The “I can” generation?
I have been keeping up with the Scottish Learning Festival stories from various sources. John Connell mentions the work of Charles Leadbetter and I need to find out more as ...
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Hope for the future
Hope - a wish or desire accompanied by confident expectation of its fulfilment. Some time ago I attended an awards event for young people with diabetes. They had been asked to share ...
Spending time in another person’s world.
As I prepared to leave school today for the last time today (well I am welcome back but I won't be a regular employee any more) I was reflecting on ...
Wood from the trees – and that extra mile
When you love what you are doing at work - doing something outside the job description seems the natural thing to do doesn't it? Over the past couple of days Robyn ...
The Christmas Play
Last year I was invited to the Christmas Carol Concert at my friend's primary school and I struggled not to cry. There is something about the joy - and innocence ...
Dyslexia and daily life
We discovered that my son had "specific learning difficulties" when he was in his 5th year at High School. This explained a lot about the reports we had had about ...
Challenging start to the week
Walking into school today I knew right away something was not right. Call it intuition - or the fact that the cold air hit me as soon as I walked ...
Meeting my other half
I have been covering for the Business Manager in the school for a couple of months now ( give or take a week or 3 when I was in New ...
What do we want from our children’s education
I am grateful to John Connell for drawing my attention to the results of a recent survey of parents in the US. According to the report "Eighty-eight percent of voters say ...
