After years of running meetings as a Principal, the idea of sit down meetings had become a habit. With it came agendas and minutes and it was not until the ‘Any Other Business’ at the end of the agenda that colleagues were able to table their concerns. This meant that it took 90 minutes…

As an educator with three decades of experience I often reflect on what makes good learners. I can’t help going back to what were the most valuable lessons that I learned while at school and all of them were learned on the playground.

Wellbeing at the heart of the school curriculum

Wellbeing is at the heart of all growth. Be it physical or mental, growth happens in a state of wellness.

Schools today are becoming increasingly aware of the need to have wellbeing at the core of all curricular experiences. Imagine a school that…

March 8th Women’s Day. My thoughts are do we need one? Throughout the world the cry is for equality of gender and yet, we proudly set aside and celebrate a day for women. Is there a Men’s Day? Or maybe I haven’t heard of it as yet.

Can Tolerance and Generosity be learned? Why should we have to teach it? Are these not ‘caught’ rather than taught? These were some of the questions that came up as I set out to introduce an articulated curriculum of Tolerance and…