An Institution Built on Sand?
By Steve Saville and Rebecca Thomas ‘Even castles made of sand, fall into the sea, eventually.’ - Jimi Hendrix The Rethinking Education...
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Observations and wonderings from Steve and Rebecca - creators of Werewere School and Which Voice? resource book.
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- Sep 14
- 2 min
Looking Tired?
by Rebecca Thomas “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” - William James “You look...
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rthomas681
- Sep 8
- 2 min
Coming in from the Cold
by Rebecca Thomas Are some feelings good and some feelings bad? A question I posed to 17 students in a tuakana teina class today. At...
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rthomas681
- Sep 5
- 4 min
Reaching the Horizon
By Steve Saville It’s been a good couple of weeks. I was lucky enough to spend a couple of days working with Tauhara College in Taupo...
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rthomas681
- Sep 4
- 2 min
Listen, listen hard
by Rebecca Thomas “The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.” -Peter Drucker Every word we utter in our...
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rthomas681
- Aug 31
- 3 min
Feed the teacher, so they don’t eat the kids.
By Rebecca Thomas Over 30 very tired staff huddled into a bland white office space of a new building at 3:30pm on a Wednesday (hump day)....
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rthomas681
- Aug 23
- 2 min
Ka Hikitia - Those who lift up our teachers!
by Rebecca Thomas Reflecting on the amount of blogs Steve and I have written lately I noticed there is someone missing from our library...
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rthomas681
- Aug 12
- 4 min
Navigating the Groan Zone
by Steve Saville Since the start of this school term I have had numerous conversations with school leaders and leadership teams that have...
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rthomas681
- Aug 5
- 5 min
Magic Weavers
by Rebecca Thomas "Teaching, the magic weaving business." -Sir John Jones If I asked you to share with anyone in a room what the most...
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rthomas681
- Jul 26
- 4 min
Bringing Our Kids Back to School
by Steve Saville Belonging, like wellbeing, is one of those terms that we are starting to throw around quite liberally in schools right...
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rthomas681
- Jul 23
- 2 min
The Unicorn Train
by Rebecca Thomas and Steve Saville Compliantly we clatter along the tracks being laid down for us from external forces. Aware that the...
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rthomas681
- Jul 13
- 1 min
A Teacher's Life in Pictures
“Not all those who wander, are lost.” - JRR Tolkien A Teachers’ Life in Pictures Wondering what my retirement Might eventually look like,...
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rthomas681
- Jul 10
- 3 min
Never surrender your story
By Steve Saville and Rebecca Thomas “Story, it’s a reminder that you’ve lived it and that it has value.” Heather Greenwood Davis...
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rthomas681
- Jul 2
- 2 min
Imagine a Glastonbury for Kids and Educators
by Rebecca Thomas and Steve Saville An iconic festival that brings thousands of people together from all around the world always starts...
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rthomas681
- Jun 22
- 2 min
The red pill, or the blue pill?
by Rebecca Thomas Rarely you read a post on social media that doesn’t try to sway you into an academic research camp of some kind....
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rthomas681
- Jun 10
- 2 min
Reach Out to Reach In
by Steve Saville and Rebecca Thomas As we gear up to proofread reports destined to be sent out to whānau, we find it challenging to...
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rthomas681
- Jun 4
- 2 min
Don’t laugh - You did that too!
By Rebecca Thomas Teacher Only Day, Friday, Term 2, week 5 Task: Bring primary and secondary staff together to discuss Assessment For...
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rthomas681
- May 29
- 5 min
Is a Warm and Demanding Classroom Even Possible?
By Steve Saville As teachers reading Russell Bishop's wise words, we long to embed ourselves as ‘North East’ teachers; creating whānau...
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rthomas681
- May 18
- 2 min
Be the light in the dark
by Rebecca Thomas 'I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people' -Maya Angelou Whanaungatanga,...
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rthomas681
- May 13
- 3 min
This much I know about LOVE over Fear
By Rebecca Thomas Experiences from Term 1 across the motu have something in common, they are variable. We owe it to ourselves, our...
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