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The Covid Reflection Pivot Tool is a guided framework for supporting schools in analysing their learning and teaching practice during the Covid Crisis and to identify opportunities which may enhance learning moving into the future. Over the last two weeks we have been using this tool with Lutheran Schools and offices to investigate learning and […]

In preparation for ANZAC Day, the students covered the grassy hill outside the library with poppies. The effect was quite something. The image later appeared on the Premier’s Facebook feed. In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, fly,Scarce heard amid […]

Professor Stephen Heppell continued his work with Lutheran Education when he visited St Peters Lutheran College Indooroopilly. There was much engagement and rich discussions with staff, students and leadership of the college. Stephen was impressed with much of what he saw and heard as well as everyone feeling energised about further opportunities and enhancements which […]

It is great to see many of these urgent contemporary schooling calls by the WEF (Feb 2020) being addressed by contemporary educators across Lutheran Education.This recent paper is about Defining New Models of Education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.“The Education 4.0 initiative will contribute to the Platform for Shaping the Future of the New Economy […]

St Andrews Lutheran College Student Entrepreneur Winners from 2019 won a chance to work with engineers, marketers, designers and developers at Xplor Melbourne. The students and parents worked on their innovation while richly developing contemporary soft skills. They were enticed to connect and collaborate within a contemporary workplace to ignite an innovation or business idea […]

Heidi Hansen (Principal), Terriane Sherry (Learning Enhancement Teacher) and Joshua Pacek (Innovation and Learning Design Teacher) from Bethany Lutheran Primary School, recently visited a number of Catholic schools in Sydney. Hosted by Darren Pope and Dr Kate O’Brien (Assistant Director, Sydney Catholic Schools) they met with school leaders to explore how pedagogy and culture had […]

The first Australian HundrED ‘GLocal’ event on Contemporary Learning hosted by Lutheran Education Queensland at St Peters Lutheran College. The Mission of the not for profit organisation HundrED is to share inspiring contemporary learning innovations from around the world so that all kids can flourish no matter their circumstance. Last week Australia had the first […]

Marc Tidd (Head of Learning) at Trinity Lutheran College was recently featured internationally on the HundrED site for creating an innovative program in financial skills for students. Students learn essential financial skills from budgeting to financial projections by designing a social enterprise and pitching for funding. Using Start Up models of design thinking and idea […]

St Andrews Lutheran College with Bond University and other partners again launched their annual Entrepreneurship program IC ’19. There was a record turn-out of about 30 students from Year 6 to 12 registering in the annual 12-week Entrepreneurship program (12 Fridays from 1pm-5pm). The focus on the first day was developing the soft skills of […]

Congratulations to a group of year 5 and 6 girls from Good News Lutheran School who have been invited to share a school project with a network of entrepreneurs and learners in San Francisco in two weeks. As part of the Tech Girls Superheros challenge, these three students have investigated the problem of plastic pollution […]