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Learning to run, running to learn

I recently completed a 50km ultramarathon in Australia’s stunning Blue Mountains. With 2400 metres of ascent and descent and over 8130 stairs on the course, it was no easy feat! …

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Education lessons from the dog trainer

We recently booked our youngest cavoodle, Lola, into dog school to help her learn some manners (being cute isn’t enough in this world!). Before Lola could attend any classes however, …

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Lessons in leadership: Mind your language!

  There’s a cost effective and simple strategy, implementable by all levels of leadership, in schools of every size that will help build a strong positive school culture in your …

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Less us, more them!

I have always been a passionate advocate for ‘getting out of the way’ of the students. That is, releasing control and allowing and encouraging students to THINK and WONDER. My …

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A reflection on the AEF’s National Conference

Over the last 2 days I was fortunate enough to attend the Asia Education Foundation’s (AEF) National Conference in Melbourne. Along with close to 500 other educators from around Australia …

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Putting the G in ‘Genius’

Inspired by my recent visit to the headquarters of Google, Microsoft and Intel in the United States, I returned to school keen to recreate the supportive atmosphere created by these …

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A cold blooded reminder about the purpose of education.

I am sitting here in Oregon, USA in complete  shock this morning. I woke up this morning and went down to the breakfast room as normal. The TV was on …

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Australia’s ‘disaster’ in Education

I have just finished reading this article from The Age newspaper labeling Australia’s education system as a ‘disaster.’ Below is my response to the article that states our system is failing behind the …

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What Australia can learn from Singapore’s education system

This blog post was originally posted on my other blog thelitladies.edublogs.org  (a joint blog I have with Anne Rochford)   According to OECD’s much talked about PISA testing, Singapore is …

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The ‘write’ to choose.

I have just been speaking to my mum on the phone about a boy she works with at school. She wanted some advice on a situation that occurred with him …

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