"Nearly 4 months have gone by since we did our Team Building day with the Astra Alliance, our Teacher training provider. What a well organised day.
And I can still vividly remember your Grizzly Bear story and regularly tell people the Starfish story. You motivated me to re-set and re-charge and to believe things that we didn't think were possible in ourselves!
The interactive activities were fun and thought-provoking and helped me realise that as teachers we can help our students think outside the box, or overcome physical challenges and traumas, along with emotional issues. Maybe not to save all the thousands of 'Stranded Starfish', but at least starting with one or two (like in the story).
We may not be able to change others, but we can change ourselves. And as you rightly said, there are only two things we can control, our own thoughts and our actions."
Liz Herrera - French and Spanish Trainee Teacher - Astra Alliance, Bucks