Challenging Behaviour: 5 reasons your strategies aren’t working.

challenging behaviour

How To Effectively Manage Challenging Behaviour When faced with displays of behaviour that challenge most schools resort to sanctions and consequences. For some this may work.  If you work with Young people with a special educational need, mental health issues, or those experiencing that most troubling of all childhood issues – Puberty; need you to … Read more

How Can Music Help Teacher Concentration and Reduce Stress?

How Can Music Help Teacher Concentration and Reduce Stress? 1

Working should be fun. (I have decided to start all the remaining blogs of #29daysofwriting with a controversial statement.). Music is great for your well being, memories, focus, physiological benefits. So as part of your #teacher5aday include some tunes to reduce teacher stress levels! Using Music to Improve Focus and De-Stress as a Teacher Teaching … Read more

Improving Teacher Wellbeing #Teacher5aday

#teacher5aday

Well January has passed, it seems like the longest month. So many successes and achievements as well as set-backs and challenges. It seems like a good time to reflect on the teacher wellbeing pledges I made to #teacher5aday in this blog. #Connect – Aha achieved this one by presenting at #bett2016 however did feel I … Read more

5 Minute Teacher Wellbeing Focus

5 Minute Teacher Wellbeing Focus 2

Teacher wellbeing updated August 2023. This post originally formed my answer to the following question “How could you put aside 5 minutes of each day to improve your wellbeing?” For teachers and school leaders taking just 5 minutes out of their day to focus on your wellbeing can have a profound impact on your overall … Read more

The Importance of Wellbeing #Teacher5aday

SEN and Inclusion teaching

Soon after discovering twitter I stumbled upon the #teacher5aday initiative. This is basically an attempt to encourage educators to reflect on how they can focus on their own well-being. Workload and stress are widely reported in the TES and other media. The great thing about #teacher5aday is that it doesn’t dwell on these but attempts … Read more