Welcome to new guest blogger Helen Witty as she navigates the difficulties of keeping our tempers in check.
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Time To Rest Plan: Dr Tina Rae
we generally overstretch ourselves in order to support our young people to the best of our ability. This often sets us on the path to burnout. Please read and follow Dr Tina’s advice this half term and beyond.
2021 – The Year Of You! (with infographic)
Improving our mood and mindset goes a long way to in turn improving those external issues or at least our perception of them. Now before this pandemic I would scoff at the suggestion that I should take more time for me; seeing it as an insurmountable challenge with my giant ‘to do’ list. However, various twists of fate have led me to making ‘me’ a higher priority. Which is the first thing on the path to improvements. Check out these 8 areas to work on and accompanying infographic.
A Teacher Wellbeing Oath
What will you do to save your teacher sanity, health and wellbeing? Your wellbeing is ultimately in your hands and fuelled by the choices you make. If there are environmental factors contributing to lower wellbeing, how are you going to support yourself in navigating that? Although there is much workload sent down from on high and Read More
Back To School Blues: Supporting school anxiety and reluctant returners with resources by Dr Tina Rae
Dr Tina Rae is a Child Psychologist and award winning author specialising in the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. She has recently produced a set of resources aimed at parents of children who struggle with the transition from home to school. This was a huge issue for many parents before 2020 Read More
Summer struggles: a male perspective on mental health by @teacher_mr_r
@teacher_mr_r provides a candid account of his experiences and encouragement for all (but especially men) to seek help.
Putting SEMH At The Heart Of Your Pedagogy – 12 Ideas To Interweave
The fundamentals of SEMH may run through your school like the middle of a stick of rock or they may be somewhat underdeveloped. Either way, there are some tactics you can employ to ensure that in your classroom, your core purpose is to develop the whole child by supporting their social and emotional development
Summer Holiday Blues! By @Censoredhead
Are you an educator who suffers from this phenomenon? I know I am and I have discovered that I am not alone (phew!). @Censoredhead shares his feelings about this summer break: I have to admit I am slightly worried about just stopping for summer. I have never worked so hard as I have these past Read More
MalCPD: Your Stress Bucket
Mal Krishnasamy is an Education Consultant & Executive Coach specialising in leadership development and coaching in education. She believes passionately that in the right culture, students, teachers and schools thrive. One of her recent posts, particularly resonated with me as we often talk to children about their stress buckets but rarely take our own advice, in order Read More
Back To School: Behaviours That Challenge Prevention Checklist (Blog and Infographic)
As we gradually move towards something that resembles ‘business as usual’ in our schools, we will be continuing to face a number of challenges with anxious and attention needing children. Some, we will expect to need extra resources and time. However, some will crop up unexpectedly. It’s better to have a plan that is not needed as opposed to no plan!