Posted in Brain, Positive Behaviour, Unconditional Positive Regard on May 20th, 2008 11 Comments »
I’ll not kid on here - I first heard about attachment theory just a few months ago and then followed this up with a concrete example of it being put into practice at Lothian Villa. What follows is my layman’s understanding of what it means and how we might benefit from it in East Lothian.
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Posted in Leadership Dilemmas, Positive Behaviour, Uncategorized on Apr 27th, 2008 19 Comments »
Leadership Dilemma: You are the head teacher of a school. A child swears at a teacher in front of other children. What do you do?
Does such an occurence automatically mean that the child should be excluded from school?
It’s certainly one of the most common reasons for exclusion.
My own point of view has always been to treat every situation [...]
Posted in Children's Services, Culture, Inclusion, Leadership, Positive Behaviour, Positivity, Unconditional Positive Regard on Apr 13th, 2008 4 Comments »
“You never leave the villa” - so said Andy Thorpe, manager of the Lothian Villa, a residential home for challenging and vulnerable teenagers in East Lothian. I was privileged to visit the “Villa” a couple of weeks ago and I’ve been meaning to write up my experiences since that time.
What Andy means by “You never leave [...]
Posted in Early Intervention, Inclusion, Learning and teaching, Positive Behaviour on Dec 13th, 2007 No Comments »
I had a very enjoyable vist this week to Preston Lodge High School to observe five S1 pupils being taught a science lesson. Amy, Sean Michael, Steven, Dale and Jade showed tremendous understanding and application, and were fortunate to be taught by a great teacher in Gillian Binnie, supported by Mandy Reid. The class overcame [...]
Posted in Culture change, Leadership, Learning and teaching, Management, Partnerships, Positive Behaviour, Positivity, School visits, Unconditional Positive Regard on Nov 27th, 2007 1 Comment »
I visited Sanderson’s Wynd Primary School in Tranent this morning.
In the course of a very enjoyable visit where I observed a number of classes and talked with Headteacher Fiona Waddell and some of her staff about how they create a purposeful learning environment. The school is not without its challenging pupils but what struck me was [...]
Posted in Consultation, Positive Behaviour on May 8th, 2007 No Comments »
I had a very enjoyable morning at Loretto RC Primary School this morning to help them update their Behaviour Policy.
We looked at their own policy and compared it with another school’s. It proved to be a very useful exercise as we were able to identify strengths in both.
The key to the success of any policy [...]