As a child, Sensei Cameron participated in many tournaments. He was incredibly successful and walked away with the first place trophy for kata in most tournaments he entered, eventually earning the title of Australasian Champion for Open Kata. So it may seem strange that when Sensei Cameron started his own Superhero Karate School, he stopped […]
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One bite. A good origin story starts with one bite—usually a radioactive spider. But for those that knew Sensei Cameron, you’ll know he was not gifted his superpowers. He crafted them himself. One bite – but not from a radioactive spider. It was instead from a dengue-ridden mosquito. Cameron was too busy to be sick.
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Forty-five Today we celebrate what would have been Sensei Cameron’s 45th Birthday. It’s hard to imagine what he would have thought about being 45. He didn’t really like the focus and attention on him, and liked to keep his birthdays very low key, but he always seemed younger than his age. He credited the energy
Christmas, and the topic of giving without the expectation of return, hardly needs an introduction. This topic has featured in all of our kids’ classes this term. Our littlest superheroes Our Tiny Tumblers and Ninja Kids have been learning about giving, as an understanding of the definition of sharing. People commonly say “sharing is caring”,
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If you’ve been a part of the Paragon family for a little while, you will be already aware of the importance to us of taking action and making a difference. This is one of our core values, and it features strongly throughout our program curriculum and Superhero Challenges. One of the key messages in this
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Keeping our kids safe is something parents have a tendency to have on their minds constantly – an awareness with no off switch. In real and practical terms though, we try to avoid thinking about it at all. Maybe this is because unless child abductions and abuse cases happen close to home, thoughts of the
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August is Paragon’s birthday month! Our school was founded on 1st August 1998, by Sensei Cameron Gill. He was our teacher and brother, a passionate creator of superheroes and magic memories, and someone who loved to party. Every year, we love celebrating Paragon’s birthday with the students and families who make what we do possible,
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As many of our families are aware, bullying prevention is a topic that is very important to all of us at Paragon. Sensei Cameron Gill, our founder, worked passionately towards bullying prevention for many years. He joined forces with Sempai Teresa some years back to establish The Bullying Revolution, to further develop Paragon’s Super Bullying
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One of the skills every superhero needs to learn is to how to discover their Superpowers. All of us have superpowers, and teaching kids how to recognise their superpowers, and how to take action to use them to help others is how we create superheroes. Often this is not about teaching skills, but about recognising
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There has been a lot written in recent years about the importance of kids developing resilience. It is said they need to have grit and a growth mindset to set them up for success in life. These are indeed some of the skills we teach our students in our superhero programs, the lessons of which
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