presentation from Neuroscientist, Professor Billy O’Connor, a passionate researcher into neuroscience and education. Billy is the head of Teaching and Research in Physiology at the University of Limerick Graduate Entry Medical School and was on sabbatical at Flinders...
Geelong Grammar comes to Mount Barker
15/08/2014
Course Leaders and Participants Staff at Mount Barker High School and the surrounding primary schools began their July holidays with a four-day course – Discovering Positive Education, run by Geelong Grammar School’s Institute of Positive Education. They were joined by interested staff from both public and private metropolitan schools. The...