13/04/2017
8 resaons is enough to stop the #1 reason which is teen su***de. Let's continue to bring awareness to this issue and do everything in our power to combat it. Recently, Netflix has released a series called '13 Reasons Why' which is a spinoff from the young adult novel written by Jay Asher. The series portrays the struggle and reasons why a teenage girl committed su***de. If you have the opportunity to watch, do yourself a favour. If you have kids, it's a must watch.
8 Reasons For Teaching Kindness in Schools | Education Articles
Most people have heard the phrase ‘random acts of kindness’, which refers to a selfless act of giving resulting in the happiness of another person. Terms like
12/04/2017
Whyville enjoys giving their teachers a break from educating for a little team building exercise, fun times, and good food! We believe in order to have a strong team, relationships between the staff should be developed and trusting. We try to harbour a family-like atmosphere.
12/04/2017
"Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colourful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture if for the audience." -Dale Carnegie
12/04/2017
A gap year is a brilliant idea if you are unsure of what you want to major in. Rather than start university wasting time and money, take a year to find yourself, have life experiences, and really think about what you want to do for your future. Many students start university and are dead set on a specific degree and halfway in, realise they have no interest at all in that field.
Readers Tell Us: Is a Gap Year Worth It?
The New York Times asked readers who took a year off from college to share their experiences. Here’s what they said.
10/04/2017
Saturday tutoring lesson may be a daunting task for the boys but they sure do appreciate a and . Every time we play, I bump up the amount of tiles they have to use to make a word. A couple of these words I helped them with but for the most part, it was all them!
10/04/2017
A beautiful weekend here in Seoul. Cherry blossoms are making their debut.
10/04/2017
Well done kids! It is pretty amazing that a group of students noticed red flags, which in turn, made them investigate qualifications of a person who would be running their school. It seems as though the district may need some stronger interviewing skills.
Kansas school head quits over student newspaper probe - BBC News
What started as a profile piece by the school newspaper quickly morphed into an expose.
06/04/2017
As much as Whyville focuses on academics, we also enjoy letting our students have real life experiences using their English outside of the classroom. Field trips are a great way to get out into nature and the community.
06/04/2017
During summer holiday, Whyville offers an intensive program focusing on speaking, writing, and listening. The students have the opportunity to come week to week as the unit for each week is a different theme. Not only do the students work extremely hard, but the teachers do as well. Way to go summer school participants!
04/04/2017
This is such an interesting concept and a concept that can absolutely supplement continuing education if not perhaps eventually replace. For many people, the need for constant learning is essential. This idea allows people to take one month a year out of their lives to meet, learn, and develop with a well-rounded panel of educators and entrepreneurs.
If Our Higher Education System Is Broken, How Can We Fix It?
Vishen Lakhiani, Founder and CEO of Mindvalley, shares his ultimate vision of a transformative new educational model for today's world.
03/04/2017
“Instruction does much, but encouragement everything."― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Teacher encouragement 'gives pupils long-term boost' - BBC News
Year 11s who receive encouragement are significantly more likely to go to university, a study has found.