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…
Category: Mental Health
The Effect of Gender Stereotypes on Expectations
How much do we let gender stereotypes affect our expectations of students? How much damage does this really do?
SENsational impact: Praise be!
Educators are forever encouraged to create a climate of praise within their classroom. A positive sentiment which needs to be personalised in the same way…
How SLTs Can Develop a Culture of Supportive Mental Health Conversations in School
Conversations around mental health can be awkward and hard. This is due, in part, to a lack of training in schools about how to have…
“You can do anything, but not everything…”
We wanted to share how we can develop (and maintain!) a greater balance of working hard whilst balancing our personal life, without also burning out.…
Building relationships through ‘The Dance’
In mentoring we build relationships with young people that resemble a dance that begins at the initiation of the relationship and ends once our intent,…
Breathe out anxiety | Yoga for children
Anxiety isn’t a word to shy away from as statistics show it to be a disorder that has or will affect most of us at…
Effective teaching starts with a humble staffroom
In many schools these days, the one lament teachers of a certain vintage have is the loss of a staff room. A place where you…
