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The Resilient Youth: State of the Nation Report 2024 (Australia) found that only 18% of primary and 16% of secondary students reported having a “ready to learn” mindset when they entered school. Ready to learn refers to having the mental clarity, emotional stability,...
How do you start a difficult conversation with a teacher?Here are four thoughtful openers you can use to set a positive tone and gently invite connection and collaboration. They also give you a moment to build trust before moving into the part of the conversation that...
https://vimeo.com/724774005 Hi Michelle I hope you don't mind me asking but my 10 year old has been feeling a bit defeated at school. He's not sporty and no matter how hard he tries he doesn't get the trophies or the medals which upsets him. I try to cheer him up but...
Over my 25-year career, I have never witnessed the level of pressure that I am seeing in schools right now. The lack of predictability and social cohesion experienced throughout the pandemic, placed on top of an overloaded curriculum, excessive testing and...
About 25 year ago I was an upper primary classroom teacher. I can remember being entrusted with the hearts and concerns of about sixty tweens when we went on school camp each year. One particular year we ended up returning from camp early because of endless rain. We...
If you have a young one starting high school, you might relate to the term “nerve-cited”. It’s a word that expresses the feeling of being both nervous and excited at the same time. I personally remember feeling nerve-cited on my first day of high school. I...
Everything we do in life has a WHY. WHY's don't just happen over night. They percolate like a good coffee! My latest books, A Girl's Guide to Puberty and A Guy's Guide to Puberty, are projects that have been in development for many, many years. They have been waiting...
My two sons are 24 and 21. They would both be disgusted if anyone were to suggest that sex was something to be done to someone, rather than with someone. Am I proud that they understand consent? Not overly. As a mother who desires to raise emotionally intelligent...
As a teacher, seeing students love learning, and their learning environment is very important to me. I spent years working in alternative education settings with kids who disengaged from mainstream schooling. They often carried deep insecurities about being a failure...
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