Blog Category: Posts for Parents
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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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Creating Our Own Life
Before I explore empowerment, I need to declare that being grateful, contented, often happy and ...
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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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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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Emotional Acupressure Release Points Diagram
Emotional Freedom Therapy (EFT) is a quick way to help remove emotions from our nervous ...
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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 ...