Interactive learning from home timetable for parents
Dear families , We are all aware that some schools are still scrambling to get work hone for children. (This is no […]
How to Explain the Covid-19 Vaccine as a Story!
The Immune System It’s first important to understand how your immune system works. Basically, your immune system attack anything foreign to your […]
20 ways our children can start saving the earth today!
This list should be on every classroom wall in the world. No paper at all is to be thrown away. Every piece […]
The Importance of Modelling Self-Care to our Children.
Let your children see you rest, read a book, stroke a cat, take an afternoon nap, sip tea, write a journal, listen […]
Education – The Definition the World Needs!
“The world is in trouble, the future is in the hands of every student in every classroom in the world, and it […]
Happiness in the Classroom
Happiness is a feeling that engulfs our soul making us smile. All parents and teachers want their children to feel happy. The […]
Model the Behaviour you Wish to view in Your Child!
Children will follow in the footsteps of those around them, as they grow, they absorb the environment that surrounds them. They mimic […]
What is Educational Success?
‘The future depends on the adults that lie dormant in the children of today.’ Our success as educators is not assessed by […]
The Power of Responsibility in School.
Somewhere on a mountain top in the Himalayas, I stood before a class of children and asked the question “What do you […]
What is ‘Work’ in the Classroom?
As adults, we must be very careful when using the following statement with children: “Have you finished all your work?” You see, […]
Why is independence so important in our children?
As an educator I see the challenges that we all face when addressing the issues with 21st century education. Questions such as: […]
How Birdsong can Change Your Classroom Forever!
Do you have a noisy classroom, anxious children or a class that finds it hard to focus? Have you tried birdsong? When […]
Each Child Is Unique for a Reason!
Like us, children can only be who they are. We must avoid trying to mould them into perfect specimens, they’re already perfect. […]
The Power of Autonomy in our Schools
How important is it that children feel in charge of their own educational destiny? How crucial is autonomy in our classroom? ‘it’s […]
How to Include Empathy into Education.
So you’re thinking of including ‘empathy’ into your curriculum. You’ve decided that you want your children to think about others, care for […]
What is the emotional cup? And how can it help us understand our children more clearly?
When a child’s emotional cup is approaching empty, we may see behaviours such as these emerge: • attention seeking behaviour to alert […]
How important is modelling when educating our youngest citizens?
When we model behaviour, when we model how something ‘can’ be done, we set expectations for our children, we show them that […]
What does creativity actually look like in our schools?
When many of us think about being creative, we immediately talk about art, painting, acting or sculpture. But creativity in schools is […]
How important is connection in your classrooms?
Our children are social species. They rely on eye contact, body language, tone, intonation and a sixth sense of trust as they […]
The True Definition of School
The world’s curriculums are too crowded, the expectations on teachers are too high and the profession has been brought to its knees […]