Interview with foundation students: belonging
How did you feel before you started our school? -Scared -Nervous, scared, excited -Scared of tests and felt insecure and afraid people...
May Staff only day
Jayne’s story ‘Samaras (2011), talks about children relishing the chance to get their hands dirty in play, exploration and learning. She...
Nathan Mikaere Wallis: The Fascinating Brain
The Fascinating Brain Early years are the most important in terms of brain development. The first 1000 days of your life is where you...
Building Expectations
Why This is a session I ran with a group of students when I felt that everyday reminders of our school expectations had become...
Our hub goals and reward system
In hub we've been working on individual goals as part of an inquiry. I've also been thinking a lot recently about my hub and the social...
Restorative Practice
At HPSS, we take restorative approach to behaviour. Our script allows the learner to actively reflect on their actions and encourages...
Notes from BodySafe workshop
Situation 10% are strangers in terms of sexual violence Stranger danger is not so relevant 1 in 5 girls and 1 and 10 boys have had...
5 Minutes of Calm
I've been having a problem with a particular class at a particular time. For some reason this naturally energetic class go ape on a...
Reflection on Observation
My theory when I started secondary teaching was if you treat young learners like adults, they will act like adults. I believed that...
Learning informing teaching
In our professional development meeting we were considering the question ‘what does a good teacher in your faculty look like’ and of...
