Archive for July, 2012
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
Do you remember the wombat group? (that's a slow-moving Australian marsupial for my o/s readers) You would if you were in that group in an Australian elementary classroom for they were often the slow or dumb students. You wouldn't forget either for your name would be listed often on a ...
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Thursday, July 12th, 2012
Thanks to James Nottingham's Facebook page I came across an article by Carol Dweck , author of Mindset, where she talks about how she was influenced by and connected to 5 different published works. People may remember 2 prior posts ( mindsets , James Nottingham ) where I wrote about Carol's work on ...
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
I don't often copy an article published by a local newspaper but on this issue, one I'm passionate about and not just for self-interest reasons, I feel its important to it put out there for general community discussion.
VICTORIAN government schools are struggling to attract principals, with 60-hour weeks, "helicopter parents", ...
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Monday, July 9th, 2012
I have just picked up on the documentary now out at the movies "I am eleven" that poses this question to 11 year olds around the world. Why 11? I think Genevieve Bailey thought 11 years of age is a unique period where young people are not quite teenagers yet ...
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Thursday, July 5th, 2012
Thanks to Greg Carroll, a principal in NZ, I found this clip on dysfunctional teams which seems to make some sense. We often hear about how to build teams and make productive meetings well this clips comes from the other perspective. The key word TRUST and leaders being prepared to ...
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
I'm writing this post with a few reservations.
My intent is not stir up the vast majority of parents (I am one too) for I feel they (or should I say we) generally have good relationships with our child's teachers and the school and have our child's interests at heart.
BUT some ...
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Sunday, July 1st, 2012
Recent articles in the press (The Age), in Britain and in New York all point to community problems around the control and effects of drinking - particularly binge drinking.
Over the past 12 months we as a school council have attempted to look at our practices as a school in relation ...
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