It will come as no surprise to you that, for educators, the search for better teaching strategies never ends. After all, the things your child learns (and how they learn them) become part of them as they grow. And it’s our job to give each student the best possible chances to master key skills. Here are the eight competencies we use to help get it done.
Read MoreThe Koomals (our grade 3-4 class) got creative with puppets recently — and it taught them a lot about Design Thinking. Thanks to a clear creative process, a great backdrop, and a healthy serve of creativity, our campus came alive with brown paper puppets.
Read MoreIf you’ve read our blog about education models, you get it: our children learn Western Australian Curriculum in a fresh, research-supported way. And thanks to our beautiful campus, we find connections between nature and just about every learning area. Here’s how we integrate weekly bush walks into our Science, Maths, Humanities, and Health programs.
Read MoreAs you’ll know if you’ve read this article, I’ve had a long career in education. 35 years, in fact! What you may not know is that I’m also a father of seven grown up children. All that parenting has taught me a lot about the things you might be wondering as you choose a school for your family.
Read MoreThink back to when you were a child. If you grew up in Australia, you likely look fondly on a childhood spent running around with friends. Chasing games, hide and seek, and improvised adventure games have always been popular with kids of all ages. And on top of being lots of fun, play has stacks of benefits — in fact, it’s essential to healthy growth and development.
Read MoreProfessional parachutists have a motto: pack your own chute. The idea is that by learning to pack their own chute, the parachutist takes their safety into their own hands. Val is no parachuter, but as a self-sufficient farmer, she understands how empowering a DIY lifestyle can be.
Read MoreAt Woodbury Boston, we work to empower our students in all aspects of life. School isn’t just about learning facts and figures — we want our students to feel capable, skilled, and secure. And when it comes to our Year 5-6 class, Peer Support is one of the ways we do it.
Read MoreThere are lots of special things about Woodbury Boston Primary School. Overlooking the Southern Ocean and with West Cape Howe National Park on our doorstep, our location is absolutely unique. But that’s not what we’re proudest of.
Read MoreAt Woodbury Boston, we teach the Western Australian Curriculum, of course — but there are lots of ways we adapt our teaching to create the best possible learning environment for your child, we draw on five educational models to make up our teaching style.
