BY RYAN TAYLOR, FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR YOUNG AUSTRALIANS* Children learn so much from parents. Unfortunately, managing money is a topic you will also need to teach your children about. However, it can be very easy to put them on the right track early on. Some of the best ways to teach your children about money include: 1. Pay an allowance for chores completed This is … [Read more...]
Stephanie Day: boarding is far from an easy option
Stephanie Day from Wagga Wagga is a mother of three children - Harry (finished 2014), Lachie (finished 2016), and Sophie (who will finish this year). In the transition to becoming a boarding parent, she opened her gallery, Paper Pear, clocking up an undisclosed number of kilometres as a boarding mum and 'Art Gypsy'. Loving it all, life got hectic. As our guest blogger this … [Read more...]
Technology in the boarding house: Part 3
Technology has infiltrated our daily lives in such ways, many of us are almost unaware of it...until it starts to interfere with what we’re doing. The use and abuse of technology in schools across the globe has taken the headlines at times, as society works through how best to use mobile devices and the information and opportunities they give us access to. In this final … [Read more...]
Amanda Ferrari: breaking the binds of tradition
Amanda Ferrari hails from Trangie, on the Central Western Plains of NSW. She’s still starry-eyed over the fact that she managed to snag a farmer, and has been married to Ross for 22 years. They have three children, twins Amy and Annabel, who are completing their university studies in Sydney. Both girls attended Abbotsleigh, and their youngest son, Oliver (Year 10) is at The … [Read more...]
Meeting the needs of contemporary boarders: Part 2
Continuing from our last blog post on the changing face of contemporary boarding, now we look specifically at the needs of boarders, and the expectations of their parents. In her research into the Australian boarding industry, Ascham School’s Head of Boarding Sue Newton has noted the needs of adolescents and their parents, along with parental expectations, are more complex … [Read more...]
