Everyone is a Managing Director
When you start a business or end up at the top of the business, you pick up the wonderful title of Managing Director. It is your job and responsibility then to grow your idea, build a team and make your…
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Change your words, change your mindset
“Change your words, change your mindset”, an advice given to me by my teaching mentor and an attitude which I have instilled within my classroom ever since. Positivity and compassion are key values at Arcadia as we understand the importance…
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Need creative inspiration? Let’s Gogh!
In my opinion, creativity is the single most important aspect that we must develop in children and young people. Not only does it help produce the next Van Gogh or Mozart, but it promotes and nurtures key life skills such…
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Once upon a time…
Ever since I can remember, I have always loved listening to and reading stories. As a child, my highlight of the week would be going to the library on a Saturday morning with my mum and choosing a selection of…
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Food for Thought
Have you ever heard the expression, “can’t cook, won’t cook”? Well, this was well and truly myself before I attended university. I thought that the kettle’s purpose was for boiling eggs and I could not make toast without burning it….
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Finding time to develop your ideas
Ever since 7billionideas began, people have been intrigued about how we developed our business and I know this is the same when talking to the CEO of The Arcadia Preparatory School, Navin Valrani, and his team. After sharing our story…
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Is there such thing as a bad idea?
On my last visit to The Arcadia Preparatory School, a pupil in year 3 asked me if there was such a thing as a bad idea. In my eyes, there is categorically no such thing as a bad idea. It…
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Where do ideas come from?
Have you ever wondered how Thomas Edison had that moment that gave him his famous light bulb idea? Or what prompted Alexander Graham Bell’s inspired moment when he dreamed up the telephone? Come to think of it, where did any…
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Can a 3-year-old come up with an IDEA that could change the world?
In January at The Arcadia Preparatory Entrepreneurship community workshop, I was asked the question by a journalist, “Shouldn’t a 3-year-old be playing rather than learning about entrepreneurship?” My response was simple, “They are playing, they are playing with their imagination.”…
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Don’t let your reading muscles shrink over summer holidays
Once upon a time, when there was no internet, smartphones or any wireless devices we had books. Still, one of my fondest childhood summertime memories is when I got my first library card. I remember how grown up I felt…
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