Creating a culture of mental health awareness is important in any school. It supports staff and pupils to feel psychologically safe and helps them feel supported when they might be struggling with their mental health. In this blog post, Victoria Maitland helps you develop your school’s awareness culture.
After all, 75% of teachers are female and, whilst the number of 50+-year-old women in UK employment has been rising steadily over the past 20 years, the number of 50+-year-old women in education has dramatically reduced.
If someone asked you to describe your school’s culture, what would you say? Is it a happy one? A stressed one? A supportive one?
The start of the new school year is often fraught with challenges. Getting to know your new class, managing parental expectations and trying not to pine after those long summer days. Humour and laughter often feature at the very bottom of your endless to-do list. But it’s actually more important than you think, for both you and your pupils.
It’s been an academic year to remember...or maybe to try and forget. Either way, you’re exhausted and ready for the summer holidays to arrive. But before you dash out the school gates, Stephanie Davies is here to help you reflect, and leave with a sense of pride.
Anyone else having adjustment issues? After the academic year we’ve just experienced and the summer break, you’d be forgiven for forgetting how to function socially in the real world.
Wondering how you’re going to get to the end of term? Feel like you’re crawling towards the finish line? We hear you. You’ve put everything you have into this year and you’re exhausted, but don’t fall on your face just yet. Here are some top tips to get you over the finish line and into the holidays.
