Growth and Development: Recent Episodes
Clare Lancaster
Do you ever find that you have your best learning conversations with your colleagues off-the-record and over a cup of tea? We do and we want to share them.
Clare Lancaster is the Educational Psychologist and Benyna Richards is the Director of Continuous Professional Development at Tanglin Trust School.
This podcast will cover a range of topics from Raising Fearless Girls to evidence-based decision making, wellbeing, efficient and effective working, and why everyone needs a good night's sleep.
If you are having thoughts of suicide or worried about someone else - please reach out to a crisis line or emergency services. This episode contains information and busts some myths about suicide, but is not designed as a suicide intervention.
Samaritans of Singapore: 1800 221 4444
International helplines can be found at www.suicide.org
Remote Learning has brought challenges and opportunities for us all. We reflect on some of the benefits of remote learning, especially in relation to introverts, and talk about how we can bring some of our learning back into the classroom.
It's Mental Health week in the UK and the theme is Kindness. This chimes beautifully with Kindness day SG which is on Friday the 22nd May (https://www.kindness.sg/). We talk about Kindness; to yourself and to others, as a leader, and should we be RAKtivisits or should we aim for intentional, sticky kindness?
We reference a few TED talks:
https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_goldstein_the_battle_between_your_present_and_future_self?language=en
https://www.ted.com/talks/raegan_hill_the_power_of_kindness
https://www.ted.com/talks/stephanie_petrone_sticky_act_of_kindness
What can we do as parents and educators to nurture bravery and fearlessness in our daughters? Learn about what a difference language makes, our modelling of bravery, the importance of not striving for perfection, and what we can do to help our girls become women that stand up for what they want in their careers and relationships.