This week I was invited to host a live webinar for the members of The Adopter Hub on Homeschooling for children with additional Behavioural Needs – during lockdown Covid19. This blog post outlines the main points we covered.
Finding balance in a Topsy-Turvy world
This week’s guest blogger is someone I regard as an esteemed colleague – really moving and shaking the educational world at its core! Kate McAllister re-caught my attention recently during a live panel discussion we were both invited to contribute to – Mental Health & Wellbeing Panel in Education during Covid19.
How do we get them to pick up a book?
The obstacles to pupils reading are rarely to do with the skill itself, but more often associations of reading in their educational journey. So how do we work with pupils who may have Social Emotional Mental Health difficulties (SEMH) as well as more traditional difficulties, such as dyslexia?
Stop! How do we actually switch off?
When the summer holidays arrive how exactly do we switch off? In this post I share my key ideas to making the shift.
Teaching students with Emotional, Behavioural and Mental Health Difficulties
I often get asked ‘How’ I work with young people who display such extreme and challenging behaviour - even by fellow teachers in mainstream. There is, of course, no one stop ‘How’ but in this blog I share some best practices for working with such students both in...
Finnish Education: Balance for Better – Part 3
I returned from my month's Education trip to Finland a few days ago. The questions I am now being asked on a regular basis are: - Is it just amazing? - Do they have loads of resources and money? - Are all the students well behaved? Overall the answer is: well,...
Finnish Education: Part 2
With my second school visit under my belt, my head around the main points and differences between Finland and the UK, I have been able to find many surprising similarities, and have even found the odd thing about the British system that I think works better! Missed...
What on earth makes Finnish schools SO good?
This time last year I had a thought. I work with students with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties - vulnerable people in our society who are segregated, excluded and marginalised. A group of people who, for some at a young age, were told in varying ways "you are...
And breathe…
Alongside focus on content, learning and progress it is vital that our students know how to look after themselves and their wellbeing, especially around exam times. This blog shares my three main tools. To book a session with me on Exam Preparation Wellbeing then...
Free Writing for All
On more than one occasion I have had to justify bringing Free Writing into an English classroom. I have so much belief in, experience and evidence of the innumerable benefits of Free Writing in the classroom, that I have bent rules, wangled lesson plans and...
