Diary

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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School Therapy?

June 24, 2011

Who’d have known that my school reunion could prove to be such a wonderfully rewarding form of therapy? School was a time I had packaged up in my memory (and put away in my oubliette). On the whole, the strong memories that had remained of my time at school (11-16) were unhappy ones and I [...]

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The internet is an amazing tool for connecting like minded individuals.

June 17, 2011

I think the internet is amazing! On Wednesday I tried using my smart phone to update Facebook and Twitter for the very first time. I was at the National College School Leaders Annual Conference. While waiting in the main auditorium I whipped out my phone only to discover that the free wifi, that was everywhere [...]

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Want to know what TeachMeet is?

May 14, 2011

Press play below to get the low down on TeachMeet… See the list of future events all over the UK (and beyond…) here.

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TeachMeet Midlands

May 10, 2011

I’ve finally bitten the bullet and signed up for TeachMeet Midlands on the 20th May. TeachMeet is an informal gathering of those curious about teaching and learning. The main part of TeachMeet is hearing stories about learning, from teachers. Real narratives of practice that make a difference. It is about being engaged and inspired by [...]

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Help! My Sat Nav is set to “Avoid Fun”

March 30, 2011

I believe that a Sat Nav is a fabulous metaphor for Vision both personal and professional. Yesterday I realized that I have spend the past 15 years with my SatNav set to avoid fun. In this month’s Wired magazine the letter from the Publisher, Rupert Turnbull, invites readers to send him a single paragraph detailing [...]

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