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The long game

The long game

I have made a career from believing in students more than they have believed in themselves. I encourage others to do the same. It helps students to see the world, and their place in it, in a different light. Their world grows. They understand that they are agents in...
The long game

Reading for success

In 2012, the Education Standards Research Team in the UK compiled the Research Evidence on Reading for Pleasure report. It found that reading for pleasure had educational benefits, supported personal development and had a positive impact on reading including: reading...
The long game

Principles that guide and inspire

As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty,...
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Peaceful parenting

Parenthood is a delightful journey. It contains the greatest and most terrifying elements of life. We hear the following words of Jesus in John 15: “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you” and “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you”. I...
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Bringing out the best in self and others

Healthy community has key indicators, one of which is the way we treat others. I am pleased to say that I have enjoyed seeing the way that students at NBCS care for others, in their learning, in their school and in their community. I have spoken to our Secondary...
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A place to belong, grow and flourish

An extract from “A Diary of Private Prayer” by John Baillie. Lord forgive me for: My apathy towards wrongs that do not impact me, and my sensitivity to those that do. My slowness to see the good in others and to see the flaws in myself; My hard-heartedness towards the...