In October, an ISTE group came to visit Debney Meadows PS as part of their Australia tour, whilst also attending the ACEC2012 Conference in Perth. We were lucky to have the group visit us at school and allow our children to showcase their learning so enthusiastically. Ellen, Director of Technology at The Cathedral School, one [...]
Continue Reading Add comment January 5, 2013
Sustaining relationships and friendships over time takes effort. This weekend I am having lunch with six other women who were my friends way back in primary school and secondary school. That’s pretty amazing, since that was a long time ago! We don’t always see each other, and sometimes one of us may be temporarily on [...]
Continue Reading Add comment July 27, 2012
It’s been nearly a decade since I first started exploring the importance of emotions in teaching and learning. For me there have been mixed messages. That students need to be resilient, that teachers and leaders need to keep calm at all times, that teachers are too emotional and that is why we are not a [...]
Continue Reading 1 comment February 11, 2012
