Bridget Compton-Moen
@BridgetLCM
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Head of Junior School at St Margaret’s College Passionate about educating and empowering girls.
Ōtautahi, Aotearoa
Joined May 2011
“If you support SoR then you must be a child-hating conservative” is certainly among the weirder takes I’ve seen here this week. Would be hysterical if it wasn’t such a dishonest idea.
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Educators, are we recognising #adhd in our students who are girls? It can look so different to that narrow stereotyped idea of #adhd Also watch our #gifted learners. That #hyperfocus can really throw us off
adhd is real. adhd is very very real. 17 years of my life were lived with undiagnosed adhd. I tried to take my own life multiple times, I suffered through a debilitating eating disorder, because I thought I was the problem. I believed I was lazy, stupid, incapable of
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Someone else living a good life does not prevent you from living a good life. There are many ways to win and plenty of space.
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This is so good. Awesome questions. @davecmoen
Leaders who fail to listen ultimately find themselves surrounded by silence. You don't get chosen to take charge unless you give good answers. You won't be able to make change unless you ask good questions. Learning depends on making it safe for people to tell you the truth.
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I’m saving this! Have a sinking feeling it could be very helpful. #chched
Check out my new Thought Piece titled ‘resilience planning for schools’, providing a framework for thinking about preparing schools for the year ahead. https://t.co/jZvpyOjwOn
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Ā MĀTOU KŌRERO | OUR STORIES 📚 A collection of children's stories celebrating Kiwi Muslim communities, created in partnership with the @IWCNZ1, are now freely available. Download yours today ➡️ https://t.co/kQIx8jcZ14 (📸 Author Nesra Wale with her book, Ko wai au? – Who am I?)
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Have loved starting my learning abt #structuredliteracy under experts Jo Jessep, @andreawylie & Julie B. Makes so much sense. Why do we continue to teach chn to ‘read’ without tching them the code? Thanks so much, team! #noguessing ;) #edchatnz #chched
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Grant Robertson says Santa has an MIQ spot set aside and he expects Santa will be fully vaccinated @1NewsNZ
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Feeling so lucky to be able to attend the #StructuredLiteracy workshop run by the incredibly knowledgeable Jo Jessep & 2 of her amazing tutors @andreawylie & Julie Binfield. All Nz tchrs shld be trained in this approach. #sor #scienceofreading
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A rare tweet from me but #SuperSaturday is a huge deal. Get vaccinated tomorrow or, if you already have been, encourage whanau or friends to. Shot Aotearoa.
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Dear Tāmaki Makaurau, please read this thread. Despite what the 6pm news would have you believe the vast majority of South Islanders are so grateful to you and are fully supportive of us being part of the lockdown.
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Like on March 15 in Christchurch, today a violent extremist committed a lone wolf terrorist attack in Auckland. Many in #NewZealand will, understandably, have questions, myself included. Please, don't just direct them at every Middle Easterner. See this excerpt from my book 👇
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Myles is one of the good guys - let's see how many ed followers we can get him back up to before he wakes up in the morning. Thanks everyone.
After 12 years @NzWaikato had his account deleted by @Twitter for no reason & now all of his hard work has gone - it’s been impossible to get a response from twitter too! Myles has always been a role model & good friend of mine - let’s help rebuild his #PLN - please follow & #RT
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