I can’t remember the last time I did not have a leadership responsibility on ANZAC Day. For a long period of time, it was leading my singing trio M*Lasses performing songs by the Andrew Sisters at the Auckland Museum or singing with a swing band in Browns Bay. In the last few years – my ANZAC Days have been […]
Most people assume formal education is a process of individual development from being heavily assisted at the age of 5, moving on to only requiring guidance and eventually achieving full independence and confidence to tackle one’s own learning and growth. The sad truth is that most teachers of 18-year-olds will tell you that their students […] […]
Originally posted on dmsreviewblog:
No Man’s Land A Love Letter to Peace John Psathas, Jasmine Millet, Mathew Knight Wednesday 2 March 2016, Michael Fowler Centre, New Zealand Festival A personal opinion from Stephen Gibbs A mesmerising, poignant and uplifting contemplation of the consequences of war, and the vision of some sort of artistic resolution from…
For Glynn Sergeant My first year at high school was one I did not enjoy very much, largely due to the fact that the subject I LOVED most was delivered in a most uninspiring way. My very formal and traditional music teacher commented to my mother at a parent teacher meeting, that I had “no […]
I have had the great fortune to work with another teacher for 3 weeks. Rather than behaving like “teachers” for the whole time, we behaved like explorers – and learned and developed a whole lot in the process. As we led year 10 music through a songwriting project, we set about co-writing songs too. We […]
WARWICK STANLEY BROADHEAD memories Ihoa-inspirer-conspirator-disruptor-creative soul-spinner-knitter-director-wit-thinker CHOOSING ONE VOICE I used to be the musical director of ONE VOICE, a community choir based in Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand. ONE VOICE were a “feral” choir – run collaboratively by the members and with a wildly diverse repertoire – everything from contemporary songs, gospel arrangements and […]
Originally posted on Pūhā&Pākehā:
Last Thursday (8 January, 2015) my beloved Uncle Warwick Stanley Broadhead passed away (1944-2015) on Waiheke Island. He was amazing. He was mother’s older brother, my Godfather, my teacher, my friend and fellow trouble-maker. For over 30 years he followed the Tibetan Buddhist teachings in some form, alongside my…
Nicely articulated.
Originally posted on Reading Miles:
Extended Metaphor Gilles.C.Bullinga These feet move. Sliding and slapping against the tarmac. Hands move, flapping and swishing over pockets, swiftly swiping away and taking the wallets with them. These eyelids flap slowly, unveiling a hunter’s large, beady eyes, flickering between targets, reading them like books, finding the weak and unsuspecting…
Originally posted on EDUWELLS:
#EdchatNZ – How one ‘lone nut’ can change education. I’ve just had the pleasure of doing two presentations at the first #EdchatNZ conference at the splendid Hobsonville Point secondary School (@hpsschool). If nothing else, it made me glad to be a Kiwi and celebrate not only a world-leading education system but…
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