There are many ways we can support children in the classroom and school with sensory needs, but have we thought about how we can support meeting children’s sensory needs in the playground? Playgrounds for some children can be...
Featured in - Teachers Matter Magazine Australasia - Craze of the Week Have you heard about Craze of the Week? In October, I shared with you my blog “How to create a Craze of the Week in your school”, which shares 7 simple steps you can take to introduce this...
Circle Time
Primary school children in the United Kingdom can spend up to one and a half hours - 20% of their school day, in the playground. It is an important part of a child's day and what happens in the playground can affect the whole life of the school. Research from Sharpe...
Create safe and nurturing environments at the start of the school year. We all know that creating safe and nurturing environments is going to be vital as our children come back into school over this Covid19 pandemic. Now more than ever they are going to need structure...
Taking Care of Yourself First The press, media and study after study tells us that Principal recruitment and retention is in crisis, nevertheless there are many things school leaders can do to make sure they’re not another one of those burnout statistics. The NFER...
With the right tools, children’s brains can also develop outside of the classroom. Here are 5 ways to create a happy and positive lunchtime and playtime. 1: Use play to develop a child’s seeking system and brainpower Playing games activates a child’s brain. In...
Originally published in Teachers Matter Magazine Issue 41 Primary school children in the United Kingdom can spend up to one and a half hours - 20% of their school day, in the playground. It is an important part of a child's day and what happens in the playground can...
Emotional Literacy is our ability to recognise, understand, handle and appropriately express our emotions. Weare defines emotional literacy as “the ability to understand ourselves and other people, and in particular to be aware of, understand and use information about...
Are you struggling with? Bullying and bad behaviour at playtimes? Losing valuable learning time sorting out playtime disputes when children come back into the classroom? Children who don’t know how to play? Lunchtime supervisors who aren’t engaging with the children?...
