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What to do when a pupil swears at you
A kid has just sworn at you. What do you do?! It all depends on the context of the swearing, the school and the young person…I welcome you to the Independent Thinking’s CPD Jukebox with answers to these questions and more.
How to support staff who are adopting
In the second guest blog from Alexandra @babytismoffire she guides us through how schools and education leaders can support staff who are going through the adoption process.
A magical tool to improve behaviour (with no extra planning needed!)
YES it is possible; transform your behaviour with this magical tool that requires no extra planning or marking…
Behaviour, books and broken legs
One of my favourite interviews, a podcast full of practical conversations and strategies about supporting behavioural needs across schools…and a confession…
Window of Tolerance
In this vlog I introduce the Window of Tolerance – and how to use it as a tool for understanding, differentiating and adapting lessons to meet the needs of our pupils with Behaviour needs and SEMH.
What’s happened to that new RSHE Curriculum?
In this blog post, I discuss being a panel guest on the Sec Ed Podcast alongside Lucy Emmerson and Michelle O’Niell. You can listen to the Podcast here.
Behaviour in lockdown and beyond…
Photo by Taylor Young on UnsplashLast month I got deep into conversation with Alix Robertson from The Centre for Education and Youth, a think and action tank on their podcast The Youth and Education Podcast. In this conversation we explore: The impact of the pandemic...
“Miss, are you a lesbian?” Big Gay Adventures in Education
In this post I share my thoughts and resources around LGBT+ History Month and my contribution to the new Big Gay Adventures in Education.
How to support adopted children in your classroom
In this guest post Alexandra talks about how you can support adopted children in your classroom with insights and practical actions.
Independent Thinking
I’m thrilled to have become one of Independent Thinking’s People – an Associate. I’ll be leading a webinar ‘Teenagers & Behaviour: What all teachers need to know’ in February and you can find out the details here.
Behaviour Tip for School Leaders & Teachers remote working
In a world full of remote working and online learning, I share a behaviour tip that School Leaders and Teachers can implement right now.
Behaviour and You: #2- Behaviour and Supply Teachers
This blog post is the second contribution from my community in what I hope becomes a wide conversation around behaviour – exactly who deals with it and how in our schools…
Behaviour and Menstruation?!
Last month I had the pleasure of being interviewed by The Visionaires for their podcast on conversation in and around Menstruality and education.
Winter time Behaviour tip
November and December can be a time when behaviour slips – even on the best of years, let alone 2020. But there are some really simple strategies that you can put in place.
Behaviour and You: #1- Behaviour and Teaching Assistants that used to be Teachers
This blog post is the very first contribution from my community in what I hope becomes a wide conversation around behaviour – exactly who deals with it and how in our schools…
Routines and Boundaries and Behaviour – A Myth Buster
This blog post is about the importance of routines and boundaries coupled with putting relationships first, connecting before correcting and understanding that all behaviour is communication.
CAUTION: Proceed with thought and curiosity
Frederique Lambrakis-Haddad discusses different types of trauma and what we can do to support pupils in these situations.
Behaviour and Staff Wellbeing
This month I was interviewed on The Pursuit of Wellbeing Podcast, the podcast dedicated to the wellbeing of teachers, school leaders, and staff with Maria Bronsan, we spoke on many issues around wellbeing in the classroom.
