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Principals Pen Thursday, 26 Mar 2020

Feedforward

Your child talks about feedforward. Our teachers habitually reference feedforward. If you’ve been a part...

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Principals Pen Thursday, 12 Mar 2020

Supporting Classroom Learning from Home

It’s not uncommon for parents and carers to ask what they can do at home...

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Principals Pen Friday, 28 Feb 2020

Empathy

Much has been written about the so-called empathy crisis. Many believe that our children are...

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Principals Pen Monday, 17 Feb 2020

Our Classrooms

The Reggio Emilia approach to education refers to the classroom (learning environment) as the ‘third...

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Principals Pen Thursday, 30 Jan 2020

Leaping out in Faith

There are many memes doing the rounds on social media about leaping out in faith....

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Principals Pen Friday, 06 Dec 2019

QUADRANT: THE SMART PLAY TO...

By Jane Mueller. Published by Quadrant on 6 December, 2019. By all accounts, 2019 has...

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Principals Pen Thursday, 21 Nov 2019

INTERVENING

In their highly acclaimed book The Self-Driven Child, authors Stixrud and Johnson make the connection...

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Principals Pen Thursday, 07 Nov 2019

THE NEXT BIG THING

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. John Lennon What’s the...

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Principals Pen Wednesday, 23 Oct 2019

DEEP LEARNING IS HARD WORK

A study released by Harvard University last month found that, while students felt they learned more in...

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