Are you your own worst critic?
What is negative thinking? Everyone has that inner dialogue in their head. This article from Grow Your Mindset talks you through ways in which you…
Category: Mental Health
Stress and how we handle it!
Facts and statistics about stress In the UK’s largest ever stress survey, 74% of people said stress has made them feel overwhelmed and unable to…
What is Emotional Literacy and how can educators support students?
Emotional literacy is a really important aspect of a student’s development that educators need to understand and promote within their teaching environments. Essentially, emotional literacy…
The Power Of Positive Reflection
In 1996 Daniel Kahneman and his colleagues carried out a unique experiment to demonstrate what they called the peak-end rule – bear with me on…
Happy Enough Classrooms
What can teachers teach industry managers about keeping teams happy and motivated? On April 29th, Henry Stewart, author of The Happy Manifesto and I will…
Stress, poor pay, no trust. Who’d be a teacher now? (The Guardian, 11.01.23)
Readers respond to analysis that showed a third of teachers who qualified in the last decade have left the profession I joined the teaching profession…
Teachers: Leading the Way “Back to Normal”
Leading lights… All eyes are on students and teachers. Together they are literally the leading lights; the group at the head the procession leading us…
Four small things schools can do to help teacher wellbeing
Teaching is tough right now – but simple activities can make a big difference to staff mental health, says Amy Sayer.
Q&A for Creating a Whole-School Approach to Mental Health & Wellbeing
Recently, the webinar for ‘Creating a Whole-School Approach to Mental Health & Wellbeing’ evoked a few important questions about the subject of mental health and…
Good Girls and Bad Boys
The interaction between teachers and students is complex and one factor which has been shown to play into the mix is gender – gender of…