{"id":6910,"date":"2025-02-21T16:22:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T05:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/?post_type=article&#038;p=6910"},"modified":"2025-02-21T16:22:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T05:22:56","slug":"what-makes-a-great-oxleyan","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/article\/what-makes-a-great-oxleyan\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes a great Oxleyan?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today I was curious about what makes a great Oxleyan, so I interviewed a few people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting off with my mum, Deborah, who is an Oxley alumnus. She started with the school song, &#8220;to be brave and strong and true and to fill the world with love your whole life through.&#8221; She also mentioned qualities like a willingness to try everything, to embrace opportunities, to speak with kindness, to always try your best and to always demonstrate respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Bevan said a good Oxleyan is someone who gets involved with everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Spencer said someone who is kind, who has a go and who shows respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Kickert says a good Oxleyan is someone who is kind, courageous and can collaborate with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Dibdin thought that an Oxleyan is someone who tries everything and is proud of their school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Wolstencroft said an Oxleyan shows kindness to all, gets involved in cocurricular opportunities and shows courage in the face of a challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Case said a great Oxleyan takes on challenges and tries new things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that I have asked a lot of people, I now understand the meaning of a good Oxleyan &#8211; to be kind, show respect and get involved!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jock C, Year 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I was curious about what makes a great Oxleyan, so I interviewed a few people. Starting off with my mum, Deborah, who is an Oxley alumnus. She started with the school song, &#8220;to be brave and strong and true and to fill the world with love your whole life through.&#8221; She also mentioned qualities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[3],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6910","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-good-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/6910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=6910"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=6910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}