Category Archives: Student Culture

12 treasure chests in the golden age of CPD #2: Student Culture

Posted on December 4, 2021 by Joe Kirby

Over the last ten years, teachers and school leaders have led on creating a golden age of professional learning. The facts suggest we are entering a golden era of CPD. Research-based CPD has undergone an explosion over the last decade. … Continue reading →

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How willpower works: the science of self-control

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Joe Kirby

  David Blaine spent 35 hours on a 80-foot pillar just 22 inches wide, without a safety harness, fighting hallucinations and the urge to nod off (and fall to his death). He spent 63 sleepless hours in a giant block … Continue reading →

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How can we create great school ethos?

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Joe Kirby

Create a summer school with practice routines to automate good habits.   ‘Habits are like a cable; we weave a strand every day, and soon it cannot be broken’. Horace Mann, 1848   ‘All our life is but a mass … Continue reading →

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