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Squiggles on a Page: The Magic of Reading

There is a magical moment that occurs around the middle of the year, every year, in a grade one class. It’s the moment that squiggles on a page suddenly, out of the blue, morph into words, phrases and sentences. Continue reading

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Christchurch earthquake tragedy

It is crippling to have children on the other side of the world at the epicentre of an earthquake, devastation all round them, and you can’t do a single thing to reach them, let alone help them. Continue reading

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Three sausages and a funeral

At his (step) Mum’s funeral he said that when his Dad told them he was going to marry again his first thought was, “What will happen with the sausages?” Continue reading

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Fixing Education: more, not different

The cry to fix a broken education system is heard around the world. But what if it’s not broken? What if we just need more of it? Continue reading

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