Samantha Jayasuriya

Nibble, nibble, scratch, scratch!

Change, Courage3 October 2018348Views 0Likes 0Comments

Would you want to share your sleep with this particular fellow? I’m pretty sure once you know that this is a bed bug that your answer would be no! Yet every day millions of us share our bed with a human-made organism which acts just like that bug, sucking, scratching, and nibbling away at…

Notice, habits, joy

Change, Curiosity29 August 2018397Views 0Likes 0Comments

Summer is drawing to a close and in noticing what is happening around me, I have also given thought to the habits that shape this particular time of my year. I have always loved the summer holidays. I love the extra light, the deep blue skies and of course the warmth. I have used time this summer…

Blue sky thinking

Change9 July 2018352Views 0Likes 0Comments

A few years ago, I was inspired by a fellow coach Kirstie McLaclan to undertake a simple act of using my love of writing letters to send a postcard to myself each time I went away on holiday. We rarely stop thinking about our working life, even when we take time away. Time and change of…

Emotional wellbeing

Community3 July 2018393Views 0Likes 0Comments

Developing the team is one of the best ways any leader can move their organisation forward. But in this current climate when three in four Britons have been stressed at least once over the last year that can seem like an uphill challenge. Emotional wellbeing continues to be a key area for focus in any…

Grow your own superhero team

Community, Creativity25 June 2018439Views 0Likes 0Comments

In this challenging landscape of retention and recruitment issues, growing your own team is critical for any school. One of the easiest ways to build team spirit in a school is to enlist characters from the world of books or comics on dress-up days. Dress-up days have punctuated my days as a Head over the past 20…

Summer reading just around the corner

Change10 June 2018359Views 0Likes 0Comments

There are three books on my shelf at the moment. Two examine raising self-awareness and changing habits to improve wellbeing and build resilience. The other looks to the past to develop our future. Book one is called Sane by Emma Jones. The book charts the author’s investigation into developing her own self-help programme to strengthen her…

Curiosity matters… don’t give up!

Curiosity19 March 2018387Views 0Likes 0Comments

Today’s blog post is all about Curiosity For as long as I can remember, I have been inspired by teachers. Teachers got me reading, told me to pull up my socks (sometimes literally) and to push me from good to great. Teachers persevered and coached me into working through algebraic formulae, a skill I have…

Nibble, nibble, scratch, scratch!

Notice, habits, joy

Blue sky thinking

Emotional wellbeing

Grow your own superhero team

Summer reading just around the corner

Curiosity matters… don’t give up!

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