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Featured Media and Publications
Our school has been lucky enough to have been featured in media since we opened. Please see the links below for articles and videos that feature our school.
In the media - video footage
'Margaret Hendry School opens in Gungahlin' - ACT Government Facebook page, 3 February 2019
A Carbon Neutral School - 9 News, 9 March 2019
Sustainability in Schools - ABC News, 12 March 2019
'Affiliated Schools Program in ACT Schools' - Win News Canberra Facebook page, 15 November 2019
'Margaret Hendry - Opening of the Loose Parts Playground' - ACT Government Facebook page, 26 February 2020
Innovative Learning Environments and Teacher Practices - The University of Melbourne
In the media - articles
'Gungahlin new primary school unveils name, colours and logo' - Roberts, Lachlan (7 August 2018), RiotACT
'No classrooms, year levels or 'teachers': How to build a school in 2019' - Groch, Sherryn (February 4 2019) The Canberra Times
'Margaret Hendry School's first year has been all about flipping the classroom on its head' - ABC News article, 16 December 2019
'Margaret Hendry - Opening of the Loose Parts Playground' - ACT Government Education website, 26 February 2020
'The Fathering Project to launch in Canberra next year' - Canberra Weekly website, 16 October 2020
Presentations, Journals and Publications
Our Deputy Principal, Maxine Galante, spoke at a Transitions19 conference in Melbourne in 2019 about being comfortable with being uncomfortable. Her work has now been published through the University of Melbourne in their University Library. You can read her work here (pages 51-56).
'Harnessing the Power of Strategic Design' - Little, Geordie (Term 2 2019) Technology Ed (Issue 25)