It’s that time of the year when families begin getting ready for the ‘drop off’…for some, they’ve been at it for years but for so many it will be their first time. I equate these last couple of weeks of January to the build-up before a storm. There’s a distinct change in the atmosphere at…
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Summer Series – Nailing Homesickness with Thomas Rutledge
Each year we do a summer series for our incoming boarders called ‘Nailing Homesickness’ where I chat with current boarders from across Australia. We know that the schools, and friends will have sage advice for our kids before they head off – everyone really wanting to help alleviate the nerves of our new boarders. But truly, who…
Summer Series – Nailing Homesickness with Sophie Laing
Each year we do a summer series for our incoming boarders called ‘Nailing Homesickness’ where I chat with current boarders from across Australia. We know that the schools, and friends will have sage advice for our kids before they head off – everyone really wanting to help alleviate the nerves of our new boarders. But truly, who…
Summer Series – Nailing Homesickness with Jasper Brooker
Each year we do a summer series for our incoming boarders called ‘Nailing Homesickness’ where I chat with current boarders from across Australia. We know that the schools, and friends will have sage advice for our kids before they head off – everyone really wanting to help alleviate the nerves of our new boarders. But truly, who…
Summer Series – Nailing Homesickness with Ned Kennedy
Each year we do a summer series for our incoming boarders called ‘Nailing Homesickness’ where I chat with current boarders from across Australia. We know that the schools, and friends will have sage advice for our kids before they head off – everyone really wanting to help alleviate the nerves of our new boarders. But truly, who…
Summer Series – Nailing Homesickness with Sarah Bertollo
Each year we do a summer series for our incoming boarders called ‘Nailing Homesickness’ where I chat with current boarders from across Australia. We know that the schools, and friends will have sage advice for our kids before they head off – everyone really wanting to help alleviate the nerves of our new boarders. But truly, who…
Angie Nisbet Wraps Up Mount Isa
Hello again, thanks for tuning in to Destination Boarding. Today, I sat down with Angie Nisbet from Married to the Land podcast. Let me tell you, this episode is a ripper. I’ve just returned from our final boarding schools expo in Mount Isa, where we were overwhelmed with the number of families that came through…
Jane Morris – Stuartholme School
David Marriott – Scots PGC College
I love my job. I need to tell you that because today’s chat was with someone who clearly loves their job too. To understand what I do, you need to understand that when families undertake to explore a boarding school education for their child it is, arguably, the most important decision they’ll make on behalf…
Lesa Fowler – St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School
Today’s chat is with the Director of Boarding at Brisbane’s St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School, Lesa Fowler. Lesa is a familiar figure in the remote and rural areas of Queensland having overseen the education of so many girls from these regions. She’s been nurturing and encouraging her boarders for 16 years and it’s a position…