Podcasts about Geelong Grammar School

Over the last six months I have had the privilege of chatting with a number of the GCI team with a view to gaining their insights and thoughts on developing coaching in our schools. In this particular episode I'm excited to be joined by Lucy Carroll. Lucy joined Growth Coaching International in 2019 and brings with her, over 30 years of experience in education, in diverse settings across Australia and internationally.  Most recently Lucy has worked at the Institute of Positive Education at Geelong Grammar School, promoting student, staff and family wellbeing through innovative education programs in the field of positive psychology. This role has taken Lucy into schools across all sectors in Australia and has stretched as far afield as Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai and Germany. Join me in this episode as Lucy shares some fabulous insights into how she sees coaching fit into the world of education and the immense benefits for those who position it front and centre in their approach to professional conversations. This is a must listen.

In episode 30, Tamare reconnects with her former colleague from Geelong Grammar School's Institute of Positive Education, Justin Robinson. Justin shares lessons learned training thousands of educators around the world and designing evidence-informed approaches to wellbeing with pioneers like Martin Seligman. He also shares a sneak peek into his new project, The Wellbeing Distillery.

In episode 21 Tamara and Jason talk with Rhiannon McGee. Rhiannon leads Pos Ed at its "birthing place" Geelong Grammar School and in this conversation, we explore its evolution, coaching, how it looks across different campuses and the connection to creative education and adventure education.

In our first EXPERT SERIES episode, our co-hosts Jason van Schie and Tamara Lechner go back to basics by defining some of the terms and acronyms our guests are using. They explain the acronym PERMA, differentiate between Positive Education and social-emotional learning, discuss Character Strengths, and explain why Geelong Grammar School is so frequently mentioned. They also coin a new term for a group of psychologists.

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. He acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022 upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. He was the longest-serving heir apparent in British history and, at the age of 73, is the oldest person to assume the throne.Charles was born in Buckingham Palace as the first child of Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the first grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. When Charles was three years old, his grandfather died and his mother ascended the throne, making him the heir apparent. Charles was created Prince of Wales in 1958, and his investiture was in 1969. He was educated at Cheam and Gordonstoun schools, both of which his father, Prince Philip, attended as a child. He later spent a year at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge, Charles served in the Air Force and Navy from 1971 to 1976. In 1981, he married Lady Diana Spencer, with whom he had two sons, William and Harry. In 1996, the couple divorced after they had each engaged in well-publicised extramarital affairs. Diana died the following year. In 2005, Charles married his long-time partner, Camilla Parker Bowles.As Prince of Wales, Charles undertook official duties on behalf of Elizabeth II. He founded the youth charity the Prince's Trust and sponsors the Prince's Charities. An environmentalist, Charles has called for action against pollution and climate change. He has also advocated for the conservation of historic buildings and the importance of architecture in society.

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. He acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022 upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. He was the longest-serving heir apparent in British history and, at the age of 73, is the oldest person to assume the throne.Charles was born in Buckingham Palace as the first child of Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the first grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. When Charles was three years old, his grandfather died and his mother ascended the throne, making him the heir apparent. Charles was created Prince of Wales in 1958, and his investiture was in 1969. He was educated at Cheam and Gordonstoun schools, both of which his father, Prince Philip, attended as a child. He later spent a year at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge, Charles served in the Air Force and Navy from 1971 to 1976. In 1981, he married Lady Diana Spencer, with whom he had two sons, William and Harry. In 1996, the couple divorced after they had each engaged in well-publicised extramarital affairs. Diana died the following year. In 2005, Charles married his long-time partner, Camilla Parker Bowles.As Prince of Wales, Charles undertook official duties on behalf of Elizabeth II. He founded the youth charity the Prince's Trust and sponsors the Prince's Charities. An environmentalist, Charles has called for action against pollution and climate change. He has also advocated for the conservation of historic buildings and the importance of architecture in society.

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. He acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022 upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. He was the longest-serving heir apparent in British history and, at the age of 73, is the oldest person to assume the throne.Charles was born in Buckingham Palace as the first child of Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the first grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. When Charles was three years old, his grandfather died and his mother ascended the throne, making him the heir apparent. Charles was created Prince of Wales in 1958, and his investiture was in 1969. He was educated at Cheam and Gordonstoun schools, both of which his father, Prince Philip, attended as a child. He later spent a year at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge, Charles served in the Air Force and Navy from 1971 to 1976. In 1981, he married Lady Diana Spencer, with whom he had two sons, William and Harry. In 1996, the couple divorced after they had each engaged in well-publicised extramarital affairs. Diana died the following year. In 2005, Charles married his long-time partner, Camilla Parker Bowles.As Prince of Wales, Charles undertook official duties on behalf of Elizabeth II. He founded the youth charity the Prince's Trust and sponsors the Prince's Charities. An environmentalist, Charles has called for action against pollution and climate change. He has also advocated for the conservation of historic buildings and the importance of architecture in society.

Contents: Early life, family and education Prince of Wales Reign Relationships and marriages Personal interests Media image Residences and finance Titles, styles, honours and arms Charles III Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. He acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022 upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. He was the longest-serving heir apparent in British history and is the oldest person to assume the throne at age 73. Charles was born in Buckingham Palace as the first child of then-Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the first grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. He was educated at Cheam and Gordonstoun schools, both of which his father attended as a child. He later spent a year at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge, Charles served in the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy from 1971 to 1976. In 1981, he married Lady Diana Spencer, with whom he had two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. In 1996, the couple divorced after they had each engaged in well-publicized extramarital affairs. Diana died as a result of a car crash in Paris the following year. In 2005, Charles married his long-time partner, Camilla Parker Bowles. SUPPORT AUDIO WIKIPEDIA: Please consider supporting Audio Wikipedia podcast at Ko-fi.com if you enjoy it: https://ko-fi.com/audiowikipedia Become a valuable contributor & member by supporting us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AudioWikipedia BASIC INFORMATION: Title: Charles III Find out about the author(s) & basic information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_III Read the full article on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_III [CC] license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 Photo By The White House - P20211102AS-2249-2, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=122808859 Follow us on Twitter: @Audiowikipedia1

Julia Roche is an artist living with her husband and three children on the family farm in southern New South Wales. On her own admission she's not good in the mornings and is always late but its the evenings that are her focus time, painting in her repurposed 1910 woolshed studio on her farm sometimes into the early hours of the morning. Julia is represented by Otomys. Her works are generally large scale interpretive landscape paintings using oil and mixed media on canvas or cotton rag. You can find her at juliaroche.com.au or @_julia_roche on Instagram. She has a solo exhibition coming up with Otomys in Melbourne on the 4th November and has recently completed a two week residency at Geelong Grammar School working within the Art Department and with students.

Off Country follows the lives of seven Indigenous students over a year as they leave home and become boarders at one of the most elite schools in the country, Geelong Grammar School. Wrestling with their conflicting identities as students move between boarding life and home life, Off Country creates a historic record of one of Australia's key Indigenous education pathways and a complex portrait of what it is to be a First Nations child in Australia today.

In this episode Suzy hats with Rhiannon McGee of Geelong Grammar School.Rhiannon McGeeRhiannon McGee is the Director of Student Engagement and Experience at Geelong Grammar School, leading the school's wellbeing strategy across four campuses and overseeing its Indigenous programs. Rhiannon commenced her time at GGS as Head of Positive Education and prior to this, she held a range of wellbeing leadership positions in other schools. Most recently, as Director of Wellbeing and Positive Education at Loreto Toorak, where she oversaw the development and implementation of a whole-school approach to Positive Education. Rhiannon is passionate about the promotion of community wellbeing and she is committed to strengthening the nexus between research, policy and practice in the educational context. This has led her to complete the Masters of Education (Student Wellbeing) and the Masters of Applied Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne. Rhiannon is also an English teacher with an interest in the arts, philosophy and politics.

Scott Johnson is the proud Co-founder of Get Mentally Fit with his psychologist wife Emily.Scott taught at secondary school level, on the Gold Coast in Queensland, for 13 years. A series of conspicuous signposts eventually led to Scott leaving the teaching profession.Like many education stakeholders, he experienced the negative effects of increasing academic demands and assessment pressures on students.  Attending the 2018 PESA (Positive Education Schools Association) conference, at Geelong Grammar School, evidently ignited his passion for finding a personal solution to this troubling issue. With the luxury of Emily's professional support and guidance, Scott was able to respond mindfully and effectively to increasing feelings of personal discontent with teaching. This transition facilitated Scott's shift from teaching at a supportive, high performing school to now thoroughly enjoying the demands of creating, designing and facilitating Get Mentally Fit's unique brand of pro-active mental health education. Scott and Emily are passionate about actively researching and developing evidence-based approaches for enhancing student wellbeing. This translated into the Student Mental Fitness program.Whilst it took a considerable period of time to get out of the groove of teaching life, including coming out in cold sweats at the thought of bells, Scott is reminded daily of the satisfying benefits of having the courage to follow his intuition and values into his new and exciting professional chapter.Scott re-energises by surfing the beautiful Gold Coast breaks, reading books during the day (especially mid-week), contorting at yoga, and being trained by his Labrador Retriever Ellie.Website: www.getmentallyfit.com.auFacebook: Get Mentally FitInstagram: getmentallyfitauLinkedIn: Scott Johnson co-founder Get Mentally Fit __ _Chris Carlin's LinksWebsite: https://masteryourmoneynow.com.au/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/masteryourmoneynowYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/masteryourmoneynowIG: https://www.instagram.com/masteryourmoneynow/_ _Aired on July 21st 2021 ——  For show-notes and other resources, visit https://www.larksong.com.au/podcast For all podcast episodes, visit https://getoutofteaching.buzzsprout.com/  Get Out of Teaching website (Larksong): https://www.larksong.com.au Join the ‘Get Out of Teaching!' Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/getoutofteaching  Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-out-of-teaching/id1498676505  Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-diacos-career-transition-coach-for-education-leaders-get-out-of-teaching/ Connect with me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.diacos  This podcast is a member of the Experts on Air podcast network https://expertsonair.fm/

In this episode:  A holistic and integrated approach to wellbeing is strongly recommended for the future longevity of students' well-being The model for positive education emphasises learning, living, teaching, and embedding positive education so that staff can authentically integrate this into their classroom practice At Geelong Grammar School, over 60 staff members have taken on the role of learning coach! All staff have received intensive training in positive psychology Host: Andrew Fuller, Clinical psychologist and family therapist, speaker and creator of Learning Strengths Guest: Rhiannon McGee, Head of Positive Education; Geelong Grammar School; Masters of Applied Positive Psychology, University of Melbourne Total time: 12 mins See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 107 of the Business Bookshelf - Tamara Lechner - Author of "The Happiness Reset: What to do When Nothing Makes You Happy". Today our guest is Tamara Lechner. Tamara’s commitment to improving proactive wellbeing on a global scale and has led to her involvement with world leaders in contextual wellbeing measurement, Positive Psychology and Positive Education. She opened the Institute of Positive Education from Geelong Grammar School’s first international office and in 2019 she was appointed the inaugural Director of The Center for Positive Education and has moved on to a technology startup Creative Positive. The website can be found here. Tamara has a passion for mindfulness, the science of habit formation and disrupting thought patterns to promote growth. She has been a staff writer and happiness expert for Deepak Chopra’s Chopra Center for many years. Today we are talking to Tamara about his new book “The Happiness Reset: What to do When Nothing Makes You Happy”. What to do When Nothing Makes You Happy couples positive psychology interventions with days of the week to give structure and support to wellbeing in a highly individualized way. The book can be purchased here. The host of the podcast is Lance Peppler. Email him at lance@ideastorm.co.za or visit www.ideastorm.co.za. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/businessbookshelf/support

Ten years to 'Who's Who' and ten minutes to 'Who's Through' - Michael Harrison's story Michael Harrison's story is remarkable. In this interview, he tells Colin Pearce about his schooldays at Timbertop – a campus of Geelong Grammar School – his early sales apprenticeship selling women's shoes, and his success as a computer services salesperson in the earliest days of commercial computing. He relates how he was rated Top of the Table for 14 years in the insurance services Million Dollar Round Table fraternity and through vision and his freewheeling entrepreneurial thinking became the owner of Australia's first private bank. Follow his frank and honest tale about how that all came to nothing in the great crash of 1989 and how he took life in his fists and dug himself out of the hole and rose to even great heights. Today Michael is a recognised financial services expert, a respected professional speaker, and Chair of the large independent Financial Services group, Synchron.

David Rugby Robinson August 1927- March 2020 attended Geelong Grammar School during WW2. It was in the thick of WW2 and cadet training was real, many students faced call-up and David remembers the headmaster James Darling struggling to read through the list of former students who had been killed. But he also has great memories of the friends he made, the sport he played, and diet of pumpkin, bacon, bread and fresh milk. It was hard to get home, so trips back to the farm in NSW were rare and David remembers that life was tough for those on the land. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Episode 48. This is the second of the extended podcast episodes over the next few weeks, where you will be able to listen to the replays of the For Flourishing’s Sake book launch events. Today, I bring you the second half of the first panel discussion of the book launch extravaganza.  This panel was recorded live on 18th June, the day the Kindle edition of For Flourishing’s Sake was published. The panel was chaired by Adele Bates, Education and Behaviour Specialist from the UK and featured the following panellists: Fabian de Fabiani, Assistant Headteacher at Townley Grammar School and Director of Character at the Odyssey Trust for Education.  Fabian is also a policy advisor for the UK Government’s schools inspection body in England, and a Keynote Speaker. Rebecca Comizio, School Psychologist at New Canaan Country School in Connecticut, USA. Rhiannon McGee, Head of Positive Education at Geelong Grammar School in Australia and Elke Paul, Positive Education Consultant, Professional Development Expert and Wellbeing Conference Organiser with IPEN.  Elke is based in Germany. In this second half of the panel discussion, the panellists continue to explore the ‘how’ of Positive Education.  Listen over the next half hour or so as they discuss the importance of putting teacher wellbeing first, and of having a shared language for wellbeing in schools.  Topics such as the role of Appreciative Inquiry processes and teacher-led Action Research are also touched upon to support empowering staff and creating lasting change. The issue of cost is also discussed, and finally the panellists address the role of Positive Education in the context of Covid-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement. You can watch back all the panel video recordings here. The final panel discussion will take place on 21st August - the day of the For Flourishing’s Sake paperback publication - at 12.30pm BST. ------------------------- If you have found this episode useful, please give it a five star rating on iTunes to help it reach more people and please spread the word. Also, if you haven’t already, remember to subscribe so you never miss an episode. For Flourishing’s Sake is available on iTunes / Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and Deezer. The book, by the same name, came out on Kindle on 18th June and will be out on paperback on 21st August. You’ll find it on all major online book retailer sites.  It’s jam-packed with evidence-based strategies for whole school positive education with case study examples from a wide range of schools from around the world. So why not order your Kindle copy now, or pre-order your paperback so you’ll receive it as soon as it’s published? If you’d like to get in touch with questions or comments, or to contribute to a future episode, please contact me via Twitter at @FlourishingED.  You can also leave comments on individual episode pages right here at www.forflourishingssake.com (see bottom of this page). I look forward to hearing from you, and until next time, For Flourishing’s Sake, have a great week!   Everyday Hero - 60 second version (Corporate, motivational, you tube, podcast) Music by Pond5

Welcome to Episode 47. Looking at the countries where most listeners to this podcast are from, I think most of you are now on a well-earned, much-needed summer holiday break.  With that in mind, over the coming weeks, I am bringing you some extended podcast episodes, where you will be able to listen to the replays of the For Flourishing’s Sake book launch events. Today, I bring you the first half of the first panel discussion of the book launch extravaganza.  This panel was recorded live on 18th June, the day the Kindle edition of For Flourishing’s Sake was published. The panel was chaired by Adele Bates, Education and Behaviour Specialist from the UK and featured the following panellists: Fabian de Fabiani, Assistant Headteacher at Townley Grammar School and Director of Character at the Odyssey Trust for Education.  Fabian is also a policy advisor for the UK Government’s schools inspection body in England, and a Keynote Speaker. Rebecca Comizio, School Psychologist at New Canaan Country School in Connecticut, USA. Rhiannon McGee, Head of Positive Education at Geelong Grammar School in Australia and Elke Paul, Positive Education Consultant, Professional Development Expert and Wellbeing Conference Organiser with IPEN.  Elke is based in Germany. In the first half of this panel discussion, they begin to address the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of Positive Education.  They share their thoughts on what Positive and Character Education are, give tangible, practical examples of implementation in their schools and share tips on how to instigate culture change and embed these approaches to education. I have cut out my introduction to the panel discussion and gone straight to Adele as she introduces herself and the panel. You can watch back all the panel video recordings here. The final panel discussion will take place on 21st August - the day of the For Flourishing’s Sake paperback publication - at 12.30pm BST. ------------------------- If you have found this episode useful, please give it a five star rating on iTunes to help it reach more people and please spread the word. Also, if you haven’t already, remember to subscribe so you never miss an episode. For Flourishing’s Sake is available on iTunes / Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and Deezer. The book, by the same name, came out on Kindle on 18th June and will be out on paperback on 21st August. You’ll find it on all major online book retailer sites.  It’s jam-packed with evidence-based strategies for whole school positive education with case study examples from a wide range of schools from around the world. So why not order your Kindle copy now, or pre-order your paperback so you’ll receive it as soon as it’s published? If you’d like to get in touch with questions or comments, or to contribute to a future episode, please contact me via Twitter at @FlourishingED.  You can also leave comments on individual episode pages right here at www.forflourishingssake.com (see bottom of this page). I look forward to hearing from you, and until next time, For Flourishing’s Sake, have a great week!   Everyday Hero - 60 second version (Corporate, motivational, you tube, podcast) Music by Pond5

Welcome to Episode 42. The day has finally come when I can say “For Flourishing’s Sake, the BOOK, is out this week!” Yay!!! So in today’s episode, I will focus on the overarching theme of the book, which is to use a whole school approach to positive education to support character development and well-being.  But first, I’ll briefly tell you about the exciting virtual launch events happening on Thursday 18th June, as these are an opportunity for you to hear directly from many of the amazing educators that have contributed their case studies, stories and experiences to the book.  For Flourishing’s Sake is being published on two dates - the first publication is of the e-book, on Thursday.  The second is the publication of the paperback on 21st August.  So, given we can’t have a physical book launch, we are having a... Virtual Book Launch Extravaganza: 2 dates 4 virtual panels 16 panellists 2 panel chairs 1 author On Thursday 18th June, we are holding three live panels: At 12.30pm UK time, the panel will be chaired by Adele Bates - Behaviour and Education Specialist - and the panellists will be: Rhiannon McGee from Geelong Grammar School in Australia, Julie Goldstein from Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy in Connecticut, USA, Elke Paul - Positive Education Consultant from Germany, and Fabian de Fabiani -Assistant Headteacher at Townley Grammar School and Director of Character at the Odyssey Trust for Education in the UK. At 5pm UK time we have an all-UK panel from a wide range of schools: Andrew Cowley - author of The Wellbeing Toolkit and Deputy Headteacher of a primary school in South London - will be chairing.  The panellists will be: Rebecca Tigue - Head of School at the University of Birmingham School, Kelly Hannaghan - Mental Health and Wellbeing Consultant, Patrick Ottley-O’Connor - Education Consultant, Leadership Coach and Executive Principal at North Liverpool Academy, and Flora Barton - Headteacher at Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England Primary School. At 7pm UK time, we go international again. Chaired by Andrew Cowley, the panel will feature: Ian Flintoff - a UK-based Positive Psychology-based Education Coach, Consultant and Trainer; Serdar Ferit - the Co-CEO of Lyfta, based in Finand and the UK; Katrina Mankani - Director of Positive Education at Sunmarke School and Regent International School in Dubai; and Rebecca Comizio - School Psychologist at New Canaan Country School in Connecticut, USA. On Friday 21st August - I’ll remind you nearer the time, too! - we have our final live panel at 12.30pm UK time, chaired by Andrew Cowley and featuring the following UK-based panellists: Paul Bateson - teacher, writer and theatre maker, as well as PGCE tutor; Anni Poole - Director of HLS Impact Coaching; Dan Morrow - CEO of the Woodland Academy Trust; and Adele Bates - Behaviour and Education Specialist. Full details of the panels and speakers, and how to watch and participate with questions and comments, will be posted on the @FlourishingED twitter account and here on the www.forflourishingssake.com podcast website.   I hope you’ll be able to join us and watch one or more of these panels where we’ll be discussing many issues and examples around whole school positive education. If you can’t join us live, all the panels will remain online for you to watch at a later date. So, let’s move onto the content of today’s episode. Positive Education, according to IPEN (the International Positive Education Network), is the combination of educating for character and well-being, and for academic achievement. The whole school approach to Positive Education aims to incorporate this ethos of education into every aspect of a school’s activities, from its ethos and climate, its policies, and its leadership, to the physical environment, the training of teachers - from their trainee days to continued professional development, to the provision of character and well-being lessons, to the integration of well-being and character into other subject lessons, to role-modelling of character strengths and well-being behaviours by staff, to how the school interacts with and supports its local community, to how it communicates with all its stakeholders, including parents, and so much more.  Having written, literally, an entire book on this and knowing that, even so, each chapter is merely a starting point to give you, the reader, some ideas, inspiration and examples of each aspect of whole school Positive Education in practice, I am clearly not going to be able to cover it all in one brief podcast episode. What I would like to do today is to invite you to think and consider how you can still take a whole school approach to positive education even as schools look nothing like they did a few months ago.  More than ever, I am hearing teachers, school leaders and parents telling me how important well-being is.  The current crisis has impacted on the mental well-being of everyone in school communities in some way and the challenges are many.  As you revisit all your systems, policies and procedures to create physically safe - or as safe as possible - environments for your staff and students, there is not only an opportunity but an absolutely dire need to also consider mental health as part of the measures you take. I don’t purport to have all the answers, far from it, but I know that if we work together with the intention to support the flourishing of everyone in education, we can do this.  Coronavirus is not going away anytime soon, so our ‘new normal’ has to come from a whole school Positive Education perspective, even if this looks different than it would have done just a few months ago.  You don’t have to do everything at once, and you don’t have to get everything right first time.  The important thing is not to forget the character and well-being aspects of education as we focus on academic catch-up and attainment and physical safety.  Are you with me? Are you up for the challenge? All my contact details are coming up at the end of this episode if you’d like to get in touch and discuss how to bring a whole school approach to Positive Education into your school.  Let’s do this, together.  Let’s support the flourishing of children and adults in education, regardless of the circumstances. … If you have found this episode useful, please give the podcast a five star rating on iTunes to help it reach more people and please spread the word. Also, if you haven’t already, remember to subscribe so you never miss an episode. For Flourishing’s Sake is available on iTunes / Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and Deezer. The book, by the same name, is coming out on Kindle on 18th June and on paperback on 21st August. It’s available to pre-order from major online book retailers and is jam-packed with evidence-based strategies for whole school positive education with case study examples from a wide range of schools from around the world. So why not order your copy now, so you will receive it as soon as it’s published? If you’d like to get in touch with questions or comments, or to contribute to a future episode, please contact me via Twitter at @FlourishingED.  You can also leave comments on individual episode pages right here at www.forflourishingssake.com (see bottom of this page). I look forward to hearing from you, and until next time, For Flourishing’s Sake, have a great week!   Everyday Hero - 60 second version (Corporate, motivational, you tube, podcast) Music by Pond5  

In this episode of Covid Convos, we chat with Jessica Taylor from Geelong Grammar School's Institute of Positive Education. We explore what responsibility looks like in a world that is connected in ways we are unaware of, the difficulty in maintaining normalcy, and the wellbeing impacts of sheep.

Show 15 - What can schools do to help staff and students engage with learning about wellbeing? - Rhiannon McGee is charged with overseeing how wellbeing is supported throughout Geelong Grammar School and how it is taught to students from early years to high school. She explains the range of strategies they use to work with staff and students including a 3-day initial training for staff followed by optional ‘top ups’ and ‘deep dives’. This learning is augmented and supported by a school-wide coaching approach for both staff and students. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Positive Education Leadership with Charlie Scudamore - How can leaders embed sustainable wellbeing change? In this interview, Denise talks to Charlie Scudamore, a visionary educator and Vice Principal at Geelong Grammar School who has been leading wellbeing in his community for over 10 years. Charlie reveals how positive psychology was introduced at his school and the lasting benefits of creating a widespread wellbeing culture in education. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Dr Tim Patston is the head of Innovation at Geelong Grammar School, and Peter Evans-Greenwood is a fellow at Deloitte Centre for the Edge. They have been working together on research around the future of work and the digital skills gap, and have uncovered some unexpected results. Listen now.

Justin Robinson is the inaugural Director of the Institute of Positive Education, based at Geelong Grammar School. He leads a team dedicated to promoting the theory and practice of Positive Education through research and providing training for other educators. In the four years since its launch, the Institute has delivered more than 200 training courses, which have been attended by more than 10,000 educators, representing more than 1,000 schools from around the world.  The ripple effect of this training has been experienced by well over 250,000 students.  Justin is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne's Graduate School of Education and was listed in The Educator's 2017 Hot List. He lives with his wife Jeanette and their four children on the Corio campus of Geelong Grammar School.

Rhiannon McGee is the Head of Positive Education at Geelong Grammar School, leading the school's wellbeing program across four campuses. Rhiannon also leads the Faculty of Movement, Wellbeing and Behavioural Sciences, incorporating positive education, psychology, health and physical education. In the past 10 years, Rhiannon has held a range of leadership roles in the area of student wellbeing. Rhiannon has completed the Masters of Education in student wellbeing, the Professional Certificate in Positive Education and the Masters of Applied Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne.

Hello, I’m Frederika Roberts and it is my pleasure today to welcome you to the trailer for the FOR FLOURISHING’S SAKE podcast! For Flourishing’s Sake is a podcast for teachers and school leaders.  It is a five-minute Monday-morning boost of inspiration, support and practical tools to help you and your students flourish. The actual podcast will launch in two weeks’ time, on Monday 2nd September at 7am UK time.  Although I’m based in the UK, the content will be relevant to teachers around the world!  When I was writing my upcoming book with the working title “For Flourishing’s Sake” - out in Spring 2020 -  I interviewed school leaders, teachers, wellbeing leaders and practitioners from around the world and found that many of the issues you face, and the outstanding practices you implement, are similar, though of course you adapt what you do to your local culture. This podcast is therefore not meant to be prescriptive.  Who am I to tell you what to do?!  It is, however, intended as a quick boost on a Monday morning, to set you up for the week with some ideas, some inspiration, some thoughts on ways to improve your own and your students’ wellbeing, to help you and them flourish inside and outside of school. Over the course of the year, I will not be the only one sharing ideas with you, though.  I have a fantastic line-up of educators and experts who will be giving you their Monday morning flourishing tips!  For example, when I was in Australia to present at the International Positive Psychology Association’s World Congress a few weeks ago, I asked a few people to record their Monday morning boosters for you: So in the coming weeks and months, you will hear from Sha-en, a Happiness Scientist from Singapore; Christian, Executive Director of Growth Coaching International and Professor of Coaching and Positive Psychology; and Louise Tidmand from Denmark, Chief Innovation Officer at the Strength Academy and PhD Candidate.  You will also hear from many of the wonderful educators I interviewed for my book, for example Rhiannon McGee, Head of Positive Education at Geelong Grammar School in Australia, Fabian de Fabiani, Assistant Head Teacher at Townley Grammar School and Director of Character Education and Wellbeing at the Odyssey Trust for Education, and many more! I will offer you my own insights, based on my experience as a former teacher, my Masters in Applied Positive Psychology, my current work in schools as a speaker and trainer, including as co-founder of ‘RWS | Resilience Wellbeing Success’, and my research as an author in positive and character education. So… save the date and tune in on Monday 2nd September at 7am UK time and every Monday at the same time after that for five minutes of inspiration, support and practical ideas you can implement straight away! And if you like what you hear, please share this podcast with your friends and colleagues so we can spread its reach far and wide and all flourish together.  Until then… For Flourishing’s Sake, have a great week!   Stock Media (music) provided by Lexfiles / Pond5

OverviewThe idea of positive education appears to sound simple. For me I see myself saying nice things to my students and colleagues in the hallway and trying to have an optimistic outlook. After talking with Justin Robinson from the Geelong Grammar School in Australia, I realized there is a lot more to it.Following the idea that embracing positive education asks us to learn, live, teach and embed it into our daily and organizational practices, I learned it is a significant realignment of how most educators, including myself, embrace our practice.The Institute of Positive Education at Geelong Grammar school  not only fully adopted positive education, they took it to the next level where they are now actively training other schools and educators to adopt the program on their own.BioJustin Robinson is the inaugural Director of the Institute of Positive Education. As a passionate leader in the field of student and staff wellbeing, Justin has been invited to write for a number of publications and speak at conferences both in Australia and around the world.Connect Twitter ggs.vic.edu.au/Institute

We review the article ‘‘An applied framework for Positive Education’ by Jacolyn Norrish and colleagues. The paper offers practical insights into social-emotional learning and positive psychology strategies used within the positive education framework at the Geelong Grammar School in Melbourne, Victoria. Reference: Norrish, J. M., Williams, P., O'Connor, M., & Robinson, J. (2013). An applied framework for positive education. International Journal of Wellbeing, 3(2) Here is the link to the paper discussed: http://bit.ly/2iAFtoi

Have you ever visited schools like Eton College in the United Kingdom, St. Albans in the United States, or Geelong Grammar School in Australia? Maybe you were among the lucky few to have attended one. These schools are primarily reserved for children from the most privileged families, members of the 1 percent, as we would say today. The schools are steeped in tradition, covered in oak and ivy, and cost a small fortune to attend. The fees at St. Albans, for instance, run as high as $58,000 USD. For that price, it’s no wonder that these schools offer some of the best education money can buy and have produced some notable graduates. For instance, 19 prime ministers from the UK attended Eaton. Talk about a small circle! These schools, which are found worldwide, produce and sustain social class and have had to adapt to changing global and local circumstances over the decades. Many started as all boy’s schools but have since become co-educational. Others were reserved for national elites to produce competent colonial administrators but have since turned their attend to the growing market of international students. My guest today, Debbie Epstein, has been part of a research team exploring elite schools in former British colonies, from Australia to Barbados and Hong Kong to India. The team, comprised of Jane Kenway, Johannah Fahey, Debbie Epstein, Aaron Koh, Cameron McCarthy, and Fazal Rizvi, have recently co-written a book on their findings entitled “Class Choreographies: Elite schools and globalization.” Debbie, a Professor of Cultural Studies in Education at the University of a Roehampton, joined me to talk about some of the major themes explored in the book.

I de flesta skolor runt världen fokuserar man på prestationer, vitsord och tillrättavisningar. Ändå vet vi att kunskapsivern frodas i ett positivt och uppmuntrande klimat. Geelong Grammar School i Autralien är den första skolan i sitt slag som tillämpar positiv pedagogik i stor skala. Där fokuserar man på styrkor och möjligheter i stället för problem. Charlie Scudamore, vicerektor vid skolan berättar om häpnadsväckande resultat. Mobbningen har minskat och elevernas och personalens välbefinnande har ökat. Vi hör också forskaren och neuropsykologen Åse Fagerlund som startar ett pilotprojekt i Finland kring positiv pedagogik i höst. Mia Förars-Pöytäniemi, rektor vid Hoplaxskolan i Helsingfors, säger att man i skolvärlden har mycket att lära sig kring hur man kommunicerar konstruktivt med både barn och föräldrar. Redaktörer: Annika Sylivn-Reuter och Nina Sederlöf.

George LAMBERT, Geelong Grammar School war memorial 1923-7, bronze, 244.0 (h) x 146.0 (w) x 136.0 (d) cm, Geelong Grammar School, gift of the Old Geelong Grammarians Association in 1927