The Emotional Needs of Learners
If school is to be an effective place of learning it must cater for many dimensions of need in its pupils. The need for emotional and physical security is paramount. … Continue reading
Six Strategies for Building Empathy in the Classroom #EmpathyDay
Showing empathy can help teachers better understand and support students. Learn how you can incorporate this skill in your classroom. Source: Six Strategies for Building Empathy in the Classroom
Empathy in Schools – A Basis for Constructive Change #EmpathyDay
I am indebted to Dr Debarshi Roy FRSA, author of Skinned Knees and ABCs, for this insightful model of how empathy can be embodied in the school curriculum as a … Continue reading
Empathy Day 2022 | Activity and Curriculum Ideas | Teachwire
How to embed empathy throughout your school. Find helpful resources ahead of June 9th 2022 here: Empathy Day 2022 | Activity and Curriculum Ideas | Teachwire
COMING SOON! Empathy Day 2022 | EmpathyLab
Empathy Day is 9 June 2022. On Empathy Day, EmpathyLab runs events and activities to help children read, connect and act using empathy. Authors, illustrators, schools, libraries, and families across … Continue reading
Interoceptive Input and Sensory Processing Disorder
This issue is beyond my expertise and experience, but I include it to show how our growing understanding of the science and neuroscience of life and learning has the ability … Continue reading
Trauma and Learning – Where Two Worlds Collide
Thanks to Daniel Sobel for sharing Ruth Culver‘s infographic from the Calm Heart website on the physiological effects of trauma. It is good to see the extremely nuanced world of … Continue reading
Some Vital Neuroscientific Information For the Classroom
Here’s a thought… in planning learning, what if the structure of the lesson was based not on Into, Body, Plenary or some such structure, and instead aimed to achieve that … Continue reading
Some Key Developmental Factors in Adolescent Learners… Ignore Them At Your Peril!
Teenagers can be annoying, can’t they just! Daydreaming, emotionally charged, refusing to sit still and just listen… the list is endless, as any teacher will tell you. However, if you … Continue reading
The Leader You Most Admired and Should Aspire to Emulate
I imagine we will all recognise the qualities of great leaders in this infographic. I find many of these qualities apply not to the brash and narcissistic examples of leadership … Continue reading
Neurodiversity and Stimming
I must admit that the term that the term ‘stimming’ was a new one to me, although once it was laid out in this graphic I recognised the typical behaviours … Continue reading
Behaviours Which Give Opportunities for Personal Growth
Challenging behaviour… the very term is corrosive of the learning environment. Challenging behaviour assumes that the is a central purpose and a pedagogical style in which the teacher is the … Continue reading
Stopping the School to Prison Pipeline
I found this infographic chilling in the starkness with which it presents a common picture that readers in the US and the UK would recognise. Whilst the education system is … Continue reading
14 Things Every Student Needs
What does every single student need – absolutely, positively have to have – to succeed inside and outside of the classroom? Find out here: What Every Student Needs | Terry … Continue reading
Secrets of Successful Schools No One Told You | Onne Blog
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Supporting Children’s Emotional Resilience
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Addressing Discrimination Systematically
This is a very informative and colourful illustration of the range of potential discrimination dimensions that schools should be aware of, and look to address, in an equally systematic way. … Continue reading
Aspects of Rest
Many thanks to good friend of this site, Daniel Sobel, for sharing this insight into aspects, or even dimensions of rest. Too often we equate rest to an aspect of … Continue reading
Formative Parenting Means Not Always Being Right
There is great mythology about parenting, and teaching for that matter. Unfortunately, once you put people in a role of responsibility, they assume that they must act infallibly. That is … Continue reading
Mission Statement, Culture and Implementation
The school mission statement can be a laudable and venerable statement of the moral and educational purpose of the school as perceived by the senior stakeholders in the school. How … Continue reading
A Happy Child is a Learning Child
Another timely reminder from Elevare London via Daniel Sobel… I wonder how many schools have a policy regarding pupil happiness and contentment?
Maintaining a Commitment to Staff Development Even During the Most Difficult Times
Thanks to Ross Morrison McGill’s TeacherToolkit for providing this latest iteration of developing the potential of employees/learners. I first came across this graphic when involved with the National School Improvement … Continue reading
Four Dimensions of Learning
Thanks to Tonya Gilchrist for sharing this timely reminder created by Tanmay Vora about the significant dimensions of learning.
Lesson Exit Prompts | Literacy in Focus
A simple series of prompts to help you design effective plenary sessions for your lessons from Literacy in Focus. Please share any particularly successful prompts you use to end and … Continue reading
As Christmas Draws Near…
The simplest things are often the most effective, and tired and frazzled teachers sometimes lose sight of this. Have a successful end to your term and a restful and happy … Continue reading
21 Things Every Educator Should Try in 2021 | Hooked On Innovation
This is a list of ideas for educators to try in their classroom this year. Some are tools and others are strategies to drive student engagement. Source: 21 Things Every … Continue reading
Habits and Happiness
I’m often suspicious of those writers who have boxed success into a pithy formula, particularly when it encompasses a number of habits. Too often the habits are descriptive and the … Continue reading
Important Active Listening Skills and Techniques
Learn about active listening, get a list of skills with examples of techniques, and find out why employers value effective listeners. Source: Important Active Listening Skills and Techniques | The … Continue reading
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