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Incisive Questions – remove limiting assumptions and set the mind free

January 28, 2012

How often have you been asked to think about something in a different way or find new ways of doing a task and your first reaction is ‘I can’t do that’ or ‘thats impossible’? People make limiting assumptions all the time and they can hold people back from doing what they want to do or [...]

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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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Down with Boring Meetings!

December 30, 2011

I hate meetings where we are sent documents to read beforehand and then the documents are read out during the meeting. What is worse, when this is done and then no one has much to comment on them, what was the point? What would you do if you had made time to read it beforehand, [...]

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Book Review: Eat that Frog

August 19, 2011

This is a book I have just finished reading and I thought you would appreciate a summary of the ideas and practical tools that are particularly relevant for teachers. I have included some questions from the book that you can ask yourself straight away and you can watch videos here. Title: Eat that Frog: Get [...]

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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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Teachers don’t like being done to

May 14, 2011

I think the following quote is very true and important for anyone planning CPD in schools to keep at their core. “Teachers don’t like being done to. They are professionals and you need to partner them and help them find their own solutions to a situation.” Ian Nurser, Shropshire primary headteacher and National Leader of Education. [...]

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Being Comfortable In The Skin You’re In

March 13, 2011

Inspired by the final of Let’s Dance for Comic Relief on Saturday, my sister and I rewatched the performances of Robert Webb and Rufus Hound, the winners in 2009 and 2010. You may remember that Robert danced to ‘Flashdance’ and Rufus to Sheryl Cole’s ‘Fight for this Love’. They reminded me how much I admire [...]

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Time to be resilient

October 17, 2010

On the  Teacher Support Network blog yesterday Kevin Armstrong wrote: ” a key question is: why should teachers have to be resilient? In principle, I’m not convinced that resilience should be a prerequisite to teach.” Here was my response: I believe that resilience is an essential characteristic of any well rounded human being and definitely [...]

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow

May 23, 2010

For Danielle Hope, winner of ‘Over the Rainbow‘ this weekend, her learning journey continues towards eight shows a week on the West End stage. As a headteacher your learning journey is also in full swing. You can boost your leadership by seeing the world from a new perspective too. To find out how go to www.BoostLeadership.com where you [...]

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Shout Out: Haydon Wick Primary School

May 13, 2010

Haydon Wick Primary School Motto: Working together … Playing together Values: Appreciation Honesty Respect Caring Hope Responsibility Co-operation Humility Simplicity Courage Love Thoughtfulness Freedom Patience Tolerance Friendship Peace Trust Happiness Quality Understanding Unity Ages: 4-11 Size: 268 students LEA: Swindon Locality: Semi-Urban Website: http://www.haydonwick.swindon.sch.uk/ Headteacher: Simon Cowley

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