The Wellbeing Curriculum with Andrew Cowley
Reading Time: 6 minutes I am joined today by Andrew Cowley. I last spoke to Andrew two years ago when The Wellbeing Toolkit was published and I am delighted to see a follow up […]
Mental Health
Senior Mental Health Lead Training from the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools
Reading Time: 3 minutes The idea of a Senior Mental Health Lead for schools was first mooted in a 2017 green paper. The stated aspiration was for every school and college to have a […]
Book Review: The Designated Mental Health Lead Planner
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Designated Mental Health Lead Planner by Clare Erasmus published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. The Designated Mental Health Lead (DMHL) is a fairly new role in the educational landscape. It […]
Exclusive Interview with Peter Radford, author of Love Teaching, Keep Teaching
Reading Time: 5 minutes We caught up with Peter Radford, author of Love Teaching, Keep Teaching: The essential guide to improving wellbeing at all levels in schools, published by Crown House Publishing to find out […]
Lockdown loneliness
Reading Time: 4 minutes A guest post by Rachel Ball. I’m writing this during a half term break which I have struggled with to be honest. Whilst grateful for the break from remote learning […]
Should Schools be Teaching Mental Wellbeing Strategies?
Reading Time: 3 minutes A guest post from @YourMindFitness ‘27% of suicides in young people are linked with the pressures of academic studies.’ Over the 10 years that I have been teaching, I have […]
Book Review: Stop Talking About Wellbeing by Kat Howard
Reading Time: 3 minutes Stop Talking about Wellbeing: A Pragmatic Approach to Teacher Workload by Kat Howard. Published by John Catt Educational Ltd English teacher, Assistant Principal and LitDrive founder Kat Howard has entered […]
Governor Wellbeing
Reading Time: 3 minutes A guest post by @JaPenn. The #ukgovchat topic on Sunday was on Governor Wellbeing & since I find myself unusually with some time to ponder then, dear reader, please indulge […]
Exclusive Interview with Adrian Bethune, Author of Wellbeing in the Primary Classroom
Reading Time: 7 minutes Founder of Teachappy and author of Wellbeing in the Primary Classroom, @AdrianBethune, talks to us about his book and how wellbeing can be put at the heart of a school. […]
Book Review: Ten Traits of Resilience by James Hilton
Reading Time: 2 minutes James Hilton‘s new book takes a look at resilience and how school leaders can build theirs. It is built around James’s own personal experience, not only of a breakdown […]