Questions from students – Oporto British School
Yesterday I was in Portugal. Well, no, I was at my desk in my garden office but my brain was in Portugal, doing a Q&A
Wellbeing and stress
I explain how stress affects us – physically and mentally, and positively and negatively – and reveal how it can affect our brain bandwidth and performance. Once we start to see how we work, we can really start to take control and build great wellbeing. 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.
Readaxation lunches – a Perthect Idea!
Sorry but if I’m going to write about Perth High School and their regular “readaxation lunches” I have to call it perthect! After all, I
What do books do for you?
A couple of years ago a friend sent me a scan of a newspaper interview in which Lynda la Plante was talking about books that
Still my beating mind – Shakespeare Week competition
Shakespeare knew a thing or two. He even knew a thing or two about wellbeing, centuries before that word was used. He knew that sleep
When a worry stops you sleeping
I did a Live Online Q&A recently with Uppingham School students and realised at the end that I’d missed a question. It’s an important one
Use “Stimulus generalisation” to improve your revision, work-rate, focus
This evening I’m doing an online revision workshop for Year 11 students at Uppingham School. I am planning* to mention stimulus generalisation to them and
Answering questions from teenagers
Last week I did an online Q&A session with the sparky girls from Bedford Girls School. I did the same for them last year, too,
Why getting an answer wrong becomes an invisible problem
In a staff INSET session recently, there was a point on a slide that I didn’t have time to elaborate on. Afterwards, someone in the
Top Tips for Dealing With Uncertainty
The old cliché tells us that the only certainties in life are birth, death and taxes. That itself means there’s one more certainty: uncertainty. We
It’s more than OK to not feel OK
For Children’s Mental Health Week I have a book giveaway (see HERE) and this important message. Please say this to every young person you
Don’t be a helicopter – be a safety-net parent
It’s hard not to be a helicopter parent, isn’t it? My daughters are in their 30s and both are married with a child each but
Don’t be deceived: “Blue Monday” doesn’t exist and has no power over you
“Blue Monday” is an urban myth. You might think the third Monday in January (this is usually The Day, though other dates are available) is
