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3 September 2019
Ryan Dunn
The University of Melbourne

Along with my colleague, Cath Pearn, we were honoured to be the first presenters to work with a cohort of teachers at the new state-of-the-art Orbis facility. It was great to have the opportunity to work with some of the many committed reception to year 3 educators in South Australia. The aim of the 8-day program we are facilitating is to support teachers to develop children’s confidence in understanding and using mathematical concepts in the early years of schooling. The program sets out to ...[read more]

16 May 2019
Orbis team

We showed this video at the Orbis launch event. It explains our values and goals.

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9 April 2019
Laura Schonfeldt
Executive Director People & Culture

Progressive but not reckless. Prestigious but not elitist. Tenacious but not rigid. Empowering but not boundless. Genuine but not naive.

For the past few months, I’ve reflected often on what these statements mean as Orbis has evolved from an idea to a fully-formed academy. This list was developed to capture the way we want you to feel when you experience Orbis. I’ve connected personally to what they represent, and the potential that they bring.

Here, we have a big ambition. We talk about it often. We’ve committed ...[read more]

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