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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
Nov 24, 20231 min read
Teacher's Toolkit for Productive Writing - 4
[#productivity🤓] (Part 4: #Mindset) We are in the middle of answering the FAQ: "How are you writing/posting so much on LinkedIn"? I...
Sumbella
Jun 5, 20231 min read
Quirky Quarks and Scrabble Laughs
[#learning + #justforfun✨] For a long while now I have been somewhat of a Scrabble trainee studying under (read: constantly losing to)...
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 20, 20232 min read
Three things about Cambridge Online Maths
[#learning🤓] My colleagues David Hickinson and Mohamed Mahmoud Abdulazeem are two complete pros 😎😎 at using a nifty tool called...
Sumbella
May 16, 20232 min read
Empowering Webinar Facilitation
[#facilitation✨🙋🏻♀️] What do you do when you don’t get a reply to the question you pose in an online webinar, or a big group during a...
Sumbella
May 16, 20232 min read
“If you don't train them, don't blame them.”
[#quoteoftheday💬] “If you don’t train them, don’t blame them!” This quote was first made famous to me by a colleague at a Cambridge...
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 28, 20232 min read
Positivity - Part 2: #UncleLen's Letter
[#positivity] *Part 2* #UncleLen went from being a man with a plan, to a man with one mission: To survive. Around the time he reached 96,...
Sumbella
Apr 26, 20232 min read
"When one teaches, two learn."
[#quoteoftheday 💬] "When one teaches, two learn", by Robert A. Heintein. Anybody who has been around me for a little while will know...
Sumbella
Apr 26, 20232 min read
How do you stop a bully in 2023?
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oKjW1OIjuw [#defusebullying toolkit 🧰] How do you stop a bully in 2023? In this video, Brooks Gibbs,...
Sumbella
Apr 19, 20234 min read
What makes a good life, Uncle Len?
A good teacher is hard to find. People of all generations and times have travelled far and wide just to spend time with a good teacher....
Sumbella
Apr 19, 20231 min read
Considerate Teaching: Reflections on Differentiation for Educators
Reflecting on last term, the topic of #differentiation came up over and over again for #teachers I met using Cambridge University Press...
Sumbella
Apr 17, 20232 min read
#Positivity: An Inclusion Champion
Allow me introduce you to a #hero of #inclusion. This remarkable lady has spent the last 50+ years advocating for speech impaired...
Sumbella
Apr 17, 20232 min read
#Adventures - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
If you happened to check the UK Government website for advice on traveling to the #KhyberPakhtunkhwa province in #Pakistan, you will find...
Sumbella
Apr 11, 20231 min read
A Webinar Workshop: What is differentiation?
While Cambridge University Press Education resources provide a sound structure upon which to design and create lessons filled with...
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 7, 20232 min read
The 3-2-1 Plenary: Flexibility and Collaboration in Active Learning Workshops
Today, in a workshop with the lovely English team at #rosaryschoolhalwan we did a plenary activity called a 3-2-1. I learned how to do...
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 2, 20232 min read
Workshop about Differentiation - Abu Dhabi
I have a soft spot for schools like Emirates Private School-Abu Dhabi - with a long history and teachers who laugh that they have been...
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