I've been doing a lot of retrieval this week and found myself going back to the Nazi slides I made last week. So, I've taken out the Nazi info, added a few more and made them into templates. Using retrieval practice as starters will become norm for me! drive.google.com/file/d/1jfO1pg…

School should be a place of safety for all children. While we welcome the Ofsted report, we need more than this – we need action. 2/6

dulwichcentre.com.au/articles-about… 🤔✍️ Tonight's reading is all about #externalising, inspired by a thought provoking session from Kaleidoscope

My mum often ends up disappointed raiding my sweet tubs as they're mostly filled with dog treats or work stuff 😂 a few #FidgetToys here, good for #EmotionalRegulation and sensory needs. Today a pop it and good old fashioned stress ball were the chosen ones for a young person.

It's #ThriveThursday - celebrating the work of the Thrive community! 🌈 This week's contribution is from Kerry at Hagley Primary, where they have been making water bead emoji stress balls and calming sensory glitter water shakers. Thank you for sharing, Kerry!

GOOD NEWS! The long awaited Department for Education funded mental health lead training is on its way More here: gov.uk/guidance/senio… Please RT

At the end of every intervention at school I send home this plan for families to display at home. When we all work together around our CYP to support their emotional expression and acknowledge their feelings this is when change happens and most importantly is sustained.

Monsieur Durrant 🦡 🦔 🐽 ⚓️ Dr Vic Carr ⚓️ Dr Emma Kell FCCT Ha! I'm biased but yes I think it has an important role to play in children's and teachers' lives. Co-wrote this guidance for schools if you're interested themindfulnessinitiative.org/implementing-m…

Many kids went through trauma over the pandemic. This is a great resource to welcome them back! 🧡 📷Whole-Hearted School Counseling

Intro to our #Resilience approach, next week 19 July: Webinar for anyone supporting children, young people & families, keen to understand resilience (family/youth workers, teachers/school staff, social workers, early years workers, (foster) parents/carers) boingboing.org.uk/boingboing-res

Another amazing group session at @MiriamLordPS with Bradford East EMHP Sherise and Family and Systemic Therapist Lorna. The children have been working on positive relationships and have done some wonderful work! Look at that lovely feedback 😍😍😍😍

Looking for a way to support your child with their wellbeing during the summer holidays? These handy workbooks from Barnardo's Education Community might help: bit.ly/36RNICy

Amazing start to Summer School!@Skipton_Academy #letthegamesbegin #thisisthegreatestschool

Span! A Board Game for BTEC Unit 1 The aim of this fantastic FREE lesson activity is for students to test their knowledge and understanding of Unit 1 by completing a board game #btec

We can highly recommend these superb (free) Maths workbooks. They link in closely with the National Curriculum for Maths and won’t set you back a penny! Greatwood Community Primary and Nursery School

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Quiet on here as I settle back into teaching but just had to congratulate amazing @LynetteHarte on her new Creative Education role.Lyn did so much for wellbeing in edu nationwide during lockdown; connecting likeminded folk so we could do better together. Can't wait to see what's next🌟

This was brilliant, as always! Thanks for organising @LynetteHarte and thank you to the amazing @DrTinarae for sharing your expertise and time with our group. So many strategies to creatively reflect and journal. Loved the cake and rollercoaster ones! 🍰🎢

Inference lesson today: each group started with a pair of shoes and had to make inferences about the owner. Then, they were given a picture to develop their ideas. Finally, they had a section of a story to make further inferences about the character. Y6 were so engaged!