Your kind words matter. We all love receiving recognition. We talk about it often in schools about making sure we’re using positive praise and how we should use 7 positives to 1 negative. The problem is that although we love it, we’re not always so great at...
Now is not an easy time to be in education. We have all felt the tumultuous tide of decisions, U-turns, and change, after change, after change. The situation in schools as I write now may well not be the situation as you read this. I’ve been working with...
Can you believe you've almost been back a month! How are you feeling? Are you starting to countdown the days to half term so you can have a rest? Don't forget to take some time to have a 'pause moment'. What do I mean by this? Well, often we're speeding through our...
Yesterday I cried after seeing the heart-breaking pictures of children sitting alone playing in 2 metre squares in a French playground. Although those nursery teachers were probably trying to do the right thing and protect their children, this type of re integration...
How are your staff doing this year? Last year I wrote a blog post on Wellbeing for Innovate my School. What they didn’t publish was my personal story with stress and burnout. So I asked my great friend and inspirational educator, Karen Boyes from Spectrum Education,...
This article was originally posted on Innovate my School and featured in Teachers Matter An NUT survey in 2015 found that over half of teachers were thinking of leaving the profession in the next two years, citing ‘volume of workload’ (61%) and ‘seeking better...
I have recently completed a 30 day Reset paleo diet, in a bid to get super healthy. Initially I struggled with removing sugar from my diet, however I found that these gingerbread bites were perfect to fill me up! If you are looking for a healthy lunchbox snack, these...
