A collaborative blog by Ian Gilbert of Independent Thinking and Laughology’s Founder Stephanie Davies.   This blog was written in a safe, socially distanced way and is ready to help you get on with those in your Christmas bubble. Christmas bubble policies They say you can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family. And generally, that’s true. Except this...

Are Covid restrictions getting you down? Do you feel like you’re struggling to get in the festive spirit? In this blog post, Laura Drury, shares five useful tips to get you feeling happy this Christmas.

Feel like you’ve been in lockdown forever? Tired of the relentless online meetings? We don’t blame you. So to help you, Kerry Leigh has put together her survival guide, keeping you connected, motivated and fully aware that no one needs to see your knickers. Online Meetings Online meetings have their perks and their downsides. There’s no commute, nobody knows if you...

Years before Carol Dweck became a professor at Stanford University and first uttered the words ‘growth mindset’, I went to school with a boy called George. He was in my class from year four all the way up to sixth form. His nickname was Wingey Winston, so called because he would cry at the slightest thing and because his last name...

As a teacher, there’s nothing better than getting your class together at the end of a day for a good story. But what if we could use that time to not only give them a chance to experience brilliant fiction, but also to help them learn about different coping skills? Great authors are able to weave themes through their books that...

NEWS FLASH! World Menopause Day on 18th October plans to harness all the power surges (a.k.a hot flushes) from menopausal women and channel the energy to smash the patriarchy! Okay, it isn’t, but it’s a good idea and I wanted to get your attention. Keep reading though, because whether you have a female reproductive system or not, the menopause ultimately affects...

In May of last year the BBC dedicated a week to menopause awareness. In response, journalist Julie Burchill wrote an article titled: ‘Could the BBC please shut up about the menopause’ in which she used the sentence: ‘ A problem shared is a problem doubled ’ whilst she bemoaned the BBC banging on about this ‘uninteresting condition’. Instead of getting side-tracked...

As a new, very different academic year begins, supporting children’s mental health as they return to school has become a key priority for teachers and school leaders across the country. Teachers and school leaders, like you, who want to ensure that children manage their transition from lockdown life to school life as smoothly as possible. Teachers and leaders, like you, who...

The coronavirus affects different people in different ways. Some have lost loved ones and livelihoods. For the lucky ones it is an inconvenience. Billions are affected. Indeed not since the Second World War have so many people been traumatised at the same time. While it's easy to see the loss and hardship, other impacts of the pandemic are not yet fully evident....