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Pet Day is a BIS tradition that is designed to help your child share their home with school. Your child will be asked to share something about their pet, if you can help them prepare beforehand with a few responses...

by Jennifer Haynes, Integral Educator, Brisbane Independent School. This article from the Sydney Morning Herald frames a disturbing discussion about the ubiquity of tablets in an early years classroom and asks the question about the wisdom of these changes in primary schools....

by Jennifer Haynes, Integral Educator, Brisbane Independent School. Recently our local Western Suburbs community has been in the news with a story of how our State education system responds to student non-compliance, raising a question about the relevance of detention...

It may seem simplistic to say that the problem with the concept of homework is that it comes directly from the notion of learning as ‘work’; but this is a notion that we believe our lifelong learners of today simply...

One of our current BIS families unexpectedly lost a dear loved one last month, who was also a very special part of the history of the school. Carole Corness was mother to Jonathan, who attended BIS in the 80s and...

Self-Awareness and Self-Management are just a couple of the skills students learn and develop at BIS as they explore their emotional and social capabilities. One of the ways they do this is through the practice of yoga. Increasingly awareness has...