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 […]
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 […]
Generosity: The Fourth Pillar of Wellbeing
Generosity is one of the easiest ways to develop your wellbeing and benefit your community. Sometimes, with just one generous thought or action, we can feel uplifted. Additionally, by making choices that benefit others instead of ourselves, we inspire those around us to act similarly. WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY DO YOU WANT TO LIVE IN? […]
How Educators Influence Classroom Behaviour
When looking into what influences student behaviour in the classroom, many factors must be taken into consideration. Things like physical health, background, culture, home life and mental health can all have varying effects on a child’s ability to learn. Having said that, there are just as many, if not more factors contributing to that same […]
Resilience – The First Pillar of Wellbeing
We often hear about resilience yet, what is it? How can we build it in ourselves and others? Life Skills Group believes that every teacher, student and family member should have access to tools to build their wellbeing. Neuroscientist, Dr. Richard Davidson, believes that “well-being is fundamentally no different than learning to play the cello.” […]
5 Ways to Improve Young Children’s Decision-Making
Childhood is a time filled with enjoyment and discovery, at least when we’re unburdened by the sometimes stressful realities around us. Few things characterise what childhood represents better than learning to make choices and how they cause consequences, from eating a delicious handful of dirt as an infant, to becoming the ‘class clown’ in high school. It is crucial […]