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Voice Notes

Illuminating Issues That Matter

‘Voice Notes – Illuminating Issues That Matter’ is a new initiative designed to foster meaningful discourse on pressing issues impacting the education sector. 91Ó°ÊÓÆÆ½â°æ, like many schools, is playing an increasingly active role in engaging its community to navigate social challenges.

In a time of declining trust in public institutions, schools are often seen as safe havens—places where students, parents and educators seek guidance when faced with uncertainty. As a learning community driven by our core values, we are well-positioned to lead these conversations, creating a space for respectful dialogue and critical thinking.

We recognise:

  • A growing number of complex societal challenges
  • A shortage of respectful dialogue
  • The need for leadership in uncertain times

At 91Ó°ÊÓÆÆ½â°æ, we provide a platform where students, parents, educators and the wider community can:

  • Think beyond soundbites
  • Engage with different perspectives
  • Become more comfortable with ambiguity and complexity

We have planned four events across our school calendar to challenge us to listen, reflect, and engage with issues that impact us all.

We invite you to be part of the conversation. Let’s explore, learn and lead together.

2026 Voice Notes Events

Hope in Hard Times

Read the headlines and hope can feel like a luxury we can no longer afford. But there is something countercultural about choosing to hope in 2026. Join us for the final Voice Notes of the year: Hope in Hard Times, a frank and uplifting panel conversation exploring the power of hope through the lenses of humanitarianism, social enterprise and environmental stewardship. This is not about pretending things are fine or looking away. Together, we will explore what it means to face the world with optimism: where it comes from, what sustains it, and what we can learn from those who choose to hope anyway, so we can pass it on. Come ready to listen, to be surprised, and to leave a little lighter than you arrived.

When: Wednesday 2 September, 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Where: Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace, Cremorne

Strong Enough to Care

‘ Voice Notes series brought into conversation with Presenter and Journalist, Tara Rushton, Principal , 91Ó°ÊÓÆÆ½â°æ alumnus , and current Year 12 student Ethan. The topic was Strong Enough to Care – exploring masculinity in a world of algorithms, outrage and shifting expectations.

Zac opened with a point that stayed with many in the room: if we don’t help young people make sense of masculinity, something else will. And we know that’s already happening.

At 91Ó°ÊÓÆÆ½â°æ, we take that responsibility seriously. Not as a crisis to manage, but as a part of educating young people in full – academically, socially and as individuals navigating a complicated world. As a coeducational school, we think deeply about how boys and girls learning alongside each other shapes how young people come to understand themselves and one another.

The conversation covered what the research tells us about boys and belonging, how algorithms are influencing young men’s sense of identity and what parents, educators and young people themselves can do, not reactively, but consistently, before challenges emerge.

We didn’t leave with all the answers and we didn’t expect to. That’s always been the point of Voice Notes, not to resolve these conversations, but to make sure we’re having them.

91Ó°ÊÓÆÆ½â°æ International Women’s Day Breakfast – Balance the Scales
Our International Women’s Day Breakfast, our first Voice Notes: Illuminating Issues That Matter event for the year, brought together three First Nations voices across generations – Delta Kay, Lua Pellegrini and Emilie (91Ó°ÊÓÆÆ½â°æ Year 8 student) – to explore this year’s IWD theme of Balance the Scales.
Delta and Lua shared perspectives from First Nations culture about the importance of balance and reciprocity – the idea that strong relationships between people, place and community sit at the centre of a healthy society – and Emilie brought the voice of the next generation to the conversation, sharing her lived experience as a young First Nations woman.
Seeing a Year 8 student step confidently onto a panel alongside respected community voices was a very proud moment for 91Ó°ÊÓÆÆ½â°æ. Moments like this remind us that leadership begins when young people feel confident to share their voice and contribute to important conversations.
Thank you to our speakers for sharing their knowledge so generously with our 91Ó°ÊÓÆÆ½â°æ community.

Voice Notes
Themes & Events

A quick summary of all of the 2026 Voice Notes events.

Term 1: Balance the Scales

International Women’s Day

Our International Women’s Day Breakfast, our first Voice Notes: Illuminating Issues That Matter event for the year, brought together three First Nations voices across generations – Delta Kay, Lua Pellegrini and Emilie (91Ó°ÊÓÆÆ½â°æ Year 8 student) – to explore this year’s IWD theme of Balance the Scales.

Term 2: Strong Enough to Care

Exploring flexible masculinity in a world of algorithms, outrage and shifting expectations.

When: Thursday 14 May 2026

Term 3: Hope in Hard Times

When: Monday 27 July 2026

Get in Touch

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