January
2006
This month’s newsletter picks up the theme of
happiness which is beginning to be recognised as a legitimate
source of academic study. In an excerpt from his forthcoming
book Alistair Smith begins to argue the case for happier
schools. Read about two Primary case studies. We follow
with some short pieces under the happiness theme and include
our ten happiest films! |
March
2006
This month, we introduce a new feature: ‘Resource
Review’. We hear about the impressive improvements
at a large specialist college in Wakefield, and how Highfields
Primary School in Rowley Regis have effectively developed
pupils’ positive learning attributes. Having taken
examples from some of the schools Alite has worked with,
we provide some welcome advice on finding time. |
May
2006
This month, Alistair Smith gives an insight into ‘a
week in the life of’; Will Thomas passes on some
ideas on how to achieve a work-life balance; Pat Denison
tells us how she empowered herself and her staff by deciding
to Develop the Developers; we give a background to the
artist Alison Lapper who is a guest speaker at our Celebrating
Learning Conference; we reveal some recent neurobiology
research and Alison Slater, a Year 4 teacher, reviews
Picture the Music. |
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July
2006
To celebrate the end of term and the summer holidays, we’ve
decided to concentrate on happiness this month! Alistair Smith
argues a strong case for happier schools.
We are delighted to report back on the success of our annual
conference at the Café Royal last month for those who
couldn’t make it and the Head and Assistant Head of
Highfields Primary School who presented at the event, tell
us how they have developed pupils’ positive learning
attributes. We end with the suggestion of tuning into Fun
Radio over the long, summer months to catch up with essential
Accelerated Learning themed songs… |
September
2006
This month Alistair Smith
progress of the human race; we focus on
introducinge-learning across the
school; and
to conclude, we encourage you to eat more
curries to benefit your brain power! |
November
2006
This month’s edition of the Alite newsletter reveals
how one school have made the human brain an enthralling
walk through experience for its pupils; we follow on
from last issue’s input about e-learning; we provide
some comfort for parents and teachers of teenagers and
we conclude by having a laugh!
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December
2006
This month we celebrate the achievements of Chapel Break
First School after their outstanding Ofsted report which
praised the power of Accelerated Learning; Teresa Tunnadine
from The Compton School reveals how she has developed
her vision of creating an outstanding 21st Century School;
we note that multi-tasking isn’t always beneficial
to learning and we end with a light-hearted look at some
of the things we learn as we go through life.
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