Diary

100th Blog Post Today! – a reason to celebrate by looking forward

January 13, 2012

In honour of this being my 100th blog post I thought I would make it something a little special, so I am sharing with you my Manifesto for 2012: This poster is now stuck on my window above my computer monitor. If you are interested in creating a manifesto for yourself then you will be [...]

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Middle Leaders who are going places with BlueKiteCoach

January 6, 2012

I am looking forward to working again with an inspiring group of  leaders from the Henley Schools Partnership on the 31st January here. Between January and July 2011 I had the pleasure to work with eight of Henley’s very best leaders. Here is what they said about their experience: “Time to think about the bigger picture and to [...]

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Swindon Therapy Centre for MS

December 14, 2011

At the Swindon Women’s Business Premier Club this month we made donations to the MS Therapy Centre instead of sending each other Christmas Cards. Did you know that the Swindon Therapy Centre for MS treat children and adults from as far a field as Hertfordshire and Barry in South Wales? Did you know that the Swindon Therapy Centre [...]

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Can you YouTube in School?

December 5, 2011

I know that YouTube is blocked on many school’s networks so this is a test page to find out which of the following videos you can view. Please use the voting buttons below to let me know which of the videos below you can view on your network. Video A – Vimeo Grow Your Own [...]

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BlueKiteCoach Gets Top Billing

November 15, 2011

We were proud to be top of the bill in the Womens Business Clubs Newsletter this month with our new Eat That Frog Learning PlayTime on Prioritisation. This Learning PlayTime is part our brand new learning series designed to Grow Your Own Leaders launching in the Spring Term. Grow Your Own Leaders from BlueKiteCoach is a unique, [...]

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I’m learning with 40+ teachers and I haven’t even left my office!

November 2, 2011

I have just listened into a National College Live Online Seminar called The Impact of New Technology on Children’s Learning. It was well organised, attended my many more people than would have tuned up at a single venue and the speaker, David Mitchell from Heathfield Primary, was inspiring too! Above all David resonated enthusiasm about LEARNING and in a calm, [...]

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Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton

October 30, 2011

If I had lived 80 years ago I would like to think that I would have been a pioneer, forging new ground, challenging deep seated assumptions and the “But this is the way we have always done it around here” mentality. I could see myself volunteering to the war effort as a Wren in the [...]

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My Best Frog Recipe

October 18, 2011

Thank you to Charlotte Mannion and all the lovely ladies at the Womens Premier Business Club who I spent Friday afternoon with. Together we enjoyed the  BlueKiteCoach ‘Eat that Frog’ Learning Playtime. Here are a couple of short clips for you to enjoy from our PlayTime: More videos and learning on ‘Eating Frogs’  here.

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Leadership and Learning are Indispensable to Each Other

October 7, 2011

We believe that all school staff are leaders. Whether you are leaders in the classroom or staff room. We all have the potential to influence the mood and motivation of others, even when we don’t know we are doing it. We can choose our attitude and choose how we talk to others. Take the conversations we [...]

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What do you want to read about here?

September 21, 2011

We need your help to make this blog even more relevant and interesting to you. All you need to do is to send us an e-mail or write a comment below telling us what you would like us to write about for you. Thank you Hannah Jones and the BlueKiteCoach Team

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