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...

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)....

by Rebecca Thomas Reflecting on the amount of blogs Steve and I have written lately I noticed there is someone missing from our library...

by Steve Saville Since the start of this school term I have had numerous conversations with school leaders and leadership teams that have...

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...

by Steve Saville Belonging, like wellbeing, is one of those terms that we are starting to throw around quite liberally in schools right...

by Rebecca Thomas and Steve Saville Compliantly we clatter along the tracks being laid down for us from external forces. Aware that the...

“Not all those who wander, are lost.” - JRR Tolkien A Teachers’ Life in Pictures Wondering what my retirement Might eventually look like,...

By Steve Saville and Rebecca Thomas “Story, it’s a reminder that you’ve lived it and that it has value.” Heather Greenwood Davis...

by Rebecca Thomas and Steve Saville An iconic festival that brings thousands of people together from all around the world always starts...

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....

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...

By Rebecca Thomas Teacher Only Day, Friday, Term 2, week 5 Task: Bring primary and secondary staff together to discuss Assessment For...

By Steve Saville As teachers reading Russell Bishop's wise words, we long to embed ourselves as ‘North East’ teachers; creating whānau...

by Rebecca Thomas 'I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people' -Maya Angelou Whanaungatanga,...

By Rebecca Thomas Experiences from Term 1 across the motu have something in common, they are variable. We owe it to ourselves, our...

by Rebecca Thomas The winds of change and possibility: “It starts with the school showing that it loves children.” - Chris Dyson Left...

by Rebecca Thomas “The child is endowed with unknown powers, which can guide us to a radiant future. If what we really want is a new...

Teachers solve problems - it's what they do! by Steve Saville and Rebecca Thomas ‘Imagination is the foundation of everything that is...

“Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons...