THE MAGAZINE OF LAURISTON GIRLS’ SCHOOL // September 2012 Live it. Learn it. Love it. FROM THE PRINCIPAL Learning from discomfort Lauriston Life The magazine of She spoke of the importance of lives, they require an education that classroom, and students accept that ensuring that young women leave enables them to develop critical learning requires commitment and an Lauriston Girls’ School school as ‘agile alumni’, who, she said, evaluation skills, together with deep investment of effort, as it will not always should be: knowing and understanding, and be smooth sailing. Lauriston Girls’ School gives them opportunities to develop • skilled in, and beyond, one Lauriston teaching staff have 38 Huntingtower Road their character. Importantly, it is in discipline completed a professional learning Armadale Vic. 3143 developing their character that our program on John Hattie’s research Australia • highly literate and numerate young women will develop their on teaching practice as a key factor intellects, moral capacity and sense of in improving student outcomes. We t: +61 3 9864 7555 • keen and sceptical learners civic responsibility. will continue to provide professional f: +61 3 9822 7950 • risk-taking, welcoming error and A number of Lauriston staff members, learning opportunities in this area and e:
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