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What do you believe each student can achieve?
"The most important development in education in the 21st century is our growing understanding of human capability and the lack of evidence for the heredity of intelligence." (Dr. Deborah Eyre, High Performance...
What's your WHY?
The beginning of a new chronological year (for those who follow the Julian calendar) is a good time to review why we are doing what we are doing, and what we wish to achieve in the coming year (our new...
Happy Holidays
“If you want to be successful, you should have very high EQ (emotional intelligence), a way to get on with people. If you don’t want to lose quickly, you should have good IQ. If you want to be respected,...
Michaela Community School
I find that one of the best forms of professional development is to learn from what works in other schools. This blog focuses in on one specific school - dubbed to be the ‘strictest in Britain’ – which...
Are you a designer of learning?
"Educators need to think of themselves as designers of learning...We are convinced that we need to move rapidly to the place where all learners feel connected and all learners are able to self-regulate...
Build your legacy
Baseball player Jackie Robinson said: "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." Mark Twain said: "The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the...
Advice for parents
Although I have led three schools and now work as Director of Education of a family of nearly fifty schools, nothing has quite prepared me for being a parent trying to support my own daughters through...
Understanding each student
I have learnt so much about learning (and teaching) from sitting with my 11 year old daughter as she struggles to understand individual pieces of work. Just sitting with her watching and listening has...
Questions for the beginning of term
For me it's personal this year. I have a daughter who is starting her new school, and they will care for her until she is 18. I want to ensure that she will get the best support so that she can fulfil...
What do our students expect of us?
At the heart of the IB Diploma Programme diagram is a picture of a child. IB programmes are student-centred. So what might a student-centred approach to learning look like? As your students return for...