Mindfulness and Wellbeing

  • 30 Aug 2025

    Start as you mean to go on: A mindful approach to the new exam year

    As September comes around, exam officers are back at the heart of school life - organising and coordinating things for the year ahead. It needs focus, accuracy and patience. But in the rush to get everything done, it’s easy to put your own wellbeing at the bottom of the list.

    This year, as you settle back into things, consider a more mindful approach - one that helps you stay focused, grounded, and ready for the academic year ahead.

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  • 31 Jul 2025

    Success is not just about grades...is it?

    As a school or college, you will be focussed on helping your students to get the best grades possible at exam time. But we all know that come results day, some will not have achieved the levels both you and they might have liked or expected. 

    Is this the right time to see a bigger picture. Is this an opportunity to reflect too on the personal growth that might have been gained? Is exam success more than just grades on paper?

     

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  • 25 Jun 2025

    Your 7-Step Summer Survival Strategy

    One of my most popular NAEO summer conference workshops was when I talked about ‘finding our nothing’ to re-fill our energy tanks.

    In recent weeks, I’ve noticed many neuro-scientists recommending  ‘nothing’ as good for our brain. So, this month, as many of us are crashed out after the long slog to exams, I’ve put together ‘Your 7-Step Summer Survival Strategy!’  -  which includes seven ideas to prompt you to take care and look after yourself.

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  • 29 May 2025

    Is all stress bad for us? How to use stress to your advantage

    We all know the feeling – stress creeping up when deadlines loom or responsibilities pile up.  It is easy to think of stress as something negative, something we should avoid. But is all stress really bad? 

    Actually, stress can be a helpful indicator when we recognise it. It can show us what is working for us, and what is not. When we really know how it shows up, it can teach us valuable lessons about how we handle the strains of the job.

    So how can we turn stress it something that works for us, instead of against us?

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  • 29 Apr 2025

    Creating a calm exam space

    We talk a lot at exam time about managing our own stress levels and supporting our students to do the same. But what attention do we give to the physical space in which exams take place?  There are things you can do to prepare both your students – and the room, to create positive energies that could make a big difference.

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  • 26 Mar 2025

    Why students need time to practice stress management skills before exams

    In the next few months our students will be gearing up for exams. We know some of them struggle with stress management, so we need to give them enough time to practice techniques before the exam calendar starts. If they learn new ways to handle their anxiety in these pre-exam weeks, they’ll have a better chance of knowing how to create the feeling of calm they’re looking for.

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