Showing posts with label wellbeing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wellbeing. Show all posts
Wednesday 24 February 2021

(School) Work is Wellbeing

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School work, and work, is, or at least can be, a positive contributor to a child or adult's wellbeing. Often, when wellbeing is spoken o...
Monday 9 September 2019

From @Matr_org: Understanding Maths Anxiety: A Parents’ Guide On How To Overcome This Primary School Problem

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"I remember finding ways to get out of maths lessons as a youngster. My favourite ruse was to offer to tidy up the teacher’s cupbo...
Monday 10 December 2018

On the @TES Blog: Saying No To The Non-Essentials (or Why Tweeting and Blogging is Bad for Me)

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Perhaps the phrase "work-life balance" is a misnomer. Or at least it was rather too simple a term to help me to get things in c...
Wednesday 13 June 2018

Guest Post: Why Tackling School Leader Workload Is Not Enough By Viv Grant

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In March, Damian Hinds announced that the DfE were going to implement measures to reduce teacher workload in an attempt to head off t...
Tuesday 3 April 2018

From The @TES Blog: 5 Things To Do Instead Of Revising For SATs

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This might come across as idealistic or cynical. It might even sound hypocritical to those who’ve taught Year 6 alongside me. But there real...
Sunday 11 February 2018

Year 11 Hell: Why More, More, MORE Is Not The Answer

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Recently a secondary teacher got in touch with me asking if I'd consider sharing something he had written about something that was go...
Monday 22 January 2018

The Four Tendencies and Teacher Wellbeing

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In her book 'The Four Tendencies' author Gretchen Rubin outlines four ways in which people respond to expectations. According to...
Monday 18 December 2017

On The @TES Blog: Idealistic Leaders vs. Realistic Teachers

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https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/fix-workload-put-ministers-school-leaders-policy-wonks-consultants "Teache...
Saturday 14 October 2017

The More-ness Of Reading

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A blog version of my Reading Rocks 2017 workshop: The purpose of reading What is the purpose of reading? Most people would say that w...
Friday 13 October 2017

From The @TES: Throw A Spanner In The Workload

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Unless you completed your teacher training in a parallel universe, where everything is perfect, you will have picked up on the fact that “wo...
Sunday 8 October 2017

From The @TES Blog: Shine Bright But Don't Burn Out

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Are you forever striving to teach flashbulb lessons? The ones that wow the students and leave any observers dazzled? They're usually t...
Monday 31 July 2017

Songs of Summer: Teacher Wellbeing in the Holidays

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The clichés of summer are all about us now: the skies are the bluest of blue, greenery explodes in a million hues, warmth hangs in the air l...
Friday 23 June 2017

Relight My Fire: Advice For Teachers Who Need To Get Re-inspired

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To be honest, I wasn't asking theoretically, or for a friend, when I tweeted this recently: Thankfully, plenty of my Twitter friend...
Monday 19 June 2017

Collective Wellbeing: How We Can Work Together To Help Each Other

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I've always had the privilege of working in schools where a network of teachers look out for one another and support each other's we...
Tuesday 16 May 2017

How To Stay Sane Now The KS2 SATs Are Over

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The fourth and final post in my series of blog posts for Third Space Learning focusing on teacher and pupil wellbeing during the key stag...
Monday 17 April 2017

Preparing For SATs: Advice For Year 6 Teachers (Part 2)

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You might question whether or not I'm a legitimate 'wellbeing expert' but regardless of that I hope you find enough helpful ...
Wednesday 12 April 2017

Wellbeing in Schools: A Framework

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When one thinks of an empowered teacher, one does not call to mind the image often linked with that of a teacher ; frazzled, harassed, cl...
Monday 27 March 2017

Preparing For SATs: Advice For Year 6 Teachers

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If you're a Year 6 teacher this Easter, you definitely don't need me to wax lyrical about the pressure you're feeling right ...