Whole-school strategies to support staff and reduce unnecessary stress.

This blog has been included by Twinkl among their blogs that all trainee teachers should be following. Over the course of the current...

Wow, what a week. First full week back and it was certainly different. The number of times I left my whiteboard controller in other...

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,...

This article was created as part of Twinkl‘s worldwide teacher wellbeing campaign, TeacherTruths. Head over to their Year of Wellbeing...

If you’re a twitter user, you may have noticed that this weekend a prominent, highly-regarded teacher offered an opinion about mental...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The title of this post is inspired by the Education Support Partnership’s Christmas Campaign 2018. Reason being I went through through...

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...

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...

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...

This week I shared my experience of burnout and the resulting breakdown I experienced with a journalist from the Observer. He’s written a...

Who inspires you to look after yourself for a change? Who makes you feel positive on those dark days? Who promotes wellbeing across the...

Yesterday I received the exciting news that the blog has been shortlisted for the UK Blog Awards 2018 (again). I cannot express how much...

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...

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,...