Second Chance

Though she has enjoyed success in her acting career, Kate Rivers's life isn't all she hoped it would be. She has never married, nor had the children she has always wanted. Unable to find the emotional support she needs, Kate looks for comfort with her beautiful - and married - cousin.

Literature & Fiction

Siân James

Contemporary

Piatkus

Gently sad, quietly hilarious, this is the story of a Welsh love affair in wartime.

Love and War

Piatkus Books

A sudden act of violence forces three women to re-evaluate their lives.

Summer Storm

Judy Piatkus(publishers) Ltd

Having returned home to deal with her mother's funeral, Kate Rivers is taking stock of her life. Though step-mother to her lover Paul's daughters, she has never married or had the children she wanted and now tragedy has struck Paul's family, it is he who needs a shoulder to cry on.

This leadership playbook has been published to coincide with the global release of the first PISA test results on creative thinking, the Creativity Collaboratives under way in England and the growing importance of creative thinking in countries across the world.Creative Thinking in Schoolsfocuses on how leaders can create capacity among their staff to embed creative thinking, both in their own lives and in the lives of their pupils. Itoffers a framework for improving creative thinking based on the widely used five creative habits framework developed by the Centre for Real-World Learning. The framework focuses on developing learners who are inquisitive, persistent, collaborative, disciplined and imaginative. Underpinned by research and analysis of practice in hundreds of schools across the world, and more recently by an in-depth study of fifty schools in England,Creative Thinking in Schoolsprovides a range of accessible resources, planning tools and practical examples. These support leaders to reflect on their core purposes, understand the changes needed to embed creative thinking, develop leaders across their staff, facilitate the development of their teachers, plan, teach and assess creative thinking, and work with external partners, all the while developing a vibrant professional learning community. Complemented by a dedicated website which contains additional downloadable materials and case studies,the playbook will allow leaders and teachers around the world to connect with each other and share their own experiences in order to develop, spread, extend and evaluate creative thinking within and across schools. Creative Thinking in Schoolswill support a professional learning community of leaders and teachers who see creative thinking as a core purpose of education and are interested in making it a priority in their school. It will encourage pupils to develop their creativity in the classroom, allowing future generations to thrive in a world that is increasingly complex. Creative Thinking in Schools: A Leadership Playbookhas been supported by the Mercers Company, Creativity, Culture and Education and the Arts Council of Wales. Suitable for school and system leaders, teacher leaders and policy makers who see creative thinking as a core purpose in education.

Creative Thinking in Schools: A Leadership Playbook

Education & Teaching

Bill Lucas

Ellen Spencer

Louise Stoll

Di Fisher-Naylor

Nia Richards

Katy Milne

Schools & Teaching

Crown House Publishing

One Afternoon

Persephone Books

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