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Archive for July,2020

Gavin

What’s Your Intention ?

People ask why I bother to write so frequently on this platform? My answer is simple. ‘I want to change the world.’ […]

8 months ago
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8 Ways to Help Your Child Flourish During Covid-19

For decades society relied on teachers and the school system to educate their children. However, with the new research surrounding the importance […]

8 months ago
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Empathy and Understanding

When we dig deeper into why a child isn’t following the rules or paying attention in class, we find that the reason […]

8 months ago
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Gavin

How can our Oldest Generation Assist with Learning?

Spending time listening to people who have lived a life we can only imagine, allows us to see what has gone before, […]

9 months ago
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Gavin

When all else fails, we look to intelligence to solve the problem.’

When instinct and natural reactions fail us, we look to intelligence to help solve the problem at hand, but what happens if […]

9 months ago
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Gavin

Happiness is Free

What truly makes children happy? Plastic toys, iPads, consumables and gifts will break, they will be lost, damaged or become outdated, but […]

9 months ago
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Gavin

How Important is Empathy in our Classrooms?

As a Montessori teacher, my ultimate goal is much bigger than getting my children through their exams, it’s much bigger than allowing […]

9 months ago
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We Have a Lot to Learn from our Youngest Citizens

A child can teach us all three very important lessons : To be happy for absolutely no reason at all. To always […]

9 months ago
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The Importance of Preschool.

Why are preschools so important? I’ve heard people say that preschools are just a time filler before the ‘real’ learning takes place […]

9 months ago
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Gavin

Our Perception of Failure

When we change our perception of failure, not only do we encourage our students to attempt the most difficult of challenges, but […]

9 months ago
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Gavin

The Three Forms of Assessment.

What are the three levels of assessment that every school needs to adopt? When we look at good pedagogy, we start to […]

9 months ago
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Gavin

The Power of Story

Throughout history The power of story’ has proved itself time and time again, as the greatest natural learning tool that humans possess. […]

9 months ago
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Gavin

We Have So Much to Learn.

It is quite often the case that teachers feel they are superior to their students. Age, intelligence and experience are certainly worthy […]

9 months ago
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