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- Apr 28
Reading Well for Teens
Be sure to pick up one of these flyers from your local library. Run by the Reading Agency the initiative "suggests recommended reading...
- Apr 23
5 simple games to get the family talking
Two Truths and a Lie Family meal times or the journey home from school are perfect occasions for this game. Each take turns to share 2...
- Apr 23
How are you?
Recognise any of these? We all feel and experience these moods, emotions and responses sometimes. Naming what we are experiencing can be...
- Apr 3
Mindfulness for children
5 simple mindfulness practices to do with your children at home or at school.
- Jan 20
How to: self-care and work-life balance
I am a teacher and a parent. My working day involves tidying toys, wiping bottoms, caring for sick children, encouraging them to eat,...
- Jul 18, 2022
Competition - helping children to win and lose gracefully
As parents/carers it can be really unsettling to watch our children compete - when they are winning we want to temper their bragging and...
- May 16, 2022
What to do when your child doesn't want to go to school
Whether it’s every day, once a week, month or year most children will have moments when they do not want to go to school. Whatever the...
- Feb 24, 2022
What to do when you feel let down by your child’s setting
There are so many wonderful schools, nurseries and childcare centres out there but no setting is perfect. It is quite common to come up...
- Jan 21, 2022
Learning to read
Newsflash, phonics isn't the only way! Reading helps us to develop our emotional intelligence as well as giving us access to information....
- Jan 6, 2022
Mindful drinking
Many will have enjoyed a bit of excess over the Christmas and New Year breaks and this is likely to include an excess of alcohol. We tend...
- Nov 8, 2021
Listening to children
As new parents we listen to every single little noise our babies make. Breathing, snorting, snuffling, rolling, kicking - whatever the...
- Oct 19, 2021
Sleep. From birth to teen
“I had to go to sleep earlier. That was it. I’d spent my entire life pushing the limits of each day, sacrificing tomorrow because I...
- Sep 28, 2021
Gender in the classroom
“Our kids weren’t born different, it was the world around them that was treating them differently. The way people spoke to them and the...
- Sep 10, 2021
Getting out of the house
Getting out of the house can become an extremely stressful and anxiety inducing time for many families. For little ones (and bigger...
- Aug 7, 2021
8 surprises from my first year of motherhood
*A piece I wrote back in 2014, when my first baby was 10 months old. Nothing shook my world more than becoming a parent. Everyone tells...
- Mar 21, 2021
Worried about your child's mental health?
Dr James Cook (a London based GP) writes about what to expect, when visiting your doctor, regarding your child's mental health. It can be...
- Feb 18, 2021
Finding the right school
5 simple ways to look out for a mentally healthy school for your child Looking for a school for your little one is difficult enough, if...
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