Being proactive
Gifting things to families in need
Find out how you can support and serve families escaping violence and poverty.
Children
Nobody sees me…
There may be multiple circumstances when we are invisible to others, but you’re not alone and you never have to be.
Being proactive
When fighting for your rights isn’t the best course of action
At what cost should we defend our right to be free from abuse? To teach our children to be strong and stand up for themselves? To defend ourselves?
Children
Why it might be a GOOD thing to speak ‘behind someone’s back
Now when you read the title, you may think that I’m talking about gossiping or being unkind about others when they’re physically absent. However, the intentions behind this article are positive and kind. My aim is for conversations, in specific circumstances, to be encouraging and respectful. What we hear seeps Read more…
Children
What your child needs in order to be school ready
Recently, I’ve been around parents whose children haven’t started school on a full-time basis yet. Parenthood involves and includes many things, but based on the parents I know (outside of teaching), it isn’t full of time to plan and reflect! So when do parents get the time to think about Read more…
Children
Do you think whistle-blowers are responsible citizens or no good interfering individuals?
In 2016/17 the NSPCC helped make over 1.8 million children safer. Could your actions make a child less at risk? Not too long ago, a friend of mine told me that was struggling to tolerate hearing her neighbour call her 5-year-old, a ‘good for nothing’ f****** bi*** on a daily Read more…
Children
Let’s unite to protect the children of our future. They need us now more than ever!
National Union of Teachers’ Annual Conference I attended the National Conference a few weeks ago and was hugely moved by the speakers and the messages they shared. The fragility of the mental health of our students and staff was one of the issues that came through loud and clear. Below Read more…
