Cancer And Being Playful
johndabell Probably the last thing you feel like when going through cancer and treatments is ‘playing’. But being playful is so important for our wellbeing and this is definitely not ‘just…
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Literacy and LEGO Minifigures
The centrepieces of any LEGO are the LEGO Minifigures, also known as a ‘minifigs’. They were first introduced in 1978 and since then these instantly recognisable anthropomorphised pieces of plastic…
Pun Names And Book Titles
I’ve always been a sucker for a good pun and especially when it comes to book titles and pun names. I still remember my childhood favourites, There’s a Hole in…
Ignore Everybody
Ignoring everybody seems to be odd advice but it’s certainly something we need to do more of. Cartoonist Hugh MacLeod tells us so in his book Ignore Everybody And 39…
It’s A Small World
15 years ago I’m walking down a railway platform at St. Pancras International in London and in front of me I notice a guy laying on the floor.
The Candle Problem
Do you suffer from functional fixedness?
Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking
Can you measure creativity through picture construction tests?
A Tough Question To Chew On
How many ways can you get a needle out of a haystack?
The Kes Factor: Finding Every Child’s Passion
There is plenty of talk about ‘resilience’ in schools these days. Everyone you meet seems to be going on about it. People are searching high and low for it hoping…
Meet Off-Site For Fresh Thinking
When it comes to staff meetings then nothing can be worse than sitting in a stuffy, stale and airless room clock-watching. Actually, there might be. Staff meetings held in a…