I am quite amazed at the activites happening in my very own neighbourhood only after a very superficial scratching...I stopped by the Centre for Creative Education which offers Waldorf Teacher Training. (4 Victoria Road Plumstead). They also have a Waldorf school situated behind their beautiful Victorian premises, called the Khanyisa School for Supportive Learning (which is also a special type of Waldorf School -It could be one of a kind from my understanding). I spent a few hours chatting to th… Continue

Every time I come onto Huddlemind.net the site gets a redesign :-/ [surely I should've outgrown the ADD by now!] In part it's because I'm testing new features and code seems inextricably linked with design in my mind. But the other is that I really believe that atmospherics matter. The environments in which we work, play, choose to hang out in, feel inspired in are integral to the quality of our experience. There's a BRILLIANT book worth diving into on a wintery afternoon "Design like you give a… Continue

Yesterday my chess kids played a match against a school in Athlone. (Athlone is a mainly coloured area (mixed race) from a working class background, so definitely has a poorer socio-economic feel to it.) I was initially surprised to discover that it was the principal of this school who was their chess master, but then thought of our own principal who is the golfing master at our school. Before too long, the Athlone principal and I started talking shop. He told me that he's teaching the matrics… Continue