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By Melanie Loxton, School Teacher December article 2011 As the “silly season” approaches I would like to bring up the topic of MONEY in an educational context. Firstly, the Grade 2’s have been learning about money in the fourth term. It is quite apparent in class which children have had some experience of working with [...]

By Melanie Loxton, School Teacher November 2011 article This week at my school we held an assembly to honour our ex-Primary school pupils who had gone on to achieve well in their High Schools. They were invited back if they had done well academically, achieved a level in either sport or cultural spheres, or been [...]

By Melanie Loxton, School Teacher October 2011 article Our school was recently very fortunate to have received a visit from well-known and respected educational leader, Gavin Keller. He is a principal at Sun Valley School in Cape Town and often speaks at Professional Growth courses for teachers and parents. I will share some of his [...]

By Melanie Loxton, School Teacher September 2011 article This month I would like to touch on parent responsiveness. I think that at photo-money collection time in the year I always muse the same frustrated musings about the lack of responsiveness in some parents. (This will happen again next month when we try to get Sponsor [...]

By Melanie Loxton, School Teacher August 2011 article This month I would like to touch on the topic of family time and how it affects your child at school. Now, of course, this topic is so broad that I could not begin to address it all here, and I would need the input of a [...]

By Melanie Loxton, School Teacher July article 2011 This month I would like to pay some attention to Parent Interviews, having just completed a round with my Grade 2 parents. 1.    Be punctual. When 27 (or more) sets of parents have been scheduled for after-hours time, it really is important to arrive on time and [...]

By Melanie Loxton, School Teacher Right, so a blind trial is done. IF the child is not bright enough, ie. they are struggling because their IQ is low, not because they cannot focus, then a drug like Ritalin will make NO difference. It cannot enhance brain ability. I have seen trials done in my own [...]

By Melanie Loxton, School Teacher Welcome back to the medication debate: for or against? Two articles ago we looked at the various interventions that pupils may need, and last month we honed in on a common, contentious one : inattention and concentration issues. Please refer to these previous two articles for some background as they [...]