Is there a crisis in teacher retention?
Samantha Collins, Emma Kell and NFER’s Karen Wespieser discuss at the Festival of Education 2017. Find the slides here – Share this
One Oil Barrel At A Time
A guest post by @htcoaching. Sometimes a task is so large and daunting that you feel like you need a run up before you begin to tackle it. You pause before you start your run up and take a handful of deep breaths. Too often that pause lasts longer than it should. You take your time, […]
Joint Worklife Balance chat Tuesday 13th June
Join me and @twinklresources to discuss “The Elusive work/life balance” on Tuesday 13th June at 8pm BST. Share this
Define “work”
I’m a big fan of the fit2teach app and posts from the fit2teach staffroom turn up pretty regularly in my fb feed. I’ve seen a few along the lines of “I answered an email this evening, does that count as “work” or not?” It’s got me thinking – what do you define as actual “work”? Some activities are […]
Good Habits – Do You Have Them?
A guest post from @lilliputplay I recently read the research that has been published about diet drinks increasing the risk of strokes, heart disease etc. Then a few hours later on Instagram a fitness fanatic (as he refers to himself) announces that based on the research he wasn’t going to drink them anymore! UMMMMM I wondered – […]
The trouble with soup
A guest post from QuietHT If you are hoping for an upbeat post about soup, or maybe a funny tale of how I was making my own delicious butternut and something soup and forgot to put the lid on the blender, then step away from today’s blog. Firstly, I am a full time working parent […]
Twinkl Staff Well-Being Award
Did you know that Twinkl, the popular primary resources site, has launched a Staff Well-being Award? In order to qualify, participating schools complete an application, providing evidence of good practice in 3 areas: Leadership, Policy Development, and Staff Culture. The application document itself is a straightforward checklist of steps schools can take to support staff wellbeing […]
Exclusive Interview with Matt Butcher of fit2teach
Meet Matt Butcher. He has just launched the first teacher wellbeing app, fit2teach. It’s fab, it’s free and in just a few seconds a day can help you to improve your wellbeing. We were lucky enough to be able to ask Matt a few questions about it. This is what he said… 1 – What […]
Breakdown, reach out, recover.
A guest post by @MrsHumanities Last year, on return to work after the Easter break I had a breakdown. Anxiety hit as I walked into my classroom the morning after the Easter break. Anxiety that was so crippling I immediately left my classroom with no words to convey how I felt. A member of […]
Good Is The Enemy Of The Best
A guest post by @htcoaching What’s The Opposite Of Good? Workload is a huge issue. There are lots of different strategies you can employ to help you get through your workload more effectively, more quickly and with less stress. Nothing is more effective, however, than not actually agreeing to work […]