PROFILE

Stress can be our worst enemy, at times. Especially, when we are asked to do some public speaking, which is one of the greatest human fears and stressors of all time! That bloody presentation! (Why did they even ask me?) The scenario goes like this- you have been asked to co-facilitate a presentation on neurodiversity by your RTLB Cluster Manager and RTLB Practice Leader. They are enthusiastic and believe that you can do an effective job, which is co-facilitating to a range of primary kura...

We need to change the traditional narrative around the concept of resilience. Shanker, Showalter and Hopkins (2025) rightly argue that it is a state, not a trait. That is, the foundation of resilience is a physiological state within our nervous system and it is sourced deep in our brain (Shanker et al., 2025). I would further argue that a paradigm shift in educational (and parental) thinking and approach towards resilience, is required. This is the central argument of this blog. However,...

I have never been a great fan of the scarf. This personal dislike goes back to the early 1980s, when my nana had good intentions of knitting me a scarf, with those bold, bright colours in the pattern. She knitted all seven grandchildren one, including a jersey each. They were knitted in chronological order of age. I was third in line-my brother first, then my female cousin. My jersey was very David Bain-like, I must say. You get the picture? Knitting was the thing to do and my nana was so...