By Rebecca Thomas Our Top Heavy Fraction When I told people where I was moving for my new role, their faces shifted—eyebrows raised,...

by Rebecca Thomas The student has already left Rocked. Saddened. Frustrated. That’s the trio of emotion that sits heavy in the chest when...

by Rebecca Thomas Image by ChatGPT In 2006, An Inconvenient Truth shook the world awake. I remember exactly where I was when I first...

by Rebecca Thomas 🙈👍🚫 The solution a boy gave his friend when dumping his girlfriend on social media. I have NO IDEA the connotation...

by Rebecca Thomas We’ve spent more than a decade living alongside Kāhui Ako—arguing over their function, dissecting their structure, and...

by Rebecca Thomas *Unicorn Train: by Steve Saville I apologise in advance, but Erica just keeps giving me reasons to type... This week’s...

By Rebecca Thomas 2023 Te Mātaiaho RIP We stand at a crossroads. One path leads back to hope, vision, and trust. The other leads to...

by Rebecca Thomas AI generated image Outside, the storm will pass. I hope the one within our sector does too — not by tearing things...

by Rebecca Thomas A false choice: This binary oversimplifies a complex issue I’ve said it before: my Kāhui Ako is broken . Meetings feel...

By Rebecca Thomas, inspired by Suli Breaks and Te Ngāhere students  Yuval Noah Harari So you want me to get an education… Why? Let me...

by Rebecca Thomas Artwork by Year 8 Student Why English must evolve to include digital and critical literacy for today’s teens. Some...

by Rebecca Thomas Adolescence, Netflix I promise this blog won't summarise the many concerns I have already heard this week. Not the Rata...

by Rebecca Thomas Artwork by Raewyn Harris I've spent the weekend reflecting on Jessie Moss's powerful article exposing how anti-Māori,...

by Rebecca Thomas A line I hear all the time is: Kāhui Ako don’t work.   And I get it. Across New Zealand, two-thirds of our schools are...

By Rebecca Thomas Our assessment system is now out for tender to consultants—most likely non-educators being paid fat salaries—to design...

by Rebecca Thomas Image by Steve Saville Just Because We Could, Does It Mean We Should? No doubt you’ve been in a room full of teachers...

By Rebecca Thomas I am not a maths person, or a maths facilitator. These thoughts are reflections on how I have seen the maths resources...

by Rebecca Thomas A blog post asking if PB4L is the right approach for our young people is going to attract two kinds of readers. Some...

By Rebecca Thomas Free Downloadable Resource Cards Teacher: Hey Bee, good to see you. I’m looking forward to our staff meeting on AI. Me:...

by Rebecca Thomas Caveat: Being culturally responsive doesn’t mean becoming an expert in tikanga Māori, Mātauranga Māori, or te ao Māori....