Back to School: Looking Ahead with Purpose

Back to School: Looking Ahead with Purpose

As the academic year begins, reflections on the teaching profession highlight its demanding nature and rewarding relationships. Completing a Master’s degree while managing personal challenges emphasized the importance of perseverance and team culture. Leadership focuses on empowering colleagues, fostering a supportive environment, and prioritizing balance to enhance student and staff wellbeing.

Top 5 Revision Strategies for Students: How to Study Smarter and Boost Exam Success

Top 5 Revision Strategies for Students: How to Study Smarter and Boost Exam Success

This content presents five innovative revision strategies to enhance study efficiency. It covers the Leitner question cards for spaced repetition, the importance of planning essays instead of writing full ones, interleaving topics, the Feynman Technique for simplification and understanding, and dual coding through active drawing for better memory recall.

Reflections: Mark Twain

Mark Twain's quote emphasizes that the ability to read alone does not guarantee knowledge or personal growth; it’s the engagement with books that matters. In a world full of distractions, active reading fosters critical thinking, empathy, and continuous learning. True value comes from utilizing literacy to explore and reflect, enhancing one’s life significantly.