Tag Archives: primary school
Back to school
Thought this might be useful to help children’s transition back to school and in the coming weeks.
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Tagged anxiety, new year, primary school, settling in, strategies, transition
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Behaviour that may indicate more support is needed with transition
As transition approaches in school, look out for the following behavioural changes that may indicate a child needs extra support: Start to become clingier to you Demonstrate a difficulty managing change Begins asking about their new class and new teacher … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Behaviour, Making a Difference, primary school, Relationships, Transition
Tagged anxiety, behaviour strategies, primary school, strategies, transition
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Free Reflective Language Poster
This free poster introduces the concept of reflective language with some examples for you to try in school. Reflective language is a highly effective and easy to use behaviour management approach which I teach to staff in primary schools across … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour strategies, child, children, emotional well-being, managing behavour, primary school
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The invisible child
The following is an extract from one of the chapters in my Making a Difference Guide. The invisible children in our schools sometimes get overlooked and yet can need our attention as much as some of the more demanding children … Continue reading
Posted in emotional wellbeing, Making a Difference, primary school
Tagged book, invisible child, Making a Difference, making a difference book, makingadifference, primary school, quiet child
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From sighing to singing – how reflective language helped a child develop resilience
This short story illustrates the power of acknowledging, naming and describing feelings for children.
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Tagged Making a Difference, primary school, reflective language, resilience
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Attention seeking is attention needing
We all need to feel seen, heard, valued and understood. Sadly for some of our children this may not always happen on a regular basis at home, resulting in them showing us through their behaviour at school that this is … Continue reading
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Enhancing children’s well-being and supporting behaviour
I wrote my Making a Difference Guide to try and provide easy solutions to help school staff enhance children’s well-being and support their behaviour. I’ve made a short video discussing how you might use it in your own work, along … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour, behaviour strategies, children, emotional well-being, Making a Difference, primary school, resilience, school, Self-esteem, strategies, support
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Making a Difference guide
My Making a Difference guide is now available for purchase online. Based on many conversations with school staff over the last few years it is a resource to support staff in understanding and supporting children with their behaviour and emotional … Continue reading
Posted in Behaviour, Book, emotional wellbeing, Making a Difference, primary school, Relationships, School, training for staff
Tagged anxiety, behaviour, behaviour strategies, challenging, changing behaviour, children, communicating, emotional well-being, primary school, resilience, support, Teacher
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I’m so excited…
I spent Friday afternoon at our local printers seeing the first draft of an exciting new project being born. My Making a Difference guide is a new resource for people working in primary schools to help them support children with … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour, behaviour strategies, emotional well-being, primary school
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The importance of not shaming children at school
A child who has poor self-regulation and impulse control can find it extremely difficult to change their behaviour and not do things. For example, if at home a child has to interrupt other people and talk over them to be … Continue reading
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