{"id":6104,"date":"2026-05-29T14:44:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/olmcburraneer\/?post_type=article&#038;p=6104"},"modified":"2026-05-29T14:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:44:55","slug":"principals-post-on-empowering-young-women-21","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/olmcburraneer\/article\/principals-post-on-empowering-young-women-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal&#8217;s Post on Empowering Young Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Since 1935, Our Lady of Mercy Catholic College has held a legacy of instilling the values of leadership, excellence and service, nurturing confident young women. We empower our girls to make their make on society with confidence and compassion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-color-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ad167a298976ca46f1e42830e1ca0001\"><strong>A Different Kind of Update This Week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, our College was interviewed by 10News+ for a feature on our no technology approach for Year 7 students. This initiative is grounded in current research showing that digital devices are not improving learning outcomes and are contributing to a range of wellbeing concerns for young adolescents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-color-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-fabdeddaf38c625c5a918bf3d48ed903\"><strong>Positive Changes Already Emerging<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since implementing this approach, we are already seeing meaningful improvements across our Year 7 cohort:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students are taking greater pride in their workbooks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Workbooks are fuller, more organised, and show deeper thinking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increased collaboration and peer interaction in the classroom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stronger relationships forming between students and teachers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More students raising their hands and engaging in class discussions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These early indicators reinforce that this decision is supporting both learning and wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please have a watch of the short segment that aired on 10News+ last Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"School Ditches Laptops and Sees Surprising Student Results   10 News+\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_bONAd6cXyY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_bONAd6cXyY&amp;list=PLOvz5wk5A5x2vuUgXEDZxLB01gsW7D1yI&amp;pp=sAgC\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 1935, Our Lady of Mercy Catholic College has held a legacy of instilling the values of leadership, excellence and service, nurturing confident young women. We empower our girls to make their make on society with confidence and compassion. A Different Kind of Update This Week Last week, our College was interviewed by 10News+ for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6104","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/olmcburraneer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/6104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/olmcburraneer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/olmcburraneer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/olmcburraneer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/olmcburraneer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/olmcburraneer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/olmcburraneer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=6104"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/olmcburraneer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=6104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}