Posts tagged mental health
Back to school!
Back to school!

Hearing the excited voices of my own children who attend The New School and other children on the first day of the new school year, it filled my heart with joy.  This is what learning should be about and this is what I believe the experience of education should be. 

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Webinar: Persona Education - Life Skills & Wellbeing CoP Webinar with Lucy Stephens
Webinar: Persona Education - Life Skills & Wellbeing CoP Webinar with Lucy Stephens

Watch this webinar with our Founder/Director Lucy Stephens, where she discusses how we’re ‘doing education differently’ at our school.

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Webinar: Young people's behaviour and mental health - two sides of the same coin?
Webinar: Young people's behaviour and mental health - two sides of the same coin?

Watch our free webinar discussing the link between young people’s mental health and behaviour, hearing from experts in the field and young people and their parents.

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'Fear of failure' giving UK children lowest happiness levels in Europe
'Fear of failure' giving UK children lowest happiness levels in Europe

Children in the UK have the lowest levels of life satisfaction across Europe, with “a particularly British fear of failure” partly to blame, according to a major report into childhood happiness.

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English schools buying in mental health support has 'almost doubled' in three years
English schools buying in mental health support has 'almost doubled' in three years

Creating school cultures that value different opinions, support respectful communication, give young people agency in learning, and ensure partnership relationships between adults and children - as oppose to dictatorial adult control, is key to improving mental wellness. 

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