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Student Mental Health Toolkit
Wellbeing advice for students, parents and carers. Continue reading …
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Year 11 Revision and Study Skills
Year 11 will commence their next round of Pre Public Examinations (mocks) on Monday 7th November.These will take place under exam conditions in the hall. These examinations will be carried out in a formal style, to ensure that students are more familiar with the procedures Continue reading …
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Changes to the Highway Code
Following changes to The Highway Code that came into effect across Great Britain, THINK! has launched a two-phase communications drive. First a factual, awareness raising campaign, alerting road users to the changes as they came into effect. Followed by a broader behaviour change ‘Travel like you know Continue reading …
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Road Safety: Dangerous Habits
As the dark nights approach, it’s important that all pedestrians consider their safety whilst walking along roads. This also applies to students who can be at risk. Can you answer the questions on the following quiz questions correctly? Test your knowledge on potentially dangerous road Continue reading …
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Help for teachers and families to talk to pupils about the conflict in Ukraine
The conflict in Ukraine is distressing and concerning, and we understand children and young people may have questions or be seeking reassurance. Walsall Rights4Children have produced the following advice which parents and carers might find useful.
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Well-being Literature
If reading can not only make us smarter, it can also make us happier, reading is the one thing we can all do to improve our mental health! The following recommendations are for students: Mental Health and Wellbeing Workout for Teens – Paula Nagal The Continue reading …
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Growing Together
Please see the video below and link from Place2Be. Growth Stories – Children’s Mental Health Week (childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk)
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Wake Up Wednesday: Respect Online
Our ability to communicate with anyone in the world, at any time, via the internet has grown at breakneck speed. For teachers and parents, it can feel impossible to keep up. Worrying about our young people is understandable, and not unjustified: in 2020, for example, Continue reading …
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Wake Up Wednesday: Horror Games
Horror video games come in a such a variety that the genre can hard to define. The overlapping element is that these games are designed to scare or unsettle the player through gameplay, atmosphere, story, music, setting and ‘jump scares’. The most common sub-genres are Continue reading …
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Wake Up Wednesday: YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing social media platform that allows billions of people around the world to watch, share and upload their own videos with a vast range of content – including sport, entertainment, education and lots more. It’s a superb space for people to consume Continue reading …