John Dabell

When Children Go All ‘Akihi’

July 31, 2021June 30, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments Aikhi, directions, Ella Frances Sanders, speaking and listening, translation

‘Akihi’ is a Hawaiian term expressing a situation we are all familiar with – the forgetfulness felt immediately after being

Decision Making

The Spectrum Policy

July 29, 2021June 23, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments democratic, George Prince, ideas

If you don’t already, make sure that you have a spectrum policy in place. When it comes to meetings and

Leadership Management

School Leaders and RACI

July 27, 2021June 23, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments accountability, efficiency, organisatio, project management, responsibilities, roles

Do you have a Responsibility Assignment Matrix? Some school managers adopt a type of RAM called a RACI framework in

Creativity Words

Alphabent

July 23, 2021June 22, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments alphabet, David Parlett, word games, word play

One of the joys finding a book behind a book is coming across some gems that you’d parked and sort

Psychology Well Being

Continuous Partial Attention

July 21, 2021June 19, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments attention, attention deficit, Linda Stone, wellbeing

Have you noticed that everyone around us seems to be paying partial attention, continuously? We seem to be living in

Culture Mistake-Making Psychology

Wabi Sabi Schools

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments imperfection, wabi sabi

If we all need to live by one principle then wabi sabi is it. This is a Japanese way of

Fun

The Fun Scale And School

July 17, 2021June 18, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments active learning, enjoyment, Fun Scale, Jono Hey, sketchplanations

Is school fun? Learning certainly can be and the rich array of experiences offered by schools means that fun is

Beliefs

The St Swithin’s Day Fallacy

July 15, 2021July 5, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments precipitation, rainfall, St Swithin's Day, Winchester

If it rains on St Swithin’s Day it will rain for the next 40 days. If St Swithin’s Day is

Reading

Skimming and Scanning

July 13, 2021July 12, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments reading, reading comprehension, scanning, skimming

Everyone is raving about the new reading framework. The reading framework: teaching the foundations of literacy is the latest guidance

Creativity Language

A Novel Idea

July 11, 2021May 29, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments Christian Bök, constrained writing, Ernest Vincent Wright, Georges Perec, Gilbert Adair, James Thurber, lipogram, Mark Dunn

When you impose constraints on writing then it becomes more of a challenge and that’s a good thing. It’s a

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