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Looking for resources to support & inspire your mental health work? Look no further because Dr. Pooky Knightsmith has some great tips for us. If you would like to get her emails straight to your inbox then just sign up HERE Research And so onto the resource sharing… First of all, I’d like to share with you “Building resilience […]
The headlines tell us our children are getting fatter. We need to motivate them to move more and what better way than to develop an active learning strategy. In this post, Sinéad Rocks, Director of Education, BBC outlines an initiative from the BBC and the Premier League to show how you can get your pupils active through the dayStudies show that positive […]
Are you a stressed single parent? This article was sent to me by Daniel Sherwin, a stressed, single parent to his two children. In it, he explains there are things that schools can do to help you and how you can help yourself. Managing stress as a single father can be difficult, even at the best of times. There […]
In this short video clip, Dr Pooky Knightsmith tells us what not to do if you know self-harming is happening. We all want to help, especially if it is a young person who is going through major difficulties that is leading to them self-harming. Despite our best of intentions, we can go about supporting in completely the wrong way and often […]
This post explains how blogging for writing does not need a fancy space with lots of flashing lights, data and graphics. A blog does not have to be a huge Cecil B Demille production that takes hours and hours to maintain. Used simply as a piece of paper that can be shared with the world makes it not only […]
The post is full of resources to support & inspire your mental health work! Dr Pooky Knightsmith is getting better and is starting to provide us all with some more resources to help with working with young people with mental health issues. Online learning sessions You can access all of the online learning sessions I recorded earlier in the year here. […]
Classroom displays can be the bane of a teacher’s life. Don’t let the worry of it spoil your holiday. You’re on a well-deserved holiday from the classroom and students, but whatever you try to do, your mind keeps wandering back to your classroom and what it will look like come the first day of term. What will you do this […]
