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The Social Side of Wellbeing – an extract from Contextual Wellbeing By Dr Helen Street
(this is an extract from: Street, Helen (2018) Contextual Wellbeing: creating positive schools from the inside out, published by Wise Solutions) … It could…
Education 2020 – The Precious Things We have Lost and Found Dr Helen Street, Founder of the Positive Schools Initiative & author of Contextual Wellbeing
In this article I offer my thoughts on the impact of the Coronavirus and COVID-19 restrictions on social, emotional and academic learning in 2020….
Why Schools Need to Spend Less Time Thinking About Students (and More Time Thinking About Culture) Dr Helen Street
www.contextualwellbeing.com.au; www.positiveschools.com.au Over the past twenty years, there has been an increasing consideration of the role schools can, and indeed ‘should’ play in…
Contextual Wellbeing: Creating healthy school contexts to nurture flourishing students and staff By Dr Helen Street
Contextual Wellbeing is a systems-based approach to supporting equitable education, youth wellbeing and self-determination in all schools and colleges through the development of a…
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The Relational Classroom- Tom Brunzell/ Berry Street PS19
The Social Side of Wellbeing – an extract from Contextual Wellbeing By Dr Helen Street
(this is an extract from: Street, Helen (2018) Contextual Wellbeing: creating positive schools from the inside out, published by Wise Solutions) … It could…
Education 2020 – The Precious Things We have Lost and Found Dr Helen Street, Founder of the Positive Schools Initiative & author of Contextual Wellbeing
In this article I offer my thoughts on the impact of the Coronavirus and COVID-19 restrictions on social, emotional and academic learning in 2020….
Why Schools Need to Spend Less Time Thinking About Students (and More Time Thinking About Culture) Dr Helen Street
www.contextualwellbeing.com.au; www.positiveschools.com.au Over the past twenty years, there has been an increasing consideration of the role schools can, and indeed ‘should’ play in…
How to Teach Your Students to Ignore Bullies by Dr Hayley Watson PS19
As a teacher it’s incredibly difficult to address bullying in the classroom – especially in it’s more subtle forms. You can’t be there every…
Respectful relationships By Sue Cahill PS19
Renaisance College Hong Kong – How do we make wellbeing support last in our schools PS19
Education’s Romance with Wellbeing How to make the relationship last
USE YOUR WORDS… Lessons Learned from Conducting 5500 Filmed Interviews With Kids by Rick Stevenson PS19
By Dr Rick Stevenson | Filmmaker, Philosopher, Listener, Author, Speaker at The 5000 Days Project Andy tells his story We all know the vast science around the…
Making Wellbeing Practical by Luke McKenna PS19
How to Teach Your Students to Ignore Bullies Dr Hayley Watson PS19
As a teacher it’s incredibly difficult to address bullying in the classroom – especially in it’s more subtle forms. You can’t be there every…
Inspiring a Positive School Culture by The Institute of Positive Education PS19
Joining in…fitting in …belonging by Dr Helen Street PS19
Trust and forgiveness by John Hendry PS19
How “giving” underpins all relationships. To give adds meaning. The basic elements of a quality relationship are trust, forgiveness, integrity, hope (optimism), and compassion. …
THE WAY FORWARD Stand Up Do Not Stand By John Hendry PS19
How we behave is determined by a complex set of forces found within ourselves and the living moments we experience. Each situation possesses forces…
The Way Forward A “Kind Culture” is a Resilient Culture John Hendry PS19
A Resilient Culture is an inclusive culture, one that appreciates the fact that people do struggle with challenge and this struggle can limit motivation,…
The Education School CYBERSAFETY POLICY By Susan McLean PS19
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We take the privacy and safety of all our students very seriously, especially when it comes to social media sites and other public platforms….
The Primary and Secondary Behaviour Cookbooks. By Sue Roffey
These two companion books, recently published by Routledge, put positive psychology into practice for both everyday issues such as being organised and more challenging…
Learners First By Rob Stokoe OBE
We live in interesting and challenging times as educators. Challenging in that we know so much more about how we learn and how positivity,…
Self-Compassion: A new direction in wellbeing By Ben Weir
It’s no surprise that teaching can be stressful, and the consequences of this are wide ranging, impacting teacher’s personal and professional lives, as well…
Talk Early, Talk Often. Keep Talking and Facts not Fear! Holly Brennan OAM.
Talking clearly and accurately with our children is essential. Showing our children that we are not embarrassed or ashamed to talk about bodies, body…
Empowering students through a strengths-based approach to bullying education By Dr Ameika Johnson
Humans are hard-wired to pay attention to the negative. This ‘negativity bias’ is an ancient survival tool that helps us remain vigilant and respond…