August 19, 2018
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The first meeting of the wellbeing team included some hard truths. Each attendee was honest about how they felt. Schools like any organisation must be able to offer space for honest reflection. You can not start a journey towards excellence until you first look around and take stock of where…
August 19, 2018
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Laura Clarke is the British High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa, Governor of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands. Her Foreign and Commonwealth blog entry highlights the issue of plastic waste in the oceans. Henderson Island is the most remote island in the world. However it was found…
July 7, 2018
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Instead of standing on the shore and proving to ourselves that the ocean cannot carry us, let us venture on its waters just to see. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Passion and purpose are powerful elements. Every person has gifts and talents that can make a lasting impression. However, only a few …
July 3, 2018
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Teaching students about neuroplasticity and the brain’s potential can have a positive effect on their self-perceptions and expectations for success in school. The George Lucas Foundation has produced a very informative article on Meta Cognition. What is Meta Cognition ? Metacognition is, put simply, thinking about one’s thinking. …
July 3, 2018
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Mental health and wellbeing needs to be seen as one of the essential pillars to educational achievement. In the In focus section of the latest issue of Cambridge Outlook magazine, Professor Jonathan Glazzard of the UK’s Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools highlights how critically important…