Feb 1 2018

In working in schools over the past few weeks, it is apparent that pupils are experiencing high levels of anxiety which are affecting their attitude and performance at school. Most of these students cite the heavy workload and family stresses as the lead factors in their anxiety. Their[…]

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Jan 19 2018

It’s not easy to find the time to properly connect with people these days but children, more than most need this connection to develop healthy social and emotional skills. It’s important that they feel acknowledged and listened to as well as cared for and we can ensure this[…]

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Nov 1 2017

“First, we have about 30 minutes of saying ‘No! I don’t want to go to bed’. Then I normally have to part drag him up the stairs to brush his teeth. We have a story together – one book is never enough – sometimes we will have up[…]

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Sep 15 2017

3 tips from me to help you begin to gain control of your anxiety. If you have developed your own management strategies that work, or you’ve overcome your anxiety completely let me know how you did it!      

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Feb 16 2017

Typically, pupils who are from ethnic minority backgrounds, have English as a second language or who receive free school meals are disadvantaged economically and do less well academically. Schools across the UK want to help increase learning engagement within the classroom. Whilst most of their pupils on the[…]

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Oct 19 2016

Join Gemma and her iPhone on a trip across Bulgaria to collect copies of the NLP4Kids book ‘Stop Anxiety and Grow Confidence’ (https://nlp4kids.org/stop-anxiety-grow-confidence) and see the book production from start to finish at the factory where it was made. Remember Michael Palin’s ‘Round the World in 80 Days?’[…]

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May 27 2016

There was once a news article in the London news in which they were studying the prices people paid for abstract art. As an experiment, they got some very young children (under the age of 5) to create some paintings. The paintings were of the same quality as[…]

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May 3 2016

There’s a great Ted Talk by Mellody Hobson in which she talks about equality and diversity. In the video she acknowledges the solution to the Small Pox epidemic, as coming from a dairy farmer. Can you image all of the scientists and health leaders coming together to try[…]

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Mar 31 2016

Books can take us to another land. They have the potential to evoke an imagination that brings the unreal to life and can captivate the hearts and minds of even the most uninterested readers. Great storytellers have been sharing their surreal worlds with young minds for centuries. And[…]

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Mar 3 2016

The Times and the NSPCC joined forces to release a video to help parents talk to their children about terrorism.  This was prompted by over 370 young people contacting Childline to discuss their concerns following the Paris attacks in November 2015. You can see the video at: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/nspcc/[…]

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