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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