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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- Aug 23, 2022
- 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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- Aug 12, 2022
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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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- Aug 5, 2022
- 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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- Jul 26, 2022
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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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- Jul 23, 2022
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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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- Jul 13, 2022
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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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- Jul 10, 2022
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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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- Jul 2, 2022
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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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- Jun 22, 2022
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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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- Jun 10, 2022
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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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- Jun 4, 2022
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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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- May 29, 2022
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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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- May 18, 2022
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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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- May 13, 2022
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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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- Apr 19, 2022
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Hear Our Voices
by Rebecca Thomas The winds of change and possibility: “It starts with the school showing that it loves children.” - Chris Dyson Left...
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- Apr 7, 2022
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Transforming Learning Capacity - the art of the possible
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...
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- Mar 20, 2022
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Ode to the *Wobbly Gonks
Teachers solve problems - it's what they do! by Steve Saville and Rebecca Thomas ‘Imagination is the foundation of everything that is...
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- Mar 6, 2022
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Dragons Do Exist
“Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons...
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- Feb 9, 2022
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Free your imagination with narrative
by Steve Saville Why Scenarios? At the very end of last year [Christmas Eve to be exact] we launched our Engaging Learning Voices...
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