Anxiety resources and techniques
Published 23/03/23
Following a highly successful Pastoral Forum led by Oliver Welsby on anxiety in young people, please find further information attached to this blog post about supporting young people with anxiety.
Wellbeing Blog
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Read MoreOpen to new light.
Published 17/09/21This, I regret to say, is my last wellbeing blog for Warwick School. It was a real joy to start it off with Martin Hewitt a few years ago, and it has been good to see other voices contribute.
Read MoreSometimes, feelings have to be felt.
Published 02/07/21‘Resilience’ is a buzzword at the moment. If we all build up our resilience, if we teach children and young people to be resilient, then – hey presto! – we will be able to deal with life’s irritations, difficulties and catastrophes, using our strategies and skills. We will be able to bounce back to business as usual, almost seamlessly.
Read MoreReal education should educate us out of self into something far finer
Published 18/05/21Exam time. Here we go again, but this time with a difference. I had hoped that the process of teacher assessed grades would prove less stressful than the traditional ‘blitz it in all-in-one-go’ approach, but sadly, that doesn’t seem to be the case.
Read MoreAn Attitude of Gratitude
Published 04/03/21A Wellbeing Blog Story for World Book Week
Read MoreManaging winter lockdown
Published 04/02/21Many of us are spending unprecedented amounts of time hunched over computers. We are in the ‘sad chimp’ position.
Read MoreThoughts for a ‘dark’ lockdown
Published 12/11/20So here we are in lockdown again and this time without the sunshine!
Read MoreRemembering the Good Things
Published 17/09/20As we start a new academic year, I’m reflecting on the aims I had at the beginning of the calendar year, in January 2020. Those of you who follow this blog will know that I take time out to reflect on my life from time to time and consider how my life is going - where to next? Ha! If only I had the gift of foresight!
Read MoreA Journey of Sadness and of Hope
Published 01/07/20Isn’t this a wonderful picture? It was entered into our Wellbeing Competition by Isaac Turner, but somehow it failed to arrive. Thanks to Isaac’s form tutor, Mr Walker for pursuing what had happened to it and to Isaac for giving his permission to use it here. I’m so glad it arrived in the end!
Read MoreExpecting the Unexpected
Published 17/06/20Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths.......
Read MoreAiming for Lower (Simpler) Things?
Published 04/06/20So here we are beginning to come out of lockdown - though I am sure for many of us it doesn’t feel much different because children and young people are still at home!
Read MoreCorona!
Published 02/04/20I’m writing this from home on another stunning Spring morning. What a bizarre time this is, so uncertain and yet full of unexpected beauty! After many months of trudging through mud with my dog, Rosa, we are suddenly enjoying the best Spring weather I’ve experienced in years.
