I love to leaf through the pages of a good book. Turn over a new leaf every now and then. Read a book from cover to cover and turn the corner down to mark my place. Kathryn Ryan on National’s Nine-to-Noon recently commented, in an interview, on “…that physical aspect [of books], the tactile aspect […]

I’m sure you’ve all been waiting with baited breath for the results of last post’s question…..so here is a convoluted response… Last week, I was sitting in Wellington airport, enjoying a quiet moment with a Fuel latte and taking advantage of the free Internet access (just joking, Wild at Heart). The taxi driver, on my […]

“Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast.” Charles Dickens This year’s day of PD for the region’s English HoDs was held this week. In keeping with the year – ‘007’ – we decided to be ‘shaken and stirred’. No free cocktails, unfortunately, but plenty of lively discussion around aspects of the educational landscape that are […]

It is certainly an aspirational document; the new NZ Curriculum, was released this week with minimal fuss and fanfare. Indeed,there were more fireworks in my local park – where the future promise of this country was trying to wipe itself prematurely out of the gene pool – than in the media. A few comments on […]