Blog Category: Posts By Common Concern

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Calming Our Students’ Lives

All parents and teachers want the best for the children in their care, we want ...

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Happy, calm children learn best

All parents want the best for their children – we want them to grow up ...

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Healthy Play vs Unhealthy Play

Most of you know how passionate I am about children having childhoods that are as ...

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Hidden influences on student learning

Sometimes as teachers we scratch our head wondering why some students perform to their potential ...

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Really Surviving Life: Real Resilience and Passion

“In humanistic psychology resilience refers to ‘an individuals ability to thrive and fulfil potential despite ...

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Is Your Child Ready for School?

Many families will by now have made the difficult decision about whether or not to ...

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The dirty secret about raising kids: It’s child’s play

I am going to let you in on a little secret about raising children. It’s ...

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The Real Truth About Homework

There isn’t a shred of evidence to support the widely accepted assumption that homework yields ...

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Using Visualisation and Mental Rehearsal in the Classroom

When students turn up in your classroom they bring with them invisible inhibitors to learning. ...

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Why Dads Matter – Especially to Girls

I am not sure who said it but I think there is great wisdom in ...

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Adolescence Unplugged Part 1

Part One of a two-part series published in Spectrum magazine, this article explores what is ...

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Adolescence Unplugged Part 2

Part two of a two-part series (Part 1) on understanding and engaging with adolescents, published ...

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Building Resilience within the EYLF

Every child deserves to have the best start possible especially in the first five years. ...

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Building Blocks for Resilience – Free Illustrated Poster

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NAPLAN Nightmare — Education Review article

by Darragh O’Keefe Education Review (www.educationreview.com.au) 11 August 2011 Is the high stakes testing regime ...

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Free Audio Collection

Sleepytime and Safe’n’Sound audio tracks These 2 free audio tracks may be useful to parents ...

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In defence of the humble bunny: the importance of imagination

As Easter comes speeding towards us, I invite you to be kinder to the humble ...

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The Little Things are the Big Things: Building Resilience

Today’s modern world is full of so many innovations, knowledge and new ways of doing ...