“Sorry I’m late. I was riding on a seahorse” – The problem of punctuality

As we begin a new academic year, many teachers are thinking about what particular boundaries need to be set in the first few weeks to ensure an appropriate learning environment exists.

Image from "Tiddler" - a book by Julia Donaldson - showing a fish riding on a seahorse underwater
Figure 1: image from Tiddler by Julia Donaldson (2008)

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