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A Beginner’s Guide To Measuring Wellbeing In Schools

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021Oxford Primary 1 Comment
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Award-winning author and wellbeing curriculum author, Adrian Bethune, outlines how your school can measure wellbeing in 10 simple steps.

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‘It takes a village to raise a child’ – How to move wellbeing from being someone’s job to everyone’s job.

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021Hannah Ball

Beth Kerr is Group Wellbeing Director at Cognita, offers advice on how to make the promotion of wellbeing in school communities a collective responsibility.

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Teachers: How to Reclaim Your Resilience During Challenging Times

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021Oxford Primary
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Wellbeing experts outline some practical ways for teachers to learn new skills and strategies to improve their resilience and adaption during challenging times.

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Is wellbeing a passing trend or are we seeing a sustainable change in education?

December 11, 2020December 10, 2020Oxford Education
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Louise Aukland examines the current evidence surrounding wellbeing in young children and offers advice to help teachers embed wellbeing support into their lessons.

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Mindfulness and mental health in children: five top tips for parents

December 4, 2020January 22, 2021Oxford Education
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5 top tips to encourage mindfulness in young children, to better support their mental health

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August Reading List: Resilient Reads

August 3, 2020October 6, 2020Oxford Primary
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This month’s collection of books is all about resilience and full of resilient characters, to help children learn how to bounce back from setbacks, enjoy challenges and stick at things they find tricky.

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Bubbly Year 10 pod return to the classroom!

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020Oxford Science Team

So, we are now in July, and according to the government, we are through the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic and life is beginning to break out of lockdown.  We have had about a quarter of the calendar year and more than ten teaching weeks away from our classrooms and we are starting to welcome […]

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July Reading List: Sporty Stories

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020Oxford Primary

Here’s our selection of sporty reading recommendations to get children moving. Find stories and free eBooks to keep them active over the summer months, from adrenalin-fuelled extreme sports to football-playing zombies.

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Here to help – Year 12 Transition

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020Oxford Maths 1 Comment

It is coming up to the end of the school year and my thoughts are now starting to turn to the transition arrangements for the new Year 12s. Many questions are occupying my thoughts. How will they respond to being back in the classroom after so long? Will the extended break have had an impact […]

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June Reading List: Wellbeing Wonders

June 1, 2020October 28, 2020Oxford Primary
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A list bursting with books that will do wonders for wellbeing. From colourful stories to reassure children that it’s ok to worry, and valuable lessons about being kind, to inspiration for getting active and staying healthy, let’s take some time out to look after ourselves, and each other.

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