So, thank you, William Shakespeare (and his father and mother)! All will be well if we end this article well and show it is not much ado about nothing.
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By Tim Middleton
Dec. 8, 2024
John Steinbeck’s East of Eden ends with “And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good” which maybe goes against the argument of this article but it no doubt
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By Tim Middleton
Dec. 1, 2024
Let us not be fussbudgets in our thinking and speaking and treating of children.
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By Tim Middleton
Nov. 17, 2024
Smart phones are all the ‘thing’; everyone must have one, even, it would seem, young children
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By Tim Middleton
Nov. 10, 2024
That is where the treasure will be found.
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By Tim Middleton
Nov. 3, 2024
At the heart of connectivity are two of the essential five Cs of twenty-first century learning - communication and collaboration.
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By Tim Middleton
Oct. 27, 2024
When it comes to stories about fish, we all know that they tend to be dubious and exaggerated; there is always something fishy about such!
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By Tim Middleton
Oct. 20, 2024
However, words of a song (or from a teacher’s mouth), will not make them get started, let alone not stop.
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By Tim Middleton
Oct. 6, 2024
The lie is missing the F. Education must bring life. Ten out of ten people need to know that.
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By Tim Middleton
Sep. 29, 2024
Too many children have been written off by society, by schools, by systems as being a lost cause.
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By Tim Middleton
Sep. 8, 2024
WhatsApp would not change anything but What’s Up conceivably could.
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By Tim Middleton
Sep. 1, 2024
Many children nowadays are quick to advise everyone they are bored — there is nothing to do.
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By Tim Middleton
Aug. 25, 2024
Watch a toddler with this new-found ability to totter on two legs, wandering around in a new place, seeing what is there, what happens if they touch things.
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By Tim Middleton
Aug. 18, 2024
Going back in time, in the Bible we read of the children of Israel who sent spies into Canaan to ascertain what lay ahead of them, in order to fulfil the promise that awaited them.
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By Tim Middleton
Aug. 11, 2024
The Speech Night, or rather more importantly the Prize Giving Night, is for the school to celebrate the achievements of the school
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By Tim Middleton
Aug. 4, 2024
We have drivers pulling out onto the road when there is no gap, expecting (or rather demanding) that others must slow down to allow them in, instead of waiting for a gap to appear.
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By Tim Middleton
Jul. 28, 2024
That means that we must take firm hold of it with energy, force, passion, strength, rapidity
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By Tim Middleton
Jul. 21, 2024
Africa is certainly blessed with some amazing, contrasting, beautiful trees; there are so many different types.
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By Tim Middleton
Jul. 14, 2024
Having quoted Einstein, what do we do now? A genius would perhaps leave it at that, and not try to explain what such a genius meant.
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By Tim Middleton
Jun. 30, 2024
Does it play any part in our education system or in our parents’ communication? Do we reward those who honour that charge?
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By Tim Middleton
Jun. 23, 2024
How we answer these questions about subjects will be very revealing; we may object to this subject, in fact.
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By Tim Middleton
Jun. 9, 2024
Thirty years before the Me Too movement, there was another powerful force which began in the music industry.
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By Tim Middleton
Jun. 2, 2024
Some people have astonishing memories and will remember the names of the cup-winning team from 1970 or the price of sugar in 2000
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By Tim Middleton
May. 26, 2024
The curriculum we offer must be broad as it reaches all parts of the person – it must encapsulate not simply the academic but also the sporting, cultural, social and spiritual.
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By Tim Middleton
May. 19, 2024
Modern society, in our drive for a healthy lifestyle speak of us taking not seven but ten thousand steps a day
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By Tim Middleton
May. 12, 2024
Who Says’ is the title of a 2009 song by John Mayer, an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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By Tim Middleton
May. 5, 2024
That is the reality — many people do not see how great their accomplishments are, do not know how inspiring they are, do not know how beautiful what they are doing is
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By Tim Middleton
Apr. 28, 2024
Despite his background, or perhaps because of his background, Robinson in one interview shared a helpful insight.
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By Tim Middleton
Apr. 21, 2024
George Carlin has recorded a wonderful piece about how we, as humans, have different attitudes when we are asked how old we are.
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By Tim Middleton
Apr. 14, 2024
We tend to be impressed (as the world is) by those in high places with all their supposed knowledge, importance, uniforms, results, wealth, religiosity and pomposity.
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By Tim Middleton
Apr. 7, 2024
Sports coaches are guilty of ‘play station coaching’, of shouting non-stop instructions from the sidelines to their players – a technique that does not help the players learn anything.
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By Tim Middleton
Mar. 31, 2024
No matter what situation we face, or what opportunities we are given, we must accept responsibility for what we do in response.
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By Tim Middleton
Mar. 24, 2024
Tim Middleton is the executive director of the Association of Trust Schools [ATS].
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By Tim Middleton
Mar. 17, 2024
A number of years ago the concept of EQ was uncovered in the educational world and was seen by many to be far more accurate in determining future ‘success’ than its traditional ‘brother’ called IQ.
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By Tim Middleton
Mar. 10, 2024
Tim Middleton is the executive director of the Association of Trust Schools [ATS].
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By Tim Middleton
Mar. 3, 2024
When it comes to the second R for parents, Responsibilities, the first ‘eeesy’ thing to do is to Ensure various important things, in regard to schooling.
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By Tim Middleton
Feb. 25, 2024
Tim Middleton is the executive director of the Association of Trust Schools [ATS].
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By Tim Middleton
Feb. 18, 2024
There are thousands upon thousands of guides to success, all well-meaning and wise, even if some are perhaps a little surprising.
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By Tim Middleton
Feb. 10, 2024
The important thing to remember, of course, is that the box of chocolates is no good to anyone if it is not opened!
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By Tim Middleton
Jan. 14, 2024
Musanhu said the schools boast of an ever ending footprint of producing leader girls who have excelled internationally, and the mission is not complete until equal opportunities have matched
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By Silence Mugadzaweta
Jan. 14, 2024
“To go to school, of course!” was her reply. The boy looked at her, stunned. “What? Again?” Yes, again – and again and again!
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By Tim Middleton
Jan. 7, 2024
God can and can be with them through those difficult, tough, tiring times and He can help them to handle them.
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By Tim Middleton
Dec. 31, 2023
However, we are not here to discuss our favourite puddings or share recipes but we can say that we can learn a lot from puddings!
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By Tim Middleton
Dec. 24, 2023
The two young volunteers stand either side of the speaker who turns to the boy and asks if he has any money
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By Tim Middleton
Dec. 10, 2023
We cannot just do any old thing with our lives, filling them with whatever comes into our head, with no connection.
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By Tim Middleton
Dec. 3, 2023
When it comes to discipline, often with the cries of former pupils harking back to the “good old days” of tough discipline
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By Tim Middleton
Nov. 26, 2023
When it comes to considering the value of something, we might think along the same lines.
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By Tim Middleton
Nov. 19, 2023
As the fact slowly sunk into their minds, the Head repeated that he believed that the girl deserved Colours, for her faithfulness, because she did what she could with what she had.
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By Tim Middleton
Nov. 12, 2023
In some countries, Halloween is something that is celebrated on 31st October, though as with many customs its original purpose is forgotten or ignored.
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By Tim Middleton
Nov. 5, 2023
Hashtags might be seen to be useful in saving time, energy and space, simply by pointing people in a few words to the heart of the matter, to what we stand for or believe (#bebrief).
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By Tim Middleton
Oct. 29, 2023