Wonderful to see the government publish this advice to parents and carers looking after our young people’s mental health at this time when everything has changed for them and they are cut off from their routine, peers and support networks. Some of the key pieces of advice that has come from working with charities in…
Read MoreTo save you trawling the web for online resources The King’s School have shared this incredible CHECK IT OUT website to provide learning, teaching and research resources and even ways to revise well and improve productivity. Thank you so much for sharing King’s. Partner schools please do share with your colleagues and students.
Read MoreCambridge University have launched a fantastic portal for school’s to share with any students thinking about applying to University. It is a great website for exploring subjects beyond the curriculum. Each topic is produced by Cambridge postgraduate students and academics at the cutting edge of research in their field. The topics provide guided activities, questions to…
Read MoreThis Educare resource is a great one to share with families at home – really good guidance here in one place for supporting young people with anxiety. A BBC podcast and article on looking after your mental health at this time. Another great resource to share. St Anselm’s have shared these wonderful Mindfulness resources for…
Read MoreThe King’s School have asked me to share with you an offer from CPOMS. They write the following: This week we have been inundated with enquiries from schools who are working on paper based safeguarding systems. They are suddenly faced with having to track vulnerable students in disparate locations with pastoral teams not readily able…
Read MoreHIIT for beginners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSXr6V9q6rM HITT for Intermediates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEsZITtRiWQ HIIT for those who want a bit more of a challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHfTCd2q-rg These are all a male instructor, if you’d prefer a female instructor you can try the following as recommended by KVB. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyUY2QZe0OI If you enjoy these then there are loads of you tube videos that…
Read MoreThe King’s School have made us aware of the Mindfulness in Schools project which is offering a daily sit together. This is a wonderful opportunity for both staff and students. Mindfulness is a wonderful way to re-centre and be in the moment at this time and sit together at what would have been break time…
Read MoreHigher and Further Education partners have huge resources, and now may have extra time for developing new creative ideas and so we will share these as they arise. Our University partner will be in touch with challenges and information in due course, we hope that this will include: Science experiments – STEM departments Mock Trials –…
Read MoreThis brilliant poster from the World Health Organisation is one to share with staff and student’s alike. There will inevitably times over the coming weeks and months when the stress does take its toll and so we hope that this and other shared resources are useful. WHO coping with stress The charity ‘Mind’ provides trusted and…
Read MoreWe will be focusing our Partnership support closely around our aims of positively impacting on resilience, well-being and our students’ sense of belonging in the coming weeks. To start with we have compiled a list of user friendly and trusted online resources for students to access at this time of disruption: KOOTH is an excellent online…
Read More