Learning and Leading

Last Thursday I had the privilege of heading to Samoa with a combined group of students from Hobsonville Point Primary and Secondary. Shar...

Often values at schools are talked about in relation to how we want our kids to be. We use words like "trust" and "respect...

Learning and teaching is often a balancing act. How do you continue to grow a students world and also honour their voice? Taking students in...

A constant battle going on with my thinking is what do we start with? Systems or students? Students are important? Do systems support st...

One of the challenges to the "mental model" teachers and leaders have is that staff should be very well planned. My question to th...

One of the joys of working at Hobsonville Point Schools is the ability to sit back and watch. The PPP model (not a charter model) means tha...

When we look at "what is powerful learning?" and "what is powerful to learn?" it is important to think about what are we...