Don’t damage the boat- No boat owner would knowingly damage their boat, so it follows that no human would knowingly damage their brain. Apart from accidental injuries and illegal drugs, things which can harm the brain range from smoking, stress and sleep deprivation to poor dietary habits and a negative mindset. Goal number one is…
Letting Go of Hurt and Grudges with Colleagues
If you work with people long enough, there will be times when there are misunderstandings and upsets with colleagues. When difficulties continue over time, very significant hurt and distrust are often the result. This is very understandable, of course. I don’t know any perfect people and we are all allowed to be human. But at…
Celebrate Your Achievements
At times we focus too much on the many things that we have NOT done, instead of celebrating the many things that we have achieved. This can especially be the case at the end of the year. At this time of the year it is important to reflect on the MANY things that you HAVE…
The Power of Positive Language
The Language we use supports and continues our Beliefs, Beliefs become our Experiences, Experiences influence our Outcomes , Outcomes reinforce our Language and the cycle continues. Therefore it is important that wherever possible we use positive language. This is especially important in our ‘self-talk’ – that very personal language you use on yourself! If…
The Law of Attraction
When reading please keep an open mind. This is not one to dismiss as new age rubbish. Try to relate what I explain to your personal life and daily experiences as a teacher. You have probably heard about “The Law of Attraction.” It has received a lot of attention recently through books and movies such…
Batch Activities for Green Days
Every person in the education system has such a hugely important role to play, not just to impart knowledge to our children but they really are investing in everyone’s future – future leaders, future parents, future business owners and the list goes on. It is imperative though that to be able to do this well,…
Teaching Grit – Building Resilience
Many of our students appear to be wrapped in cotton-wool by their parents to protect them from the world. Unfortunately, a bi-product of this situation is that many students lack the persistence necessary to keep going when circumstances are challenging. They give up at the very first hurdle. Asking students to persist or struggle with…
Brain Food – Part 1
We are the architects and builders of our own brains. For millennia, however, we were oblivious to our enormous creative capabilities. We had no idea that our brains were changing in response to our actions and attitudes, every day of our lives. We unconsciously and randomly shaped our brains and our latter years because we…
When Teaching gets Tough
Working in schools can be tough and seems to be getting even more challenging. Each year things seem to get tougher! Changes in the curriculum, increased accountability, demanding or absent parents, poor student behaviour, changes in society, tightening budgets and a push to do more with less all contribute to increased pressure in schools. We…
Can Optimism Change Reality
Educators have long been aware of self-fulfilling prophecies. Recent research on brain activity from Dr Tali Sharot’s book ‘The Optimism Bias’, clearly illustrates why our expectations of our students are so important. The problem with pessimistic expectations, such as those of the clinically depressed, is that they have the power to alter the future; negative…
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