Presented by Toddle, The School Leaders Bootcamp was an online conference aimed at school leaders and aspiring leaders. Grounded in research, it aimed to unpack

A principal's blog for reflecting, sharing and lifelong learning
Presented by Toddle, The School Leaders Bootcamp was an online conference aimed at school leaders and aspiring leaders. Grounded in research, it aimed to unpack
As a brand new school, family events at Victoria Park Academy (VPA) have to showcase the exciting learning opportunities that we offer and highlight our
First of all, I’m sorry that my blog has been inactive since the summer. I promised to share lots of updates from my new chapter
This year, for the first time, I stepped out of the role of classroom teacher and into the role of a specialist teacher (also known
Check out the photos in this blog post to see Victoria Park Academy (VPA) – a brand new, state-of-the-art school opening this summer… and I’m
Back in May, schools in Hong Kong were able to reopen (you can read about my experience here). We enjoyed a few weeks of relative
The day before the next academic year kicks off, I’m thinking about the biggest challenge that faces me as a Head of Year this term:
In last week’s blog post, I introduced the #HiveSummit and summarised the first four videos (featuring Michael Cohen, Carrie Baughcum, Rick Wormeli and Tara Martin).
Our school year has now reached an end. I thoroughly enjoyed it! As a new Head of Year, it was full of challenges, risks, successes
Rebecca Tupling is an Early Years (Prep) teacher at the Canadian International School of Hong Kong. As an Early Years advocate, she promotes awareness of
I am loving my new role as Head of Year because it challenges me every day. More so than any other year in my career,
This week, I attended a two-day workshop about coaching and leadership, led by Jan Alen of Growth Coaching International. I went into the training knowing
Last summer, I published a post titled My aims for next year. A year later, it’s pleasing and satisfying to revisit that post, knowing that I
That’s it! It’s all over! Another academic year has drawn to a close. What an unbelievably fast year it has been! I love working in
Ross Dawson is the Primary Principal at Victoria Shanghai Academy (VSA), a bilingual IB World School in Hong Kong. Ross has lived in Hong Kong