AUTHOR: Alana Ripepi

Your privacy matters Currently, there are multiple conversations being held around the world as to the safety, security, privacy, addiction and possible long-term usage effects of TikTok.  Is TikTok an innocent actor subject to international censorship, hysteria and commercial competition? We need to heed lessons from past behaviour, tokenistic pledges from social media giants andContinue Reading

Recently Grace Belson & Leo Lin (Year 12), were awarded a place in the QUT STEM Research Internship program. 2020. This program is very competitive with over 450 quality applicants from across the country this year.      Leo was one of 3 students selected to travel to QUT and participate in the research project: Design RoboticsContinue Reading

Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ) have called on the Queensland Government to allow all Year 11 and 12 students to return to school immediately. On Friday, David Robertson, the Executive Director of ISQ, wrote a letter to Premier Palaszczuk acknowledging that throughout this global pandemic that Independent schools in Queensland have remained consistent in their approachContinue Reading

We were delighted to see the TAS class of ’19, the last group to ever receive an OP, placed #24 on the list of 368 Queensland secondary schools with graduating cohorts. This list is based on the percentage of students receiving an OP1-5. This is a wonderful effort by our students, staff and families andContinue Reading

I recently had a terrific conversation with a university academic about the schooling model in Australia. Her view was very much that schools followed the “sausage factory” model, where student differences are overlooked and students are prepared for university (ATAR) or work (VET). The students’ personality, experiences, maturity, preferred modes of learning, etc are notContinue Reading