In this episode of Grow Your Flow & Glow, we look beneath behaviour to the learning conditions that shape it.

Drawing on personal classroom experiences — from performing for connection in a Year 5/6 classroom to leading behaviour conversations as an Assistant Principal — this episode explores how students adapt when learning feels unsafe, confusing, or overwhelming.

We unpack the idea of the hidden curriculum: the unspoken rules about how to start, persist, ask for help, and recover from mistakes that some learners acquire early — and others never do.

Framed through flow theory, self-regulated learning, and aligned with NSW Department of Education priorities around student engagement and wellbeing, this episode invites teachers and leaders to rethink behaviour not as a compliance issue, but as valuable information about what learners need next.

This episode isn’t about excusing behaviour.
It’s about explaining it — so teaching can be more effective, inclusive, and human.

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What if the problem in our classrooms isn’t student motivation — but how learning feels?

In this opening episode of Grow Your Flow & Glow, I reflect on my journey as a learner — from struggling with maths in primary school, to failing (and then passing) mathematics as an adult learner at university — and how those experiences sparked my interest in flow, self-regulated learning, and learner wellbeing.

Set against the backdrop of NSW curriculum reform, this episode explores an important question:
How do we strengthen essential foundations without losing student engagement, teacher creativity, or the joy of learning?

This series isn’t about rejecting reform.
It’s about making it work in real classrooms — by understanding how learners develop the habits, strategies, and mindsets that allow them to thrive.

Whether you’re a classroom teacher, instructional leader, or school executive, this episode invites you to rethink what effective learning actually feels like — for students and teachers.

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