The four Ps: my personal credo

January 15, 2022 Comments Off on The four Ps: my personal credo

The four Ps: my personal credo Sixteen years ago I was at the central police station in Muscat where I was working. No, I hadn’t broken any rules. I was […]

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It’s clearly not cricket

November 13, 2021 1

It’s clearly not cricket I am proud to live in Yorkshire. Sadly, I can’t describe myself as a Yorkshirewoman as I’ve only been here for 20 years and am still […]

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A New Year’s Message to Inspire

January 9, 2019 Comments Off on A New Year’s Message to Inspire

A New Year’s Message to Inspire This week I received the new year’s message from Avaaz, an organisation I support and greatly admire. Their message could have come straight out […]

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Building community in your classroom

September 15, 2018 Comments Off on Building community in your classroom

Building community in your classroom It was the first advisory of the year: Forty minutes to spend with the group of grade 7s (year 8s) I would see every morning […]

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Potatoes and Plates: An Affirming Start to the New Year

September 1, 2018 Comments Off on Potatoes and Plates: An Affirming Start to the New Year

Potatoes and Plates: An Affirming Start to the New School Year We all want to know our new students’ names and have creative ways of doing this. My favourite, however, […]

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A Man Who Embodied Values and Visions

July 2, 2018 Comments Off on A Man Who Embodied Values and Visions

Last week I had the pleasure of seeing the newly released documentary – “Won’t you be my Neighbour?” highlighting the life of the remarkable Fred Rogers. Growing up in the […]

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Don’t just poop and leave!

June 20, 2018 Comments Off on Don’t just poop and leave!

When we first started supporting the Loibor Siret School community in remote northern Tanzania in 2012, we were the generous visitors from a much more fortunate school coming to help […]

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What people have said and are saying about Values & Visions

April 10, 2018 Comments Off on What people have said and are saying about Values & Visions

Since its publication in 1995, we estimate that V&V has reached over 10,000 educators and impacted 500,000 young people. In 2017, some time after V&V had gone out of print, […]

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The Story of Values and Visions

March 30, 2018 1

Georgeanne writes: The story of Values and Visions began in 1989 when two things happened. Firstly, I watched as teachers in the UK were being put under great pressure to […]

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