Do you perform a full-time role within part-time hours?

April 7, 2010

My heart goes out to those part time workers who are given a full time role and expected to perform as well as their full time colleagues. When I was ‘hating’ my job two years ago I calculated the hours I actually worked in a week. I was working the equivalent of 6 days and being [...]

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What is the biggest goal you have set this year?

March 31, 2010

I have just set my self a HUGE new goal.
Read my latest blog post to find out more…

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What is the difference between a Headteacher and an Entrepreneur?

March 15, 2010

Within teaching there are some teachers that adamantly believe that they can’t learn anything from a primary school teacher if they work in a secondary school, or from an english teacher if they are a maths specialist. Frankly, I think this is rubbish! And I would go even further by saying that there is much [...]

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The only way to survive is to breath deep and dive

February 2, 2010

A dear friend, Lisa Gates, shared with me this 3 minute YouTube video clip of poet Andrea Gibson performing a piece entitled, “Dive”. (contains strong language)

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If you had a family or personal motto what would it be?

January 20, 2010

This week my husband and I have asked ourselves some questions that have made us both think deeply about what we really want out of life. In doing so we have consciously decided to steer our lives rather than just to see where we end up. We decided that what we enjoy most are experiences. We love going [...]

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iMindMap helping schools maximise their potential

January 14, 2010

Congratulations to Ysgol Gyfun Bro Morgannwg, South Wales, who recently won the prestigious Becta IT Excellence Award for Best School in Wales, 2009. These awards aim to identify and reward whole school excellence in IT and reward those organisations who support school improvement. You can read more about how this school achieved award winning results [...]

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What could you do with mind mapping in your school?

December 30, 2009

I have just realized that mind mapping is alive in my son’s primary school classroom. Yesterday I created a mind map of the things that I wanted my boys and I to achieve by the end of the day. I drew the mind map on my 5 year old’s white board just after breakfast and [...]

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Who is taking responsibility for your learning?

November 2, 2009

For many teachers, performance management reviews have come and gone for the year. Consider your responses to these questions: Who is in control of your learning choices for the coming year? If not you then who is and what can you do to regain control? I learn best when I am control and I chose what I [...]

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What have you done recently to create energy?

October 26, 2009

In his latest blog Paul Blogush writes: “The work that the kids do that is the best is always based on spontaneous ideas, not the ones that are slowly shaped over time, edited and revised. It seems as though sudden light bulb moments create an energy within them that carries through to the end.” Ain’t [...]

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Building Resilience

October 23, 2009

Last week Robert Latham from Teacher Support Network answered questions on the Times Educational Supplement (TES) Forum. His response to a question about Ofsted inspections really works for me on many levels: “Building resilience is an essential part of managing stress. If you want to build your resilience, work on developing these attitudes and behaviours: [...]

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