When I moved to America on a posting with my Military husband in 2010, we had three little children aged 5, 3, and almost 1. It was our fourth move together in six years and we were on the path of moving from house to house and city to city, every couple of years. With… Continue Reading
By Anna Partridge Classrooms are hubs for student learning. Traditional classrooms teach children how to read and write and do maths. In the modern classroom, social and emotional development is just as important as academics. Student wellbeing is high on the agenda and a regular focus. Research shows that high EQ (Emotional Intelligence) is a… Continue Reading
As we drove towards Sedona through the scorching Arizonan desert in the USA, the looming red hills began to rise up to meet us and little did we know at the time that this town would become our Number 1 place to stay on our road trip through Arizona. If you are planning a trip… Continue Reading
As a school teacher, I have the absolute privilege of looking for and finding the SPARK of 26 children every day. I get to see what the children I teach love, what lights them up, what fires their bellies and what they are passionate about. I observe how they interact with literature, numbers, history, geography… Continue Reading
As parents, we want to raise kids who will be able to cope in life. We want our kids to ‘deal effectively with something difficult’. That, by definition, is what coping is. Coping is the ability to overcome challenges with success. It is the ability to know how to solve problems that arise in everyday… Continue Reading
I was putting my son to bed last night and talking to him about the day. We were reflecting about something he had done that wasn’t great and thinking of ways he could do it better next time. Half way through the conversation he rolled over and said to me ‘Mommy, what did I do… Continue Reading