Category: Crowther Centre
Goals and routines
March 26th, 2024 by Annabel McLean
As Term 2 begins, we are very aware of the need to ‘re-set’ practices and routines. It’s a great time to talk with your son about his report from Term […]
Perhaps even more crucial than providing this knowledge, is furnishing students with the skills and know-how required to continue to learn independently beyond Year 12. There is no way for […]
Follow your passion
May 25th, 2023 by Michele Fisher
With these aims in mind, last year the school supported Year 12 student Tim Tso to explore his personal interests in education and research. The Crowther Centre, headed by Deputy […]
How to be eSafe
May 17th, 2023 by Emily Beaton
With technology having far-reaching well-being, social and legal ramifications for our children, it is essential that we are aware of what our sons may experience online and find ways to […]
Congratulations to Crowther Centre’s Ollie Lovell for his recently published article ‘Can prior knowledge increase task complexity? – Cases in which higher prior knowledge leads to higher intrinsic cognitive load’. […]
A coaching culture
September 8th, 2022 by Michele Fisher
Many know coaching as a fundamental element in sport and as a high impact form of staff development but coaching is part of the BGS way of being. As […]
Science of Learning
June 7th, 2022 by Michele Fisher
The two-day event brought together 70 of Australia’s leading educators to accelerate the implementation of the Science of Learning and evidence-based practice in classrooms. Inspiring keynote addresses were delivered by […]
Award for +M research
May 3rd, 2022 by Michele Fisher
The Ilona Kickbusch Award for Excellence in Early Career Research Publication in Health Promotion is an annual award for best-published manuscript in Health Promotion International by an early career researcher. The paper explores the need […]
As our Year 12 students complete final exams, our thoughts move to results, entrance scores and the transitions that students make from secondary school to further education, training or employment. The end […]
Sustaining Motivation
October 21st, 2021 by Arthur Le
As we near the final year exams for our Year 12 students, and as online learning continues (in part), the question of how to sustain motivation for learning for our […]