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This page contains many articles I've written over the years in pursuit of learning, reflection, and personal development.
Themes include productivity, wellbeing, teaching, defusing bullying, culture, heritage, facilitation & more.
You will find that some of these posts are originally published on LinkedIn.
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Sumbella
Mar 22, 20242 min read
Lessons from 'Noughts and Crosses'
[#teaching + #learning about #racism] (Part 1 of 3) I recently shared that I’ve become Co-Chair of the Racial Equality and Ethnicity...
Sumbella
Mar 19, 20241 min read
Fire Drills to Coffee Shop Collaborations
[#CambridgeMENA + #Dubai + #firedrills] What happens when a test fire alarm goes off in a high rise building in Dubai… one that happens...
Sumbella
Mar 18, 20241 min read
A Student from Oman Shines on Cambridge Blog for IWD
[#CambridgeMENA + #StudentSpotlight] So delighted to share that a student from #Oman studying the #CambridgePrimary curriculum and using...
Sumbella
Mar 14, 20242 min read
Special Occasions This Ramadan
[#positivity] ✨ It’s so unusual this year to have lots of special occasions fall around the same time as Ramadan. There is Nowroz, a...
Sumbella
Mar 14, 20242 min read
An Inspiring Mathematician Who Makes Jewellery!
[#CambridgeMENA + #learning] Just the week before, we were #lucky enough to welcome Assessment Manager for Mathematics, Sarah Gott, and...
Sumbella
Mar 14, 20242 min read
Day 2 of Network & Learn Events in Riyadh
[#CambridgeMENA + #Riyadh + #Learning 🇸🇦✨] We wrapped up Day 2 of our Network & Learn events in Riyadh yesterday! Shout out to my...
Sumbella
Mar 14, 20242 min read
Network & Learn Event in Jeddah
[#CambridgeMENA + #Jeddah🇸🇦] 🙏🏼 Thank you so much to the teachers of #Jeddah who came to the Network & Learn event today! We...
Sumbella
Mar 14, 20242 min read
Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards, 2021
[#Cambridge #DedicatedTeacherAwards] Want to know some #behindthescenes about this award? Today’s the day - in this post I’ll share some...
Sumbella
Mar 12, 20242 min read
New Things I Learned about Jeddah
[#Cambridge + #SaudiArabia] Hello folks! I am in Saudi for the first time in over 3 years. Hello #Jeddah! 🙋🏻♀️🇸🇦 🙌🏼✨ This week,...
Sumbella
Mar 12, 20242 min read
To shuffle, or not to shuffle? That is the question.
[#facilitation🙋🏻♀️] Have you, too, ever been met with resistance when you try to change groups up when you’re #facilitating? How do...
Sumbella
Mar 12, 20241 min read
Training Event Announcement
[#Announcement #TrainingEvent] Dear #teachers - just to let you know there is a super line up of training from...
Sumbella
Mar 12, 20242 min read
Virtual Facilitation and Creating Connection Online
[#virtual #facilitation] How do you make a webinar really engaging, even when you can’t see anyone who is on the session? I was asked...
Sumbella
Mar 10, 20242 min read
An Evening Sitting in the Desert under the Stars
[#wellbeing + #camels 🐫] One of the most beautiful parts of teaching for me, is when your students also become friends who you continue...
Sumbella
Feb 7, 20242 min read
Navigating Career Pivots: Insights for Teachers
[#teachers + #careerpivots] "How do I pivot out of teaching into doing... like what you’re doing?" I was asked this quite a few times by...
Sumbella
Feb 7, 20242 min read
A Minute Activity on Fairness and Differentiation in Teaching
[#facilitation + #teaching] There is an activity you can do that takes less than a minute, yet brings up enough feelings and experiences...
Sumbella
Dec 26, 20232 min read
Unveiling the Cloak: Shedding Light on Classroom Bullying
[#defusebullying] I read a powerful short piece by a talented writer, Dvora Phillip, on LinkedIn recently. She wrote of a child who was...
Sumbella
Dec 26, 20231 min read
Network and Learn Event in Bahrain
[#CambridgeMENA] Aaaaaaand that’s a wrap! Finished up Bahrain’s #networkandlearn event today - grateful for all the teachers who could...
Sumbella
Dec 15, 20232 min read
Cambridge Network and Learn event in Muscat
[#facilitationtip🙋🏻♀️ + #CambridgeMENA] We just wrapped up our #Cambridge #NetworkandLearn event in #Muscat! 🙌🏼 The #teachers in...
Sumbella
Dec 6, 20232 min read
Network & Learn Events in Oman
[#adventures + #cambridge✨] Did you know, a certain phenomenon happens at this time of year in #CambridgeMENA… my colleagues and I in the...
Sumbella
Nov 24, 20232 min read
Empowering Education Across Borders: PBL in Indonesia
[When #CambridgeMENA & #CambridgeSouthEastAsia collaborate💛] I feel really #lucky to work at Cambridge University Press & Assessment,...
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