Q&A with Maria Lindblom, Assistant Principal/Head of Preschool and Junior School, Avondale Grammar School
What kind of a foundation do you think preschool provides for later learning?
Preschool promotes teaching and learning to ensure children’s ‘school readiness’ and gives children a wide range of skills and knowledge that provides...
Pave Your Child’s Way to Success
It is a universal fact that every parent wants the very best for their child, and it is not unusual to look for ways to boost their child’s learning process to get a head...
Benefits of Sleep and Exercise for Your Children
Avondale Grammar School’s Assistant Principal and Head of Preschool and Junior School, Maria Lindblom, shares some tips to keep your child fit and alert at school.The importance of sleep and exercise for childrenAs most...
The Right Team for Your Kids
We all want our children to learn the right skills in order to become successful in their later lives, but all books and no play is definitely not the way to go. Studies have...
A Quirky Take on Diagnosis
The thing about using the tool called ‘diagnosis’ as a method for understanding is that it is in danger of doing the exact opposite – ‘understanding’ I mean.
It’s a very good tool for...
7 Useful Tips For Parents To Encourage Their Children To Become Independent Thinkers
“It is widely agreed that children should be taught how to think, not what to think, in order to be successful twenty-first century learners and citizens. Avondale Grammar School’s Assistant Principal and Head of...
White Lodge visit Jamie’s Italian
Eighty-eight children from White Lodge Kindergartens descended upon Jamie’s Italian VivoCity on Friday 16 May to celebrate Food Revolution Day. For those unfamiliar with the campaign, Food Revolution Day is celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s...
Selecting A School
It is a truth, not always acknowledged, that all schools, for-profit or otherwise, are in the business of selling. And the language of the sales pitch is almost identical: on offer is a holistic...
Peranakan Magic : Learning to Cook Peranakan Style
Learning to cook with local ingredients can help a person feel more at home in a new country. Before moving to Singapore, Australian Sue Mannering had never heard of the Peranakans and thought a...
In Pursuit of the Outdoors
In the past decades there has been a growing movement toward Outdoor Education for both schools and businesses as we seek to develop character in our young people and cohesion within our teams. Adventure...