
Easter holidays and exams
It’s the Easter holidays – hooray! And exams are approaching – nooooooo! This poses a number of problems but I just want to mention one.
I explain everything from peer pressure and risk-taking, sleep and emotional changes to exam pressure and the effects of stress on learning. You’ll also find out about “Positively Teenage” and the concepts of FLOURISH. For links to research and other resources on this topic, please go to Extras. For my posts on the topic, see below. Do use the search box to find specific topics.
It’s the Easter holidays – hooray! And exams are approaching – nooooooo! This poses a number of problems but I just want to mention one.
I wrote this for a school I visited recently but it’s really for every school I visit, every young person I talk to, everyone who
I’m on my way back from one of the best overseas trips of my life, to the British Embassy School in Ankara, Turkey. So, what
Exam Attack is a beautifully simple, straightforward but expert guide to beating exam stress, so that students of all abilities are geared up mentally and
When I announced the Body Brilliant deal recently, I said I’d be calling for help. (I actually said I’d be calling for help the next
I am very delighted to announce that I’ve just signed a contract for my next book, Body Brilliant, a follow-up to Positively Teenage. Body Brilliant
Two fantastic questions from Wolverhampton Grammar School, who came third equal in the Ask Nicola Morgan competition. Congratulations to them! “If someone had given you
The Ask Nicola Morgan competition is finished and I should be announcing the winners but it’s just too difficult and I need a bit more
Today I’m answering a question from the fourth school to enter the AskNicolaMorgan competition. (Deadline tomorrow – still time! Please enter!) Today’s question comes from
Last week I answered the first question from the AskNicolaMorgan competition, from The Booklings Book Club, Glenthorn High School. Here’s the answer and here’s the
It’s that time of year again, as some of you need no reminding. There are schools with stressful, shouty posters saying 20 DAYS TO GCSEs,
Below is a shortened, adapted extract from the section on negative friendships in The Teenage Guide to Friends, reproduced here by permission of Walker Books. Note