How do we teach our students about disasters and suffering?
A Christian perspective of the suffering resulting from disease, global warming, floods, fires, storms, earthquakes, droughts, famines, etc. This article is an excerpt from “Rubber on the Road Christian Thinking” [2012] by Ray Tiller Some questions your students may ask: If God loves us so much, why does he allow so much suffering through disease, […]
Has your Christian School drifted away from what you want it to be
Just looking for the tool? Scroll down to the next section But here’s the thinking behind it! I see a lot of Christian school boards who worry about whether their school is continuing to maintain and develop its Christian purpose and character. Sometimes fuelling this anxiety is a tension and confusion that arises with a […]
Bob writes a Christian curriculum unit
We peek over the window ledge and see Bob, science teacher for year 8, labouring at his desk preparing a science unit on “metamorphosis”. Bob is using the “Rubber on the Road Christian Thinking” template to prepare his curriculum unit. Let’s get a live feed from his brain and listen to his thinking: When I […]
Too busy to stop, think, and rebuild??
You have probably seen this popular cartoon in one or more of its forms spread all over the internet. It makes a good point though, and is worth reflecting on … When I saw this cartoon, I thought of the many times as a school principal that I was so busy with my “nose to […]
ACARA, The National Curriculum and Christian perspectives
Make your Australian curriculum units comprehensively Christian – use ACARA’s three-dimensional method!! The keys to making your curriculum units comprehensively biblical and Christian is in simply broadening and applying ACARA’s “three-dimensional” curriculum model. Let me explain … ACARA’s, in its webpage on cross-curricular priorities, instructs us: “The cross-curriculum priorities are embedded in learning areas as […]
The Golden Circle
Have you watched this little video from Simon Sinek? If not, watch is below & maybe you could pass it on to your staff – you & they will find it inspiring & focussing. You might also consider using the “golden circle” idea as a little PD exercise (or devotional) with your staff… As an […]