Innovation in a school context is the process of thoughtfully implementing new practices that enhance teaching and learning. This may not...

There is no shortage of disturbing news flooding our social media channels on a daily basis. However, if we can turn our attention for a...

We all exist within complex bubbles of interconnected and ever-shifting cultures whenever we step through the front doors of our schools....

Young children develop language in order to make sense of their world through a process of inquiry. In order to support our children to...

As I have only recently opened this website, most of the blog posts below have been transferred over from my original blog, Principal...

After some time in the water yesterday morning, I thought I’d share a few reflections on life using seven images that I had the...

(Image: Me, on the right with a green shirt that says, ‘Here comes trouble’. I had just started Grade 1 which meant, in the early 70s at...

(Image: My old friend Soba, responsible for takeaway number three. I loved our walks.) I was recently asked by the inspirational...

(Image: Me, roughly 15 years after learning to write. Just finished a degree in English Literature. All dressed up and nowhere to go,...

(Image: Me, 40 years since I walked into my Grade 1 classroom not knowing an A from a B. Having learnt a few lessons along the way and...

(Image: A human brain, of sorts. Beautiful shot by @amyburvall.) What does the image represent to me in an educational context? A...

(Image: A house holding her story. Image, with appreciation:http://newyorkhistoryblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1-HorseChestnut-Hist...

Students received some very honest advice last week from Lois-Ann Yamanaka, prominent contemporary Hawaiian author. As a former English...

One of the ten International Baccalaureate (IB) Learner Profile attributes is Risk-taker. As we know that our brains react to both...

(Image: Self portrait by Abbie Rentoule) The image above is one of my favorite pieces or art, a self-portrait by my wonderful younger...

(Image: When a building is not just a building. Words are like this.) Our basic unit of meaning is the word. Each word matches an image...

It was a 450km cycling trip over 6 days, camping along the way. I accompanied the group of 6 high school students and 3 teachers for the...

(Image: Going further with your conversations. These two questions are posed to an Early Childhood 3&4 year-old class at Hiroshima...

(Image: I never would have thought that part of the ‘me I’ll be’ would involve raising chickens, among other surprises along the way.)...

(Image: ‘To have respect for children is more than recognizing their potentialities in the abstract.’The Hundred Languages of...