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Growth mindset assignment 2

‘The fisherman knows that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reasons for remaining ashore.’ Vincent Van Gogh Think of a wish or challenge you want to set for yourself. An act of courage and determination. It might be a physical challenge, a social or an […]

Growth Mindset

I shared in my video blog last Monday, that I attended a lecture by Carol Dweck – Developing a Growth Mindset for Learning. Carol Dweck, PhD, is one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of human motivation, personality and development. Her research published in her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success in […]

Hope

I woke after a fractured nights sleep on the morning of the 23rd June 2016. Blinking blurry eyes, I looked at my phone. The result was in… and we were going out. My thoughts were in turmoil; what would the coming day bring. Within days, like a well run dry, kind words dried up, […]

Snow day

Walking home on one evening the snow was falling thick and fast. I passed adults turning their head to the sky and smiling, children skipping and laughing trying to catch the snowflakes, happy to be outside. This simple four letter word can conjure up so many emotions ranging from the negative to the positive, particularly […]

Nibble, nibble, scratch, scratch!

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 our […]

Notice, habits, joy

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 […]

Blue sky thinking

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 […]

Emotional wellbeing

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

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 […]

Curiosity matters… don’t give up!

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 […]