Positive Schools Singapore International Positive Education Conference November 2015
The first ever International Singaporean conference is being held at The United World College of South East Asia on 6th and 7th November 2015. Please visit…
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Australian Positive Schools 2016 Conference. Building Positive Relationships with Cohesion, Communication, Community. Save the Dates!
Positive Schools 2016 – mental health and wellbeing conferences. When we asked Australian staff and students what makes education positive and engaging, they told…
My Story Is Relevant by Luka Lesson
I believe poetry is essential to life. I am a full-time poet, so yes, I am biased. But I have seen way too…
The Importance of Being Earnest by Dr Helen Street
The Importance of Being Earnest Dr Helen Street With March already here, the new school year is well underway. For the past…
Poet on Board! Welcome Luka Lesson
The Positive Schools Team are excited and delighted to welcome on board a new Positive Schools ambassador, poet, educator and presenter ‘Luka Lesson’. …
In Search of a Voice by Dr Helen Street
How can we help students to develop their creative voice within the confines of our modern education system? With the energy of this…
Why Stories are good for the Brain by Jenevieve Chang
One of my favorite stories growing up was of the day my grandmother met my grandfather. She was in her early 30s – resolutely…
It’s true what they say about an apple a day
The Victorians famously had a talent for capturing, in memorable proverbs, important insights into life’s dilemmas. There can be few whose actions have not…
Exercise getting the creative mind engaged
The impact of physical exercise on convergent and divergent thinking. Front Hum Neurosci. 2013 Dec 2;7:824. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00824. The impact of physical…
The musical ages of modern man: how our taste in music changes over a lifetime
New research charting broad shifts in changing personal music tastes during our lifetimes finds that – while it’s intrinsically linked to personality and experience…