Author Archives: Dr. Naoisé O'Reilly

What factors affect how well we do in exams? You would think it is all down to how much time you spend swatting in your bedroom. There are in fact 8 main factors that affect exam performance Subject Knowledge – … Continued

Mocks and the sky falling in, Chicken Licken Syndrome Sometimes I ask why do we do the mocks? In fact, in recent years I have charted that where I have students in schools which don’t do the mocks, they perform … Continued

How do you feel when your life is out of balance? What are the signs of your life being out of Balance? Here are 7 key areas to look for tells in your life. They cross all areas of your … Continued

For Episode 285 of the podcast I originally found this labyrinth in an Alice Walker book – The Same River Twice. It was the expression I had been seeking to patch my own journey together. And then I took out … Continued

  Introduction Podcast to series 6:   Five Ranks (of Ts’ao-tung): Introduction links: http://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/Miscellaneous/TheFiveRanksoftheHouseofTsaotung.htm https://www.buddhistdoor.net/dictionary/details/five-ranks-of-tsao-tung   My version of the 5 Rank system with non-racist Personality and Expression as the Core principles:     This is a classic example of … Continued

This is the podcast I recorded to go with my scribbles in my journal.   I decided to give a proper look at how I develop my thinking on the page. This piece of work stat in July 2020 and … Continued

This is the first method I ever drew out on the table – using whiteboard markers as we wrote directly onto the tables in the school. You can imagine how much we all loved doing this! I told you too … Continued