Principal's Blog

Thoughts on education, growth and the future of learning — written by our Executive Principal, Rebecca Hauch.

1 July 2026
What We Have Built This Year
A look back at the year: a structured academic model across all three schools, real-world learning, measurable progress — and what comes next.
1 February 2026
The Conditions for Growth
Why students must love school to flourish — and what the mustard seed teaches about the conditions children need to grow.
1 August 2025
Smarter Is Not Enough: Kindness Will Shape the Future
In the face of the AI revolution, intelligence alone will not be what sets our children apart.
1 June 2025
What If School Was a Place You Loved?
Rebecca Hauch on building a school children want to come to — because joy and rigour are not opposites.
1 December 2024
A Vision for the Future
A letter to the ISS community about where the school is heading.