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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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Workshop at Dorat Al Khaleej School, Oman

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Apr 11 min read

Workshop at Dorat Al Khaleej School, Oman

[#CambridgeMENA + thank you Oman] Hi folks! That’s a wrap for today’s workshops specially for teachers using Cambridge University Press &...

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Apr 11 min read

Memorable Moments from Bahrain

[#appreciation, #training + teachers of #Bahrain] I got back from Bahrain the day before. It was the second time I’ve been there (did you...

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Apr 12 min read

Facilitation and Teaching Activity Idea

[#facilitation / #teaching activity idea] Rounding off my trip to #Qatar earlier this week by sharing a key activity I have been wanting...

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Mar 302 min read

Exploring Jordan and Must-See Spots

[#travel + a glimpse of #Jordan] Even though my trip to Jordan was brief, I was lucky to be taken on a whistle stop tour of a couple of...

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Mar 302 min read

Contrast in Workshop Facilitation

[#Facilitation + "Contrast"] Sometimes I worry about including simpler tasks like word-matches or other ‘lower order thinking’ activities...

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Mar 302 min read

MENA Educators' Insights from Jordan

[#CambridgeMENA + #teachertraining + common threads] I’ve worked in the MENA (Middle East & North Africa) region for almost a decade now,...

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Mar 302 min read

Wrapping Up with Energy: Music, High Fives, and a Sweet Farewell

[#facilitation + endings] A little while ago I got an idea to finish the end of a workshop or session with a bit of music and high fives....

A Grateful Thank You from Cambridge MENA

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Mar 252 min read

A Grateful Thank You from Cambridge MENA

[#CambridgeMENA + #Celebration] This is a thank you post! A huge thanks to those who joined our Cambridge MENA Dedicated Teacher Awards...

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Mar 252 min read

Misconceptions about Facilitation

[#facilitation] Some misconceptions about facilitation: 1 - The hero is the facilitator 2 - It’s a “loud” skill for extroverts 3 - The...

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Mar 252 min read

Highlights from the KSA Trip and Teacher Awards

[#CambridgeMENA + #celebration💃🏻🕺🏽✨] Many of you followed along with the recent #KSA trip where my colleague Ahmed Shalabi...

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Mar 242 min read

Facilitation Reflections

[#facilitation + #learningoutloud] One of my first non-teaching roles was with Oxford University Press, and the first country I was...

Cultural Awareness in Virtual Facilitation

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Mar 232 min read

Cultural Awareness in Virtual Facilitation

[#facilitation + #culturalawareness / #inclusion✨] When you look at this photo, what do you see behind me? A computer screen? When I look...

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Mar 231 min read

May's Journey: Reboot and Rise

[#positivity + #productivity] Sometimes you don’t need to start something new, you just need to reboot something you loved but left...

Teaching and Learning Using Cambridge Resources

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Mar 232 min read

Teaching and Learning Using Cambridge Resources

[#facilitation + #teaching + #CambridgeMENA 🙋🏻‍♀️] You often hear the phrase “Don’t sweat the small stuff”, but I’m against that in...

Empowering Educators: Harjeet's Inspiring Story

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Mar 192 min read

Empowering Educators: Harjeet's Inspiring Story

[#CambridgeMENA + #TeacherGrowth] Meet Harjeet. She’s a teacher in #Oman - growth focused, loves learning, and keen to take on new...

Fire Drills to Coffee Shop Collaborations

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Mar 191 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...

A Student from Oman Shines on Cambridge Blog for IWD

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Mar 181 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...

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Mar 142 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...

An Inspiring Mathematician Who Makes Jewellery!

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Mar 142 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...

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Mar 141 min read

Reposting My Colleague’s Post

[#Repost + #CambridgeMENA + a #guessinggame✨] Super teachers, at a super event, with a super colleague last week in #SaudiArabia,...

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