Here are some top time tips to get students to return newsletter and permission slips asap: Encourage a ‘rewards’ system so that the children take responsibility for returning them the next day – an end of term tally perhaps? (NO punishments though!) Mention what is required in the weekly newsletter, with a due date. Replies [...]
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Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Mr Common Sense. Mr Sense had been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such value lessons as knowing [...]
In my farming childhood the principle of fallowing a paddock was common (leaving ground uncultivated for a season, in order to rest the land, restore its fertility, and prepare it for a new crop.). These days, however, it’s not a word you often see or hear, except in cropping country. It was therefore with [...]
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One day I took most of the day off – went beachcombing with four of my grandchildren, aged 3 – 8. Three things combined to create a weekday that felt like a delicious holiday, despite the pile of work waiting: It was school holidays in New Zealand It was wedding anniversary time-out for their hard-working parents [...]
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Is it kind to make things easy for people? I put it to you that when we smooth the path too much we run the risk of short-term kindness becoming long-term cruelty, not only to the person we’re assisting, but often to ourselves. (I’m not talking about customer service here.) The consequences can be very [...]
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The whole of New Zealand is still reeling from the tragic earthquake that hit Christchurch on 22 February 2011. It is hard to fathom the extraordinary circumstances the people of our Garden City are living through. Two of my staff, Jill and Sanchia, are currently in Christchurch doing what they can to help family and friends move [...]
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You’ll probably know that just before 1pm on Tuesday 22 February Christchurch, New Zealand’s second biggest city, was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake. This follows the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit in September 2010, and after almost 6 months of ongoing aftershocks. Unfortunately the most recent earthquake hit during the middle of the day [...]
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Do you ever feel sluggish in the afternoon? Is there a particular time of day that you find it difficult to focus, or are more prone to making mistakes? We all know it’s not helpful to anyone if we sit at our desks for 10 hours a day. Yet so many people don’t take enough breaks – [...]
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The recent 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand is a timely reminder of the importance of using our time wisely. When it cuts to the chase, will we be glad we spent that hour procrastinating when we could have been spending it in a more fruitful and rewarding way?
Does your life often feel so frantic that you feel like you never have time for anything? Are you often running from one thing to another just hoping you haven’t forgotten something in between? I think we can all relate to having had this feeling at some point. That’s why a quote I read yesterday [...]
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