Victoria Hewett
Strategies for Reducing Unnecessary Stress
Whole-school strategies to support staff and reduce unnecessary stress.
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Victoria Hewett
Apr 13, 20212 min read
Mrs Humanities shares… managing your wellbeing and workload
This blog has been included by Twinkl among their blogs that all trainee teachers should be following. Over the course of the current...
Victoria Hewett
Sep 13, 20208 min read
Mrs Humanities shares… Tips for Roaming Teachers
Wow, what a week. First full week back and it was certainly different. The number of times I left my whiteboard controller in other...
Victoria Hewett
Jun 21, 202011 min read
NQT? No job for September? Develop don’t despair!
I’ve recently been contacted by a couple of trainees that have gained QTS but do not have positions for September. As you can imagine,...
Victoria Hewett
Oct 22, 20194 min read
Teacher Truths: Drowning in Marking (and other things)
This article was created as part of Twinkl‘s worldwide teacher wellbeing campaign, TeacherTruths. Head over to their Year of Wellbeing...
Victoria Hewett
Sep 15, 20195 min read
Mrs Humanities shares… why I’ll continue to talk about teacher wellbeing and mental health
If you’re a twitter user, you may have noticed that this weekend a prominent, highly-regarded teacher offered an opinion about mental...
Victoria Hewett
Aug 31, 20194 min read
Got back to school anxiety? Don’t worry, it’s perfectly normal.
I’ve seen lots of tweets this last week about back to school anxiety and I just wanted to say that new school year nerves are completely...
Victoria Hewett
May 18, 20196 min read
What to do when you burnout
At the start of this year’s Mental Health Awareness week, I wrote this post but I must admit I was weary of publishing it. I worried it...
Victoria Hewett
Apr 9, 20195 min read
Mrs Humanities explores… how to help teachers be #PeriodProud
I must admit that this isn’t a post I ever thought I would write but my tweet last week had an unexpected response. You see, I finally...
Victoria Hewett
Feb 21, 20197 min read
Mrs Humanities explores… Staff Wellbeing Policies
I’ve had the urge this week to explore school wellbeing policies. I don’t have any particular reason to do so, it was just something that...
Victoria Hewett
Jan 5, 20195 min read
We need Breakthroughs NOT Breakdowns in Teaching.
The title of this post is inspired by the Education Support Partnership’s Christmas Campaign 2018. Reason being I went through through...
Victoria Hewett
Sep 3, 20182 min read
Mrs Humanities shares… 8 reasons why I love to teach.
After all my recent anxieties, the first day was fine. I’m sure tomorrow will be too, Wednesday the same… Anyway, I’d like to share some...
Victoria Hewett
Sep 2, 20183 min read
Starting the conversation… #PedagooHampshire2018
This week I’ve had to take some time away from twitter. My anxiety surrounding returning to work has been growing and growing for the...
Victoria Hewett
Aug 31, 20182 min read
The What if… of mental health.
It is the week before we go back to school. 5 weeks have passed. I’ve relaxed, rested and written the majority of a book. I’ve also been...
Victoria Hewett
May 13, 20181 min read
Teacher Burnout
This week I shared my experience of burnout and the resulting breakdown I experienced with a journalist from the Observer. He’s written a...
Victoria Hewett
Mar 11, 20181 min read
New Post Series – #MyWellbeingHero
Who inspires you to look after yourself for a change? Who makes you feel positive on those dark days? Who promotes wellbeing across the...
Victoria Hewett
Feb 24, 20180 min read
Victoria Hewett
Jan 2, 20181 min read
A Big Thank You!!!
Yesterday I received the exciting news that the blog has been shortlisted for the UK Blog Awards 2018 (again). I cannot express how much...
Victoria Hewett
Apr 23, 20172 min read
Breakdown, reach out, recover.
In April 2016, on return to work after the Easter break I had a breakdown. Anxiety hit as I walked into my classroom the morning after...
Victoria Hewett
Dec 31, 20161 min read
#Teacher5aday Pledges 2017
If you are interested in supporting the fundraising I will be undertaking whilst I walk (I really mean hike) my 300 miles over the year,...
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