Author Archives: mwalker

Summer Holidays

Posted on January 11, 2014 by mwalker

Well it’s summer holidays once again and we have the “van” down at Point Leo this year until the end of March. I see some weekends at the beach during our hot February back to school month. I spared a … Continue reading →

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Bo’ai Primary School our sister school

Posted on December 19, 2013 by mwalker

A few months ago I visited our sister school Bo’ai Primary School, Changzhao in China. The school has 3 sites: a Year 1/2 school for about 1,500 students, an older site currently being demolished and rebuilt and a new site … Continue reading →

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Why do some 12 year old coaches get what some adults loose sight of?

Posted on October 30, 2013 by mwalker

Over the past fortnight I have accompanied 6 successful school basketball teams to various representative knock out carnivals. Five of the teams were ultimately unsuccessful in making the State level round yet I could not have been prouder of them … Continue reading →

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An older image of schools of the future

Posted on October 6, 2013 by mwalker

Thoughts

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Standing on the Great Wall of China.

Posted on September 13, 2013 by mwalker
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India, the brave and the beautiful

Posted on September 1, 2013 by mwalker

I have been travelling with Merryn, my wife, in India for a week now and have seen so much it’s hard to know where to begin. Probably I should start with today when we saw the Taj Mahal truly one … Continue reading →

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Data Stars

Posted on August 11, 2013 by mwalker

At a recent staff meeting we were busy celebrating some new data which showed improved student learning results for the first semester this year. This clip shows a small part of those celebrations and I think the importance of humour.

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I’m in the ZOC!

Posted on July 25, 2013 by mwalker

… from this week’s newsletter…. This week as I walked around the classrooms talking to students about their work I was struck by a term some senior Year 5/6 students used “the zone of confusion” or “I’m in the ZOC” … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary

Posted on July 7, 2013 by mwalker

I was recently sent this Happy Anniversary note from Word Press for 5 years of blogging and I was kind of chuffed. You forget this sort of stuff – thanks to my readers is what I need to be saying. … Continue reading →

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Lions at the “G”

Posted on July 7, 2013 by mwalker

  Last week we hosted two of our “British Lions” friends for the week in Melbourne. This photo was taken at the MCG during an Aussie Rules game and I think both Will and Lewis were impressed not only with … Continue reading →

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Are schools are at a “Tipping Point” in supplying ICT to students!

Posted on July 6, 2013 by mwalker

I’m writing this post to explore viewpoints on a school’s capacity to supply ICT to students – for I propose schools are at a “tipping point” in their attempts to achieve this by themselves. A little context perhaps: About 10 … Continue reading →

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University Review Boards

Posted on June 25, 2013 by mwalker

It’s a strange journey we sometimes take. Here was I two years ago a graduate of the Masters course and now …. I was humbled to be asked to serve on a review board for a Masters course/s at Monash … Continue reading →

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Bo’ai to Elsternwick students talk via Skype

Posted on June 23, 2013 by mwalker

  This week we had our second Skype session with our sister school, Bo’ai PS, in Changzhao China. The clarity of the picture was amazing considering it was on wireless network. What we tried this time was as the picture … Continue reading →

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The Two PP’s (Police and Principals) sharing a community.

Posted on June 22, 2013 by mwalker

  This week the local police inspector gave a short speech to the principal network on what’s happening in the local community. Of course he mentioned the growing youth alcohol and drug problems, cyber bullying and sexting and family and domestic … Continue reading →

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A great view

Posted on June 20, 2013 by mwalker

This is a great view of one of my favourite mountains. https://vimeo.com/help/faq/embedding –> Everest -A time lapse short film from Elia Saikaly on Vimeo.

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