Gemma Turkington, a boarder at Wenona School, shares her tips about coping with homesickness and settling in at your new boarding school.
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Takeover Thursday… Destination Boarding with Ascham School
We’re proud to present our first Takeover Thursday for 2024 with Ascham School, Sydney. If you know you know… Ascham is renown not only for it’s near 140 years of boarding for country girls, but also for their unique learning program – the Dalton Plan. A teaching philosophy that embraces four principles—collaboration, responsibility, reflection and…
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Geoff Marsh – Beyond the Classroom: Leading One of Australia’s Largest Girls Boarding Schools
Today’s chat is with Head of Frensham school in Mittagong NSW, Geoff Marsh. Geoff has made his entire career in education as a Physics and Chemistry teacher but it was following a stint with the Sydney Olympic Committee leading up to the 2000 Olympics that he understood what it took to bring a team together for the benefit of the community.
