Empowering Pupils Through a Growth Mindset In a recent assembly I spoke with pupils about something that often feels uncomfortable but is absolutely essential to learning: making mistakes. For many children, the idea of getting something wrong can be deeply unsettling. Some become so worried about making a mistake that they avoid taking cognitive risksContinue reading “Why Mistakes Matter”
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Awe and Wonder
Making Space for Awe: What Ravel Taught Me on the Morning Commute This morning, something beautiful happened. On my usual commute, Spotify gave me an unexpected gift: Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major, the second movement. I hadn’t heard it before, and to be honest I know very little of Ravel’s music. It wasn’t somethingContinue reading “Awe and Wonder”
Words to a pencil
I bought a new pencil recently. “So what?” I hear you mutter, “What is so special about that?” I was thrilled to get it, there is something very lovely about new stationery – does everyone feel that or is it a teacher thing? I enjoy the choosing, the unwrapping and the untapped potential. So thereContinue reading “Words to a pencil”
Charity begins at Home ………. Does it?
In this age of plenty we are perhaps more aware of when there is need, through news reports, hearing about individuals doing phenomenal feats for their chosen charity, whole day events such as Red Nose Day and Children in Need, Coffee mornings and TV advertisements that make us cry to name but a few. WeContinue reading “Charity begins at Home ………. Does it?”
The ripple effect of Boomerangs!
What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t come back? A stick …. I know it’s so old you probably fell off your dinosaur when you first heard it! But actually there is some truth to that, the first boomerangs date back approximately 10 000 years and were not designed to return, as they wereContinue reading “The ripple effect of Boomerangs!”
What is excellence?
Excellence is the quality of excelling, of being truly the best at something but are you more likely to view things as excellent if you are of a positive disposition?
Why?
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” Albert Einstein, 1955 I remember very clearly that stage where my children asked questions. And the most predominant word was, “why”. Initially I found it endearing, delighted that my child had become not just observant but questioning. I remember theContinue reading “Why?”
Get unknotted!
The knot symbol is still commonly used as a sign of romantic love. When people get married, we say that they are tying the knot. This phrase likely dates back to a church tradition where a couple’s hands are tied together with a fabric as part of their wedding ceremony, just as their hands boundContinue reading “Get unknotted!”
This girl WILL
Meet a remarkable woman, let’s call her Mia. She runs a successful business. She is also a mum to two fabulous girls. She is a very busy lady with a successful career and somehow manages to juggle everything that life throws her way. She is a real do-it-all modern woman and is not fully awareContinue reading “This girl WILL”
ANTS
“The best use of imagination is creativity. The worst use of imagination is anxiety.” Deepak Chopra Think of ants at a picnic. There you are, settled with a feast of deliciousness and an ant comes along, it’s alright, moving with a particular determination that only ants seem to possess, antennae waving about tasting the air.Continue reading “ANTS”
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