Wellbeing is of increasing importance not only to students, but also to teachers. Read what wellbeing expert and curriculum author, Adrian Bethune says about how to find, implement and defend healthy habits in order for teachers to thrive in an ever more stressful environment.
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Read Leader of Wellbeing and Positive Education Rhiannon Phillips-Bianco’s story and tips on embedding welfare in the classroom.
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Written by The Children’s Society in partnership with Oxford University Press As we emerge from the upheaval and disruption of the pandemic you could argue that it was young people who paid the highest price, especially those who were taking exams. The Children’s Society (TCS) has been carrying out research with children and young people […]
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Primary teacher Alysha Allen shares the impact using British Sign Language has had on pupil confidence, vocabulary, and attitudes to difference in her school.
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The importance of wellbeing has been an ever-present thought at our academy, especially over the last few years. The most prominent reason being the pandemic. Which has shown that it is paramount to look after the wellbeing of both staff and students. Since I became a teacher in 2017, there have been a lot of […]
Read more With the return of examinations in Summer 2022, this blog series hears a range of expert voices who share their insight and advice covering wellbeing approaches for students and teachers in an often uncertain post-pandemic world. Read our series ‘Looking after students and staff wellbeing during exam season’ Part One: Thomas Michael, a Safeguarding and […]
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Our school is strongly focused on well-being for both pupils and staff, and understands that if staff well-being or morale is low then this can impact teaching and learning. Since returning to school and staff have found pupils increasingly aware of their own well-being, too. PSHE lessons often discuss well-being and promote and encourage strategies […]
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Dr Nihara Krause, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Founder & CEO stem4 Winston Churchill is quoted as saying, ‘If you are going through hell, keep going’ – a depiction of the tenacity and determination he so clearly demonstrated for success. Given nearly two years of disruption through the pandemic, how can educators support their students to ‘keep […]
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The wellbeing of both students and staff alike has really been brought to the forefront of conversations in the last few years, not least because of the impact of the pandemic. It is true that schools are finding themselves to be held responsible for an ever-growing list of expectations, with wellbeing being one of them […]
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Anxiety is the 2021 Oxford Children’s Word of the Year It is perhaps no surprise that there has been a significant growth in the vocabulary of mental health and wellbeing, with teachers finding young people more able to express their feelings in the classroom in the wake of the pandemic, school closures, and isolation. “Children […]
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