4 Stress Busting Tips for Teachers
With the start of Term 1 underway, some of you may already be feeling anxious about what’s upcoming for the year, and how this busy workload might impact your wellbeing and happiness. It can be easy to get caught up in the rat race – the overwhelm of the endless things to do at work […]
A Guide For Handling Conflict
We are trained to encourage our students to be compassionate and understanding and to handle conflicts with maturity and empathy without blaming one another. As teachers, we know we need to lead by example and ‘walk the talk’. But how do we handle these conflicts when your fellow teacher colleagues are the ones who seem […]
4 Crucial Steps To Mastering Self-Care
If you have ever felt bad for taking time out for yourself, stop right now. Despite some people believing that self-care is selfish or frivolous, we are here to tell you that it is one of the most selfless acts one can engage in. Ultimately, you are the best version of yourself when you are all […]
How To Encourage Active and Healthy Children
Kids today spend half the time outside than their parents did, according to a UK National Trust survey. Does this ring true for you? Are you struggling to motivate your children or students to be active? Daily physical activity has been proven to be beneficial for children socially, emotionally, intellectually, and physically in relation to health, […]
5 Tips To Kick Off A New Term With A Positive Mind
What does a new term actually mean to you? For a lot of us, a new term means new expectations, either from others or even from yourself. It can also mean new opportunities, to do things differently. A new term often comes with a sense of excitement but it could also come with a sense […]
6 Ways To Reduce Anxiety in Children
Anxiety in children is normal, just as it is in adults. Our bodies and minds are constantly stimulated, and just like an adult facing a massive workload, children can become overwhelmed by the world and its ways. Fairly so, considering they haven’t had the chance to experience the ups and downs of life just yet. […]
3 Ways to Create a Calmer Classroom
Trying to achieve calmness and concentration in the classroom can seem like an overwhelming, or sometimes even impossible, task to do. Most teachers are aware that the classroom environment has a major impact on the way students of all ages learn and that very fact puts a pressure on the teacher to achieve an optimal […]
6 Tips for Managing Your Priorities at Work
Priorities, priorities, priorities… They’re a priority. As an educator, working out which hours can be allocated to engaging with parents, planning your lessons, managing school events, and (let’s not forget) empowering your students can be incredibly stressful without a set plan. Here are our top six tips to managing your priorities at work: UNDERSTAND WHAT […]
How To Prevent Post-Holiday Blues
Do you ever feel that the holiday has almost gone by before it has even begun? You have been longing to have more time with your family and for rest and recovery, to then all of a sudden realize that the holiday went by in a heartbeat and you find yourself back at work again […]
Empathy: What Is It and Why Do We Need It?
WHAT IS IT? Empathyɛmpəθi/ – noun – the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Essentially, having empathy means to be able to connect and experience the nature of someone or something outside of ourselves – or simply put, to step into somebody else’s shoes. WHAT IS ITS EFFECT ON US? When we experience empathy we […]