Category Archives: Blog

Back to My Primary School – as the Trainer! (And A Remembering About My Antics There!)

What an amazing experience …  I have just been back to my own primary school [...]

The Honour of Wearing The Maori Cloak – or Korowai – A Special Lady and A Maori Tradition

Well what can I say. New Zealand was amazing, magical as always and I had [...]

When Everything Works So Well, There Are No Pupils Coming to the Headteacher’s Office for their Misdemeanours

(The photograph used to illustrate this blog post is not from the school mentioned in [...]

Fears About Pupil Health – Following PE and PSHE Cuts

An article on 31 August 2018 in the TES by Helen Ward, Will Hazell and [...]

Parent Power in New Zealand

Jenny has been having a superb trip to New Zealand, feeling very thankful to all [...]

Call for Mental Health Counsellors in Schools in Scotland

A petition has been raised, calling for all pupils to have access to trained counsellors [...]

My Rallying Cry “Ignore and Distract” is Now Validated!!!!

All you people who have been on my courses have often been surprised that whenever [...]

Hey Ho, Hey Ho, It’s Off to Work I Go!!!

Life for freelance education consultants is bonkers – I have to maintain an office, a [...]

No Hat, No Play

When I did some work in Australian schools, that was The Mantra – very clear!! [...]

The Golden Rules for Children – Helping to Keep Life Simple!

One of the many lovely aspects of my work is that I meet very inspiring [...]