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This post is part of Twinkl’s Children’s Mental Health Week campaign, and is featured in their 5 Steps To Improve Children’s Wellbeing post . Feeling in need of some cheer?  It’s February 2021 and we’re in our third lockdown. With so much

There was much talk and speculation a few weeks ago about pupils having to spend more time on English and Maths to the detriment of creative subjects such as Art, Music, Drama when they return to school in September. This

The word ‘panic’ has its origins in Greek Mythology. The Greek deity, Pan, with the body and head of a man and the legs and feet of a goat, used to frequent the forests of Arcadia where he would rustle

Season’s greetings! 2020: with the pandemic many of the points below are still valid. However, organised sporting activities as I write are not happening unless in a school setting, but walks in nature are still a distinct possibility. It might

States of Consciousness We have different states of consciousness throughout the day: sleep, being half-asleep, daydreaming and full alertness. Each of these states has a different level of brain frequency of electrical energy. Scientists have measured these frequencies by using

A while ago I helped a boy of 6 called Freddy. His mum had contacted me because she had concerns about his anger and how it was affecting him and their family life. She added that Freddy had been mainly