Rodney Davies
Deputy Principal – Head of Minimbah Campus and Director of Primary and Early Years

Beyond the Learning Binary

The clash between what's called explicit instruction and everything that gets bundled under the umbrella of inquiry, holistic or progressive learning...

Articles 2026 Learning Environments Australasia Design Award

Woodleigh's Regenerative Futures Studio is more than just a school building.

Charlotte Lance and Adam Liddiard
Communications Team

Why Homestead Begins in Year 5

Why does beginning at Woodleigh in Year 5 matter? This stage of their education is not a 'waiting room' for secondary school. It is a wider, richer chapter that children deserve to enjoy fully, exactly as they are.

David Baker
Principal

The Measure of Success.

The University of Melbourne, through the Melbourne Metrics program, is developing ways of assessing growth in young people's complex capabilities.

Charlotte Lance and Adam Liddiard
Communications Team

But Wait, There’s More.

When school becomes serious business, let it not be the business of compliance, small behaviour and neat lines.

Senior Campus Priced out of a future

Originally delivered as a speech by Year 12 students Allegra, Tobi, Sienna and Juliette, this article expresses how young people are dealing with the vision of a future that continues to disappear over the horizon.

James Clapham
Deputy Head of Campus - PYP Coordinator - Minimbah Campus, Woodleigh School

Year 5: Compassion Through Crisis

With supplies running low, whose needs matter most? How do we encourage fairness? How do we keep the system operating?

Stories from Woodleigh

Beyond the Learning Binary

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