The story behind the stories

I’m a sucker for knowing the story behind things.  Whether it is a biography about a famous person, a film about an event in history or an interview with an artist.  I think as humans we want to make sense of things in the world, especially when they are just off centre with the norm.  [...]

Continue Reading Add comment September 28, 2012

Storytelling – the new black!

My blog is a means for me to tell my story, to reflect on what I have learnt, heard or experienced. It helps me to build meaning through my writing and links to multi-media, such as images and video clips. It is a place where I can pull things together and a place where I [...]

Continue Reading 5 comments March 31, 2012

Our good luck dragon

2012 was described to me as being a year of good luck.  My school council president is Timorese and he told me that it was going to be the Year of the Dragon.  This apparently brings good luck, but as I have also researched possibilities of a wild and exciting year too.  For me personally, [...]

Continue Reading 2 comments January 1, 2012

The Power of Story

Stories engage, inspire and help make meaning of events and ideas.  Over the last few months I have been reading and hearing more about the way a story can support the way we learn and teach, and how it can help to create an identity or an image.  Much of my thinking and learning lately [...]

Continue Reading Add comment October 31, 2011


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I began this blog in 2007 as a teacher. Since then I have become a principal and have continued to use this space as my reflective blog.

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