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Getting To Grips With A Growth Mindset

By |2014-10-10T07:05:21+11:00October 10th, 2014|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing|Tags: , , , , , |

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve written about the concept and benefits of getting into a Growth Mindset. The language of Growth Mindset is filtering into schools and there is a wealth of material, literature and resources that you might like to look at if you’re interested in developing Growth Mindsets in your learning [...]

Getting Into A Growth Mindset

By |2014-10-03T04:43:28+10:00October 3rd, 2014|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Last week I wrote about the dangers of finding ourselves in what Carol Dweck terms a Fixed Mindset. This week I want to explore the concept of a Growth Mindset a little more. Much of the work I do in schools is around enhancing engagement. Often I’m asked what should ensure all kids and teachers [...]

Hands Up If You’re Not A Maths Person!

By |2014-09-26T02:03:27+10:00September 26th, 2014|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Science & Research|Tags: , , , , , , , |

How old were you when you decided that you weren’t any good at sport? Or that you couldn’t sing? When did you decide that you weren’t a maths person or that you couldn’t draw to save your life? Was it last week? In your late 30s? Early 20s? Late teens? Early teens? In primary school [...]

Digital Rights Of A Child

By |2014-09-23T00:48:54+10:00September 22nd, 2014|Categories: Cybersafety|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

What are the rights of the child in the digital space? Just mention the phrase, “Kids Online” and immediately the subject shifts to today’s generation of teens seemingly fused with their phone, gaming console and the net. Experts lament the loss of privacy, while others warn of terrible consequences of spending so much time online. [...]

Student Mental Health

By |2014-09-12T06:22:21+10:00September 12th, 2014|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing|Tags: , , , , , , |

An article last week in the Sunday Telegraph attempted to shine a light on the number of student in NSW who are self-harming. According to the article, two students every week are self harming as a result of bullying or mental health issues. I’m of the opinion that this is grossly underestimating the real number. [...]

Putting Profits Before Health

By |2014-09-06T06:52:11+10:00September 5th, 2014|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Society & Culture|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Can you remember watching Jamie’s School Dinners and being horrified at what UK and US schools were serving up to kids on a daily basis? Can you remember shaking your head in disbelief as school principals, canteen supervisors and local administrators continually argued that healthy food wasn’t financially viable in a school setting? I mean, [...]

The Death Of Privacy

By |2014-08-29T22:19:27+10:00August 29th, 2014|Categories: Cybersafety, Society & Culture|Tags: , , , , , , |

When schools ask me to chat to parents, one of the things I often cover with them is how to – or how not to – use social media. I urge parents not to vent their anger around a school on Facebook as, if we’re being honest, it’s often an issue that has been blown [...]

Should We Tell Kids Things Don’t Always End “Happy Ever After?”

By |2014-08-22T06:30:47+10:00August 22nd, 2014|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Society & Culture|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Lets face it, watching the evening news bulletin rarely makes for cheery viewing, but in the last few months it seems to have been particularly harrowing. Plane crashes, war zones, suicides and urban shootings have seemingly dominated the headlines. As an adult I’ve found it hard to watch. As an educator I’ve found it harder [...]

Would You Accept This

By |2014-08-15T20:41:11+10:00August 15th, 2014|Categories: Society & Culture, Technology|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Imagine for a second that you arrive to pick you child up from football, netball, a music lesson or even school. Imagine as you get out of the car, all you can hear is the most abhorrent racial, homophobic, sexist or religious-based bullying. I’m assuming you wouldn’t be happy about this. I’m assuming you’d have [...]

Are Schools Really Well Placed To Help?

By |2014-08-12T08:26:56+10:00August 12th, 2014|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

In last weekend’s Sydney Morning Herald, I read an article that stated, “Homophobic bullying rife in high school PE lessons.” The article went on to say that a study funded by beyondblue, found 98 per cent of students had heard casual homophobia in their PE classes, while more than 80 per cent heard it frequently. [...]

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