{"id":71,"date":"2026-08-20T23:43:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtas.pixelreardon.com\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2026-09-19T15:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T05:23:45","slug":"one-small-shift","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/muchmorethanascore.com\/index.php\/one-small-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"One Small Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bde-section-71-178 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-div-71-179 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-71-180 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"bde-heading-71-181 bde-heading\">\nOne Small Shift\n<\/h1><div class=\"bde-text-71-182 bde-text\">\nA fortnightly practical helper for parents by Dan & Laura\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-text-71-183 bde-text\">\nNo long reads, just one practical shift you can try immediately, from two former educators who've been on both sides of the desk. Free, and easy to unsubscribe.\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-71-184 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-button-71-185 bde-button\">\n        \n    \n    \n    \n    \n            \n                    \n            \n            \n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <a class=\"breakdance-link button-atom button-atom--custom bde-button__button\" href=\"#subscribe\" target=\"_self\" data-type=\"url\"  >\n\n    \n        <span class=\"button-atom__text\">Get One Small Shift<\/span>\n\n        \n        \n                <\/a>\n\n    \n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"bde-section-71-186 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-div-71-187 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-71-188 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-71-189 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-71-190 bde-text\">\n\u2726\n<\/div>\n<\/div><h3 class=\"bde-heading-71-191 bde-heading\">\nOne shift at a time\n<\/h3><div class=\"bde-text-71-192 bde-text\">\nEach issue holds a single, practical idea. Small enough to try tonight, real enough to see and feel a change over time.\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-71-193 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-71-194 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-71-195 bde-text\">\n\u2661\n<\/div>\n<\/div><h3 class=\"bde-heading-71-196 bde-heading\">\nWarm, never preachy\n<\/h3><div class=\"bde-text-71-197 bde-text\">\nWritten the way we'd talk to a friend at the kitchen table. No jargon, no judgement, no adding to the pressure you already feel.\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-71-198 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-71-199 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-71-200 bde-text\">\n\u25f7\n<\/div>\n<\/div><h3 class=\"bde-heading-71-201 bde-heading\">\nEvery second week\n<\/h3><div class=\"bde-text-71-202 bde-text\">\nFortnightly, so it never clutters your inbox. Just a gentle nudge, right when it helps to be reminded you're doing better than you think.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"bde-section-71-203 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-div-71-204 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-71-205 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-71-206 bde-text\">\nThe latest issue\n<\/div><h2 class=\"bde-heading-71-207 bde-heading\">\nA taste of what lands in your inbox\n<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-71-208 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-post-loop-71-284 bde-post-loop breakdance-free-version-frontend-element-hider\"><div class=\"bde-loop bde-loop- ee-posts ee-posts-\">    <article class=\"bde-loop-item ee-post\">\n        <div class=\"bde-div-212643628-100-212643600-212643628-1 bde-div bde-div-212643628-100\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-212643628-101-212643600-212643628-1 bde-div bde-div-212643628-101\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-212643628-102-212643600-212643628-1 bde-text bde-text-212643628-102\">\nOne Small Shift \u00b7 Latest Issue\n<\/div><h2 class=\"bde-heading-212643628-103-212643600-212643628-1 bde-heading bde-heading-212643628-103\">\nWhen every question becomes a checkpoint\n<\/h2><div class=\"bde-text-212643628-115-212643600-212643628-1 bde-text bde-text-212643628-115\">\nHow to ask about school without turning the kitchen into an interrogation room.\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-rich-text-212643628-112-212643600-212643628-1 bde-rich-text bde-rich-text-212643628-112 breakdance-rich-text-styles\"><p>Term 3 is grinding on, the pressure is rising, and you have noticed the exchanges getting shorter.<\/p>\n<p>You ask how school was, that practice exam went or whether the assignment is done, and you get a word back.. if that.<\/p>\n<p>So, you ask again, a little more pointedly, and the shoulders go up, and what was meant to be a chat has become a standoff.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-212643628-107-212643600-212643628-1 bde-div bde-div-212643628-107\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-212643628-108-212643600-212643628-1 bde-text bde-text-212643628-108\">\nThe one small shift this week\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-text-212643628-109-212643600-212643628-1 bde-text bde-text-212643628-109\">\nSwap one \"have you done it?\" for one \"what's it actually like right now?\" Ask it once, then stop talking and listen.\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-text-212643628-105-212643600-212643628-1 bde-text bde-text-212643628-105\">\n\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-212643628-110-212643600-212643628-1 bde-div bde-div-212643628-110\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-button-212643628-111-212643600-212643628-1 bde-button bde-button-212643628-111\">\n        \n    \n    \n    \n    \n            \n                    \n            \n            \n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <a class=\"breakdance-link button-atom button-atom--custom bde-button__button\" href=\"https:\/\/muchmorethanascore.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/question-about-school-without-pressure\/\" target=\"_self\" data-type=\"url\"  >\n\n    \n        <span class=\"button-atom__text\">Read the full issue<\/span>\n\n        \n        \n                <\/a>\n\n    \n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>    <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"bde-section-71-220 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-div-71-221 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-71-222 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-71-223 bde-text\">\nThe archive\n<\/div><h2 class=\"bde-heading-71-224 bde-heading\">\nCatch up on past shifts\n<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-71-225 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-71-226 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-post-loop-71-282 bde-post-loop breakdance-free-version-frontend-element-hider\"><div class=\"bde-loop bde-loop- ee-posts ee-posts-\">    <article class=\"bde-loop-item ee-post\">\n        <div class=\"bde-div-212643603-100-212643510-212643603-1 bde-div bde-div-212643603-100\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-212643603-105-212643510-212643603-1 bde-div bde-div-212643603-105\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-212643603-101-212643510-212643603-1 bde-text bde-text-212643603-101\">\nONE SMALL SHIFT\n<\/div><h2 class=\"bde-heading-212643603-102-212643510-212643603-1 bde-heading bde-heading-212643603-102\">\nFrom School Refuser to Award-Winning Author: Brendan James Murray on Why the Score Isn&#8217;t the Point\n<\/h2><div class=\"bde-rich-text-212643603-103-212643510-212643603-1 bde-rich-text bde-rich-text-212643603-103 breakdance-rich-text-styles\"><p>What if a score that&#8217;s higher than you hoped for could actually work against you? This episode is for any parent, or any young person, who has ever felt boxed in by a number, or quietly written off at school, and it&#8217;s a reminder that being good at school and being set up for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-button-212643603-104-212643510-212643603-1 bde-button bde-button-212643603-104\">\n        \n    \n    \n    \n    \n            \n                    \n            \n            \n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <a class=\"breakdance-link button-atom button-atom--custom bde-button__button\" href=\"https:\/\/muchmorethanascore.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/07\/from-school-refuser-to-award-winning-author-brendan-james-murray-on-why-the-score-isnt-the-point\/\" target=\"_self\" data-type=\"url\"  >\n\n    \n        <span class=\"button-atom__text\">\u2192<\/span>\n\n        \n        \n                <\/a>\n\n    \n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>    <\/article>\n    <article class=\"bde-loop-item ee-post\">\n        <div class=\"bde-div-212643603-100-212643219-212643603-1 bde-div bde-div-212643603-100\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-212643603-105-212643219-212643603-1 bde-div bde-div-212643603-105\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-212643603-101-212643219-212643603-1 bde-text bde-text-212643603-101\">\nONE SMALL SHIFT\n<\/div><h2 class=\"bde-heading-212643603-102-212643219-212643603-1 bde-heading bde-heading-212643603-102\">\nFrom Chartered Accountant to Doula: Felicity Pountney on Why Your Score Isn&#039;t Your Destiny\n<\/h2><div class=\"bde-rich-text-212643603-103-212643219-212643603-1 bde-rich-text bde-rich-text-212643603-103 breakdance-rich-text-styles\"><p>What happens when your child gets a near-perfect score and still feels stuck? This episode is for any parent, or any young person, who is high-achieving but uncertain, and it is a reminder that a great score is a starting point, not a life sentence. In this episode of More Than a Score, we sit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-button-212643603-104-212643219-212643603-1 bde-button bde-button-212643603-104\">\n        \n    \n    \n    \n    \n            \n                    \n            \n            \n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <a class=\"breakdance-link button-atom button-atom--custom bde-button__button\" href=\"https:\/\/muchmorethanascore.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/24\/from-chartered-accountant-to-doula-c61\/\" target=\"_self\" data-type=\"url\"  >\n\n    \n        <span class=\"button-atom__text\">\u2192<\/span>\n\n        \n        \n                <\/a>\n\n    \n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>    <\/article>\n    <article class=\"bde-loop-item ee-post\">\n        <div class=\"bde-div-212643603-100-1-212643603-1 bde-div bde-div-212643603-100\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-212643603-105-1-212643603-1 bde-div bde-div-212643603-105\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-212643603-101-1-212643603-1 bde-text bde-text-212643603-101\">\nONE SMALL SHIFT\n<\/div><h2 class=\"bde-heading-212643603-102-1-212643603-1 bde-heading bde-heading-212643603-102\">\nHello world!\n<\/h2><div class=\"bde-rich-text-212643603-103-1-212643603-1 bde-rich-text bde-rich-text-212643603-103 breakdance-rich-text-styles\"><p>Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-button-212643603-104-1-212643603-1 bde-button bde-button-212643603-104\">\n        \n    \n    \n    \n    \n            \n                    \n            \n            \n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <a class=\"breakdance-link button-atom button-atom--custom bde-button__button\" href=\"https:\/\/muchmorethanascore.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/13\/hello-world\/\" target=\"_self\" data-type=\"url\"  >\n\n    \n        <span class=\"button-atom__text\">\u2192<\/span>\n\n        \n        \n                <\/a>\n\n    \n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>    <\/article>\n    <article class=\"bde-loop-item ee-post\">\n        <div class=\"bde-div-212643603-100-210518334-212643603-1 bde-div bde-div-212643603-100\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-212643603-105-210518334-212643603-1 bde-div bde-div-212643603-105\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-212643603-101-210518334-212643603-1 bde-text bde-text-212643603-101\">\nONE SMALL SHIFT\n<\/div><h2 class=\"bde-heading-212643603-102-210518334-212643603-1 bde-heading bde-heading-212643603-102\">\nFrom Carpenter to General Manager: Lyle House on Building Your Own Path\n<\/h2><div class=\"bde-rich-text-212643603-103-210518334-212643603-1 bde-rich-text bde-rich-text-212643603-103 breakdance-rich-text-styles\"><p>What if the pressure your teenager feels to have their whole life mapped out by Year 12 is the very thing holding them back? in this episode of More Than a Score, we sit down with Lyle House, General Manager of Enchanted Adventure, former carpenter and builder, lifelong cricketer and captain, and dad of two, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-button-212643603-104-210518334-212643603-1 bde-button bde-button-212643603-104\">\n        \n    \n    \n    \n    \n            \n                    \n            \n            \n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <a class=\"breakdance-link button-atom button-atom--custom bde-button__button\" href=\"https:\/\/muchmorethanascore.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/09\/from-carpenter-to-general-manager-8a4\/\" target=\"_self\" data-type=\"url\"  >\n\n    \n        <span class=\"button-atom__text\">\u2192<\/span>\n\n        \n        \n                <\/a>\n\n    \n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>    <\/article>\n    <article class=\"bde-loop-item ee-post\">\n        <div class=\"bde-div-212643603-100-206404033-212643603-1 bde-div bde-div-212643603-100\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-212643603-105-206404033-212643603-1 bde-div bde-div-212643603-105\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-212643603-101-206404033-212643603-1 bde-text bde-text-212643603-101\">\nONE SMALL SHIFT\n<\/div><h2 class=\"bde-heading-212643603-102-206404033-212643603-1 bde-heading bde-heading-212643603-102\">\nYour child&#039;s NAPLAN report isn&#039;t a verdict, it&#039;s a snapshot\n<\/h2><div class=\"bde-rich-text-212643603-103-206404033-212643603-1 bde-rich-text bde-rich-text-212643603-103 breakdance-rich-text-styles\"><p>What the report actually is and isn&#8217;t. Right about now, in letterboxes and school portals around the country, an envelope is landing. Inside it: a NAPLAN Individual Student Report, printed with bars and bands and a number that says where your child sits next to everyone else their age. If you are a parent of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-button-212643603-104-206404033-212643603-1 bde-button bde-button-212643603-104\">\n        \n    \n    \n    \n    \n            \n                    \n            \n            \n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <a class=\"breakdance-link button-atom button-atom--custom bde-button__button\" href=\"https:\/\/muchmorethanascore.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/02\/your-childs-naplan-report-isnt-a\/\" target=\"_self\" data-type=\"url\"  >\n\n    \n        <span class=\"button-atom__text\">\u2192<\/span>\n\n        \n        \n                <\/a>\n\n    \n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>    <\/article>\n    <article class=\"bde-loop-item ee-post\">\n        <div class=\"bde-div-212643603-100-209868177-212643603-1 bde-div bde-div-212643603-100\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-212643603-105-209868177-212643603-1 bde-div bde-div-212643603-105\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-212643603-101-209868177-212643603-1 bde-text bde-text-212643603-101\">\nONE SMALL SHIFT\n<\/div><h2 class=\"bde-heading-212643603-102-209868177-212643603-1 bde-heading bde-heading-212643603-102\">\nMy Child Isn&#039;t Doing Well at School. What Should I Do? &#124; Adam Hipwell\n<\/h2><div class=\"bde-rich-text-212643603-103-209868177-212643603-1 bde-rich-text bde-rich-text-212643603-103 breakdance-rich-text-styles\"><p>What if the most important thing your child needs isn&#8217;t a higher score, but someone who truly sees them? Adam Hipwell knows what it feels like to believe school just isn&#8217;t for you. 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