Category Archives: Sister School

Resources by themselves are not sufficient to improve language learning in Victorian or for that matter Australian schools?

Posted on August 14, 2016 by mwalker

Once again students learning another language hits the newspaper headlines: The trouble with languages in primary schools Time to mind our languages Interestingly it hits the headlines in the only state in Australia (Victoria) that mandates languages be taught in … Continue reading →

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The Wounded Leader

Posted on May 31, 2016 by mwalker

Recently I recalled a book I read a few ago called The Wounded Leader by Ackerman and Maslin-Ostrowski. In the book they suggest schools have leadership resistant architecture typically “the conspiracy of busyness: where there is little time for leaders to … Continue reading →

Posted in China, professional learning, reflections, school administration, Sister School, Uncategorized | 13 Comments

“I am eleven” a tremendous resource to explore intercultural understandings.

Posted on August 19, 2014 by mwalker

I just had to share this resource which I have just ordered for my school. I and I should say we are really just starting to get immersed into the intercultural understanding space in schools. It’s an really interesting space … Continue reading →

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Is there a mindset change needed to engage parents when using formative assessment during parent teacher interviews?

Posted on March 10, 2014 by mwalker

I’ve been thinking lately about our upcoming parent teacher interviews which we now hold in March and August of each year and whether we need to reset the context for both teachers and parents? Let me set a little background … Continue reading →

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Bo’ai Primary School our sister school

Posted on December 19, 2013 by mwalker

A few months ago I visited our sister school Bo’ai Primary School, Changzhao in China. The school has 3 sites: a Year 1/2 school for about 1,500 students, an older site currently being demolished and rebuilt and a new site … Continue reading →

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