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Reading a book in the library
22 Mar 2016   Crafting Your School's Positive Education Journey
Every good story is about change. One of my favourite stories as a child was Charlotte’s Web, a story which sees the runt of a litter transform into a ...
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Senior school students practising mindfulness
10 Mar 2016   Overcoming the Challenges of Teaching Mindfulness to Teens
Mindfulness is the practice of ‘just being’ – being aware of the present moment and approaching it in an accepting, curious and open manner. Research ...
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It’s good to be me because… Children's artwork
19 Feb 2016   Character Strengths in Action
The language of Character Strengths inspires creativity. Exploring Character Strengths in schools involves much more than a one-off program, poster or ...
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Discussion group at the GGS Staff conference
11 Feb 2016   Geelong Grammar School’s 2016 Staff Conference
Like most schools around Australia, Geelong Grammar School (GGS) kicked off the 2016 school year with a conference for teaching staff. Two hundred sta ...
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2016 painted on road
9 Feb 2016   A Solution-focused Start to the Year
Have you ever joined a gym at the beginning of the year? What about set some goals about leaving work at a reasonable hour as you begin a new term? Is ...
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Geelong Grammar School students at Run Geelong
15 Dec 2015   Teaching Purpose through Service
It really is very rewarding to work with students in a Positive Education school. The intentional exploration of what feeling good and doing good is a ...
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Student's kindness hearts and comments
17 Nov 2015   Elevating Kindness in the Classroom
One of my favourite stories on kindness is about a chance meeting between a polar bear and a husky. The husky was chained up and the polar bear approa ...
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Teachers at Discovering Positive Education 2015
5 Nov 2015   Promoting Staff Wellbeing within Positive Education
Positive Education aims to promote flourishing schools, and staff play a vital role in contributing to the wellbeing of school communities. All staff, ...
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22 Oct 2015   Creative ways to develop mindful awareness
On Tuesday we hosted a Positive Education in Action Day at Geelong Grammar School. Seventy educators from around Australia visited the school to exper ...
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Family hiking
14 Oct 2015   Helping your Child to Savour the Day
Last week was Mental Health Awareness week and we ran a range of activities to promote healthy minds and bodies within our school community. Some of y ...
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Image from the Savour the Day posters
30 Sep 2015   Mental Health Week at your school
Mental Health Week is internationally recognised and happens between Sunday the 4th of October and Saturday the 10th of October this year. World Menta ...
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Teacher and student in conversation
16 Sep 2015   Focusing on solutions within the classroom
As educators we confront problems every day. We are forced to really think things through when students fall behind, when classes need to be covered, ...
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