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Parents: Supporting Your Anxious Child – FREE Resources
When your child is struggling with anxiety, it can be incredibly difficult to navigate as a parent. As parents, we want what is best for our children and sometimes when our children feel anxious, it can make us feel anxious too, or even frustrated or upset. Always...
What Works for Writing in KS2?
Most children have learnt how to write satisfactorily through home support and/or high-quality classroom teaching by KS2, but 29% of Year 6 pupils did not reach the expected standard for writing in 2022/23 (gov.uk). So, how can we support those children in KS2 who...
Why are Schools Well-Placed to Support with Anxiety?
In our previous blog post on anxiety, we clarified that it is a normal emotion that we all have to deal with from time to time. However, we recognised that anxiety can become a problem when it is severe and leads to significant distress for children or has become...
What is Anxiety in the Context of the Classroom?
Anxiety is a normal emotion that we all have to deal with from time to time. It is important: it keeps us safe from danger and prevents us from engaging in risky behaviours. We can deal with anxiety by responding and dealing with the threat in question. Small amounts...
A Week in the Life of a Trainee Educational Psychologist
The role of 'Educational Psychologist' is an elusive one! As a trainee, when people ask what I do, I sometimes have to pause for a second before answering. The truth is, the job is so varied that it is hard to give a straight answer! I thought I'd give a little...
What Works for Writing in KS1?
Most children learn to write satisfactorily through home support and/or high-quality classroom teaching, but how can we help those children who do not? This blog post provides an overview of two intervention schemes which have been used in the UK to boost the overall...
Challenging Behaviour – Why Does it Happen?
We recently posted about challenging behaviour on the blog, recognising the impact that it has on children and staff. We defined challenging behaviour as: culturally abnormal behaviour(s) of such an intensity, frequency or duration that the physical safety of the...
What is ‘Challenging Behaviour’ in Schools?
Children and young people presenting with 'unwanted' or 'challenging' behaviour in school is one of the most difficult aspects of teaching and education. A national survey of behaviour commissioned by the DfE (2023) found that 60% of school leaders and teachers said...
Why is it Important for Schools to Support Mental Health and Resilience?
In a previous blog post, we discussed what mental health and resilience is and what good mental health and resilience looks like in children and young people. In today’s post, we will discuss why schools are well-placed to develop resilience and good mental health...
What is Good Mental Health and Resilience in the Context of Education?
Children spend a huge proportion of their life in education settings: around 1170 hours a year! Schools are therefore well-placed to support children and young people with their mental health and wellbeing. This is because, for most children, school is a safe and...
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