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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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Mar 30, 20242 min read
Contrast in Workshop Facilitation
[#Facilitation + "Contrast"] Sometimes I worry about including simpler tasks like word-matches or other ‘lower order thinking’ activities...
Sumbella
Mar 22, 20241 min read
Eid Celebrations
[#traditions + #happyeid✨] Here in the #UAE, Eid has been announced as starting tomorrow. It’s a three day thing (!). A bit like a...
Sumbella
Mar 18, 20242 min read
Metacognition: A Practical Approach for Educators
[#teaching + #metacognition] When I've asked how the word 'metacognition' sounds in workshops recently, a common word is...
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 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
May 20, 20231 min read
Assessment for Learning: Shifting Focus from Grades to Growth
[#quoteoftheday💬] “Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you travelled from where you started.” - Steve Prefontaine....
Sumbella
May 11, 20232 min read
The Tale of Fancy Hot Chocolate and Lessons in Integrity: Sipping Contentment Without a Teapot
[#storyoftheday📖🤓] The temperature is beautifully cool and crisp here in the #UAE now, especially in the evenings. That means cosy...
Sumbella
Apr 17, 20232 min read
#DefuseBullying - Part 3: Nepotism
In the ‘Unacceptable Behaviours' section of the #KHDA's recently released #CodeofConduct, there sits a word: #Nepotism. It means...
Sumbella
Apr 13, 20232 min read
#DefuseBullying - Part 1: Spotting & Documenting
[#Defusebullying Part 1️⃣] The #KHDA in #Dubai - #UAE, recently released a document to help combat many of the behaviours that fall under...
Sumbella
Apr 11, 20232 min read
PD Session - Universal Private School, Al Ain
One of the things I love most about @Cambridge University Press Education’s Primary & Lower Secondary core resources for schools, is that...
Sumbella
Apr 4, 20232 min read
The Power of Persistence and Belief: Lessons Learned from a UAE Race Experience
I often enjoy joining the community races held around the #UAE… 🏃🏽♀️😍 And at the end of a #race, I am generally not the kind of...
Sumbella
Apr 4, 20231 min read
Happy UAE National Day 🇦🇪
Even though I live in the #UAE and it is home to the most famous malls in the world, I am sooner to be found in the desert. 💛 In...
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