Nurture Lifelong Learning
This year, I made the decision to begin my Masters degree in education. This decision was, in reality, made 10 years ago but I never got around to taking the first step and enrolling on a course. What took me…
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The importance of the morning drop-off
The morning drop-off – an activity that seems so mundane for most parents yet its importance cannot be trivialised by the burden of the logistics that is involved in its implementation. The drop-off itself can be at the bus stop,…
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Brain boosting benefits of music for your child
Living in the multi-cultural and multi-national city of Dubai, children are exposed to many different types of music on a daily basis, be it what they hear on the radio, at school or simply learning a song on TV. Exposure…
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Why I wanted to become part of The Arcadia Preparatory School?
For those who I have yet to meet, my name is David Harkin. I’m the newly appointed Entrepreneur in Residence at The Arcadia Preparatory School and I’m proud to say that we’re the first school to adopt such a position…
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Talk for Writing at Arcadia – What is it & Why do we do it?
“It is impossible to write any text without being familiar with the language, rhythms and patterns that it involves.” Corbett, 2011. The above words of Pie Corbett are illustrative of the reasoning behind why, at Arcadia, we use Talk for…
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Lessons I learned from my five year old
Today I write using posts from my Facebook. My excuse for using Facebook is to keep memories of my daughter (and other events) fresh. My friend keeps complaining that I have selective memory loss, which makes Facebook very handy. Motherhood…
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Healthy body, healthy mind!
When I think back to my childhood years, one of my fondest memories was the excitement and anticipation of Friday nights. Why? Because this was the one night of the week when my brother and I would visit my Nana…
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Boys versus Girls
For centuries, boys have outshone girls in every aspect of schooling – from their first day in formal education, up until the point of graduation at university level. However, the modern trend has seen a sharp shift in achievement levels…
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Physical Literacy
When many people hear the word literacy they think about being able to read and write. However, literacy is not just the ability to read and write but it also means to have competence and knowledge in a specific area….
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A good teacher explains, a superior teacher demonstrates, a great teacher inspires
Studying Psychology at University I learnt about the wonderful world inside a child’s mind and what motivates their behaviour to want to learn. Through learning about the wants and needs of a child I have been fortunate to develop an…
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