Being proactive
Apps and accounts: my recommendations for making life smoother
In this article, you will find a brief description about free apps, websites and software that I use frequently. I share why I value them and how I use them.
Children
The Big Half: my first sponsored event since being in secondary school
When I first became familiar with this cause My first trip to Sayla, India was in 2009. That’s when I found out about the many humanitarian projects that the Ashram ran. The Ashirwad Centre was one of them and that’s the one I chose to fundraise for, by walking The Read more…
Children
Why it might be a GOOD thing to speak ‘behind someone’s back
Now when you read the title, you may think that I’m talking about gossiping or being unkind about others when they’re physically absent. However, the intentions behind this article are positive and kind. My aim is for conversations, in specific circumstances, to be encouraging and respectful. What we hear seeps Read more…
Children
What your child needs in order to be school ready
Recently, I’ve been around parents whose children haven’t started school on a full-time basis yet. Parenthood involves and includes many things, but based on the parents I know (outside of teaching), it isn’t full of time to plan and reflect! So when do parents get the time to think about Read more…
Children
Do you think whistle-blowers are responsible citizens or no good interfering individuals?
In 2016/17 the NSPCC helped make over 1.8 million children safer. Could your actions make a child less at risk? Not too long ago, a friend of mine told me that was struggling to tolerate hearing her neighbour call her 5-year-old, a ‘good for nothing’ f****** bi*** on a daily Read more…
Children
Let’s unite to protect the children of our future. They need us now more than ever!
National Union of Teachers’ Annual Conference I attended the National Conference a few weeks ago and was hugely moved by the speakers and the messages they shared. The fragility of the mental health of our students and staff was one of the issues that came through loud and clear. Below Read more…
Education/training
The teacher becomes a student! Will she experience empathy or judgement?
My first experience of skiing A friend of ours arranged for a group of us to go skiing. There were a range of abilities within the group. Some of us had never been skiing before, nor had we practiced on an artificial ski slope, others had been on an artificial slope but done nothing else, Read more…
