Georgia Porteous recently graduated from Kinross Wolaroi School. A boarder from Dubbo since Year 7, she was excited about boarding school for several years prior to starting. So much so, some were worried boarding may not live up to her high expectations. She looks back over the past six years of her boarding life to offer some advice to those who may be just starting out as a … [Read more...]
Hello world: preparing your school leaver
Boarding Schools Expo marketing communications specialist, Kim V. Goldsmith is mum to a school leaver. She gives a somewhat light-hearted take on the serious topic of what it takes to get your soon-to-be ex-boarding, school leaver ready to enter the 'real' world. You endure 13 years of school, along with the endless paperwork and appointments that go with educating your … [Read more...]
Life after school: financial preparation
BY RYAN TAYLOR, FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR YOUNG AUSTRALIANS* Many students upon completion of high school choose to venture off on a “schoolies” trip with friends, a trip abroad, university studies, or immediately land a job and start working. Regardless of which option they choose, being prepared and having the financial know-how for their future can play an important part in … [Read more...]
Life after school: motivation and discipline
BY RYAN TAYLOR, FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR YOUNG AUSTRALIANS* The comfort of school will soon be coming to an end for this year’s graduates, with major works and exams around the corner. While school may not seem like the most comforting place during stressful times such as exam week or the night before (or morning of) an assessment, students also need to be prepared for what … [Read more...]
I’m starting with the man in the mirror
Do you remember when body image came into your consciousness? I do. It was in Year 10, just before the school formal. My body had changed without me taking any notice to it, suddenly I was in front of a mirror, dressed in something that was not my everyday clothes, and it became very real. I was 16, but I look back on high school years and I know that body image started a … [Read more...]
Learning from defeat
When educational speaker Dan Haesler addressed our Expo events in Dubbo and Wagga this year, he spoke about the importance of teaching our kids that losing is OK. Dan argued that, in the pursuit of success, it’s important to teach children to fail so that they can grow into well-balanced adults. We saw an example of learning from losing at the highest level in sport this … [Read more...]
What can we learn from the World Cup?
How many other households had alarms set for hours before dark on Friday morning? When one of our team posted hat her month as a soccer widow was about to start, she was surprised how many others agreed. Some followers argued that Friday’s opening World Cup match result proved the benefit of playing on home soil - where a crowd can lift emotions and referees tend to be … [Read more...]
Leave it. Change it. Accept it.
A good reminder from Claire Obeid of mindbodygreen.com for all of us, whatever our situation... I’ll never forget the first (and only) time I read Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now. Forever etched in my heart and mind is one key message… "Leave it. Change it. Accept it." Every time you're faced with a stressful situation, when you're working at something without a return … [Read more...]
The Princess Myth
Bring a Princess is not really a job…. On television today, our kids are bombarded with advertising, product placement and all sorts of mixed messages about body image, gender roles and early introduction to sexual themes in television programmes. Our kids would have to live in a cupboard not to be aware of the English Royal family, particularly the media’s obsession with … [Read more...]
Spring Cleaning – Inside and Out
Spring has sprung and we’re well on the way to the end of the year. I’m sure some of you have started some form of spring-cleaning, whether it’s throwing out your kids’ old, too small winter clothes, or maybe a detox with certain types of food. Moving away from stodgy casseroles and stews and onto salads and BBQs now the weather has warmed up. It’s a beautiful time of year and … [Read more...]
