#AdventWellbeing Day 24.
Emotional intelligence trumps artificial intelligence.
Knowledge trumps guesswork.
Culture trumps tokenism.
Relationships trump micromanagement.
Wellbeing isn't hard, it's complicated by people getting it wrong.
Emotional intelligence trumps artificial intelligence.
Knowledge trumps guesswork.
Culture trumps tokenism.
Relationships trump micromanagement.
Wellbeing isn't hard, it's complicated by people getting it wrong.
December 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 24.
Emotional intelligence trumps artificial intelligence.
Knowledge trumps guesswork.
Culture trumps tokenism.
Relationships trump micromanagement.
Wellbeing isn't hard, it's complicated by people getting it wrong.
Emotional intelligence trumps artificial intelligence.
Knowledge trumps guesswork.
Culture trumps tokenism.
Relationships trump micromanagement.
Wellbeing isn't hard, it's complicated by people getting it wrong.
#AdventWellbeing Day 23. 5 simple strategies for better mental health in schools. Micro-podcast for ListEd @kcauchi.bsky.social @netsupport.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=DxsW...
youtube.com/watch?v=DxsW...
ListEd Podcast - Simple strategies for better mental health in schools
YouTube video by NetSupport
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December 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 23. 5 simple strategies for better mental health in schools. Micro-podcast for ListEd @kcauchi.bsky.social @netsupport.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=DxsW...
youtube.com/watch?v=DxsW...
#AdventWellbeing Day 22 Podcast recorded with Twinkl this Autumn. Food for thought, the THINK framework and putting wellbeing at the heart of education.
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Wellbeing at the Heart of Education with Andrew Cowley - In This Together
YouTube video by Twinkl Educational Publishing
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December 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 22 Podcast recorded with Twinkl this Autumn. Food for thought, the THINK framework and putting wellbeing at the heart of education.
youtu.be/37T_FBmt_Uo?...
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#AdventWellbeing Day 20&21
"Playing the Wellbeing Card" as a response to questions about accountability doesn't sit well. Wellbeing doesn't put accountability on the backburner, but can be used to support and promote it.
It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it.
"Playing the Wellbeing Card" as a response to questions about accountability doesn't sit well. Wellbeing doesn't put accountability on the backburner, but can be used to support and promote it.
It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it.
December 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#AdventWellbeing Day 20&21
"Playing the Wellbeing Card" as a response to questions about accountability doesn't sit well. Wellbeing doesn't put accountability on the backburner, but can be used to support and promote it.
It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it.
"Playing the Wellbeing Card" as a response to questions about accountability doesn't sit well. Wellbeing doesn't put accountability on the backburner, but can be used to support and promote it.
It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it.
#AdventWellbeing Day 19.
The THINK framework
T-time and timeliness..never waste time, take your time
H-holistic approach to MH alongside and astride everything else
I-be inclusive in your universal offer
N-be non-judgemental
K- be knowledgeable
The THINK framework
T-time and timeliness..never waste time, take your time
H-holistic approach to MH alongside and astride everything else
I-be inclusive in your universal offer
N-be non-judgemental
K- be knowledgeable
December 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 19.
The THINK framework
T-time and timeliness..never waste time, take your time
H-holistic approach to MH alongside and astride everything else
I-be inclusive in your universal offer
N-be non-judgemental
K- be knowledgeable
The THINK framework
T-time and timeliness..never waste time, take your time
H-holistic approach to MH alongside and astride everything else
I-be inclusive in your universal offer
N-be non-judgemental
K- be knowledgeable
#AdventWellbeing Day 18.
Last day of term tomorrow?
Serve staff wellbeing with an avoidance of; emails, deadlines and tasks for the break, negative feedback and grumpy tempers.
"Thank you."
"Merry Christmas."
That is what good wellbeing cultures sound like.
Last day of term tomorrow?
Serve staff wellbeing with an avoidance of; emails, deadlines and tasks for the break, negative feedback and grumpy tempers.
"Thank you."
"Merry Christmas."
That is what good wellbeing cultures sound like.
December 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 18.
Last day of term tomorrow?
Serve staff wellbeing with an avoidance of; emails, deadlines and tasks for the break, negative feedback and grumpy tempers.
"Thank you."
"Merry Christmas."
That is what good wellbeing cultures sound like.
Last day of term tomorrow?
Serve staff wellbeing with an avoidance of; emails, deadlines and tasks for the break, negative feedback and grumpy tempers.
"Thank you."
"Merry Christmas."
That is what good wellbeing cultures sound like.
#AdventWellbeing Day 17.
The simplest and most effective wellbeing strategy, for staff and students, is to talk and to listen.
Not talk at, talk to, but talk with.
Listen with attention. Don't interrupt, only seek clarification. Listen with empathy and without judgement.
The simplest and most effective wellbeing strategy, for staff and students, is to talk and to listen.
Not talk at, talk to, but talk with.
Listen with attention. Don't interrupt, only seek clarification. Listen with empathy and without judgement.
December 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 17.
The simplest and most effective wellbeing strategy, for staff and students, is to talk and to listen.
Not talk at, talk to, but talk with.
Listen with attention. Don't interrupt, only seek clarification. Listen with empathy and without judgement.
The simplest and most effective wellbeing strategy, for staff and students, is to talk and to listen.
Not talk at, talk to, but talk with.
Listen with attention. Don't interrupt, only seek clarification. Listen with empathy and without judgement.
#AdventWellbeing Day 16. How green is your Christmas? Of the 8 million real trees in this country, 7 million get dumped in landfill. Don't let your school tree be one.
Shred it for chippings.
Use the branches as mulch.
Create a hugelkultur bed.
Build a 'dead hedge' for wildlife
Shred it for chippings.
Use the branches as mulch.
Create a hugelkultur bed.
Build a 'dead hedge' for wildlife
December 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 16. How green is your Christmas? Of the 8 million real trees in this country, 7 million get dumped in landfill. Don't let your school tree be one.
Shred it for chippings.
Use the branches as mulch.
Create a hugelkultur bed.
Build a 'dead hedge' for wildlife
Shred it for chippings.
Use the branches as mulch.
Create a hugelkultur bed.
Build a 'dead hedge' for wildlife
#AdventWellbeing Day 15. How green is your Christmas? There are well established links between wellbeing and care for the environment. Why not link Christmas to your environmental commitment. From crackers made from newspaper to wrapping gifts in brown paper and garden twine 👇
December 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 15. How green is your Christmas? There are well established links between wellbeing and care for the environment. Why not link Christmas to your environmental commitment. From crackers made from newspaper to wrapping gifts in brown paper and garden twine 👇
#AdventWellbeing Day 14. Do you have colleagues or leaders who don't get the point of a programme of wellbeing and mental health for staff and students?
The point is...it's central to everything: safeguarding,attendance, behaviour and relationships, teaching and learning.
The point is...it's central to everything: safeguarding,attendance, behaviour and relationships, teaching and learning.
December 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 14. Do you have colleagues or leaders who don't get the point of a programme of wellbeing and mental health for staff and students?
The point is...it's central to everything: safeguarding,attendance, behaviour and relationships, teaching and learning.
The point is...it's central to everything: safeguarding,attendance, behaviour and relationships, teaching and learning.
#AdventWellbeing Day 13. Schools with a good wellbeing culture will have a communication protocol where there's no intrusion from email or other messaging.
Those without will have staff hypervigilant to what that Saturday or Sunday evening email may contain.
Those without will have staff hypervigilant to what that Saturday or Sunday evening email may contain.
December 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 13. Schools with a good wellbeing culture will have a communication protocol where there's no intrusion from email or other messaging.
Those without will have staff hypervigilant to what that Saturday or Sunday evening email may contain.
Those without will have staff hypervigilant to what that Saturday or Sunday evening email may contain.
#AdventWellbeing Day 12. A healthy wellbeing community embraces the voices of staff, parents and pupils, values each and learns to work with reasoned challenge. The triangulation of all three voices adds strength to the mental health offer from the school.
December 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 12. A healthy wellbeing community embraces the voices of staff, parents and pupils, values each and learns to work with reasoned challenge. The triangulation of all three voices adds strength to the mental health offer from the school.
#AdventWellbeing Day 11 No school child should endure shouting as a means of control, or be forced into compliance by fear. No teacher should be expected to deliver in this way. This approach undermines the wellbeing and autonomy of students and staff.
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 11 No school child should endure shouting as a means of control, or be forced into compliance by fear. No teacher should be expected to deliver in this way. This approach undermines the wellbeing and autonomy of students and staff.
#AdventWellbeing There's a chapter in The Wellbeing Toolkit on the Wellbeing impact of staff socials. Why this is included?
Staff being excluded (deliberately or inadvertently), offended by behaviour and language (often in drink). Extends to Secret Santa too. It's a HR headache
Staff being excluded (deliberately or inadvertently), offended by behaviour and language (often in drink). Extends to Secret Santa too. It's a HR headache
December 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
#AdventWellbeing There's a chapter in The Wellbeing Toolkit on the Wellbeing impact of staff socials. Why this is included?
Staff being excluded (deliberately or inadvertently), offended by behaviour and language (often in drink). Extends to Secret Santa too. It's a HR headache
Staff being excluded (deliberately or inadvertently), offended by behaviour and language (often in drink). Extends to Secret Santa too. It's a HR headache
#AdventWellbeing Day 9. Among the challenges to staff MHWB is cognitive overload, triggered by pressure of the time of year or by lack of empathy in setting tasks which tip the workload balance. More on this and other staff issues in Ch 3 of The School Mental Health Toolkit.
December 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 9. Among the challenges to staff MHWB is cognitive overload, triggered by pressure of the time of year or by lack of empathy in setting tasks which tip the workload balance. More on this and other staff issues in Ch 3 of The School Mental Health Toolkit.
#AdventWellbeing Day 8. If your pupils (or adults) need support with digital safety or cyberbullying, there's two chapters plus lesson ideas and assemblies in The Wellbeing Curriculum. Also free knowledge organisers if you contact me.
December 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 8. If your pupils (or adults) need support with digital safety or cyberbullying, there's two chapters plus lesson ideas and assemblies in The Wellbeing Curriculum. Also free knowledge organisers if you contact me.
#AdventWellbeing Day 7.
The way your staff talk to each other represents the culture of your school.
If they can't talk 'nicely' or professionally to each other, regardless of role, then your wellbeing culture isn't going to thrive.
See The Wellbeing Toolkit for more.
The way your staff talk to each other represents the culture of your school.
If they can't talk 'nicely' or professionally to each other, regardless of role, then your wellbeing culture isn't going to thrive.
See The Wellbeing Toolkit for more.
December 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 7.
The way your staff talk to each other represents the culture of your school.
If they can't talk 'nicely' or professionally to each other, regardless of role, then your wellbeing culture isn't going to thrive.
See The Wellbeing Toolkit for more.
The way your staff talk to each other represents the culture of your school.
If they can't talk 'nicely' or professionally to each other, regardless of role, then your wellbeing culture isn't going to thrive.
See The Wellbeing Toolkit for more.
#AdventWellbeing Day 6. In establishing a school strategy for mental health and wellbeing set up a team including both positive and challenging voices to build the buy-in to the culture you wish to create.
More here in The School Mental Health Toolkit.
More here in The School Mental Health Toolkit.
December 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 6. In establishing a school strategy for mental health and wellbeing set up a team including both positive and challenging voices to build the buy-in to the culture you wish to create.
More here in The School Mental Health Toolkit.
More here in The School Mental Health Toolkit.
#AdventWellbeing Day 5. Young people's wellbeing begins with them being taught about self-awareness, and about their own and other's MHWB. More on this including assemblies and lesson ideas in The Wellbeing Curriculum.
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 5. Young people's wellbeing begins with them being taught about self-awareness, and about their own and other's MHWB. More on this including assemblies and lesson ideas in The Wellbeing Curriculum.
#AdventWellbeing Day 4. One measure of a school's commitment to wellbeing is how well it looks after the staff who are well as much as those who are ill; particularly at pinch points in the year like these weeks are.
More in The Wellbeing Toolkit. @bloomsburyed.bsky.social
More in The Wellbeing Toolkit. @bloomsburyed.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 4. One measure of a school's commitment to wellbeing is how well it looks after the staff who are well as much as those who are ill; particularly at pinch points in the year like these weeks are.
More in The Wellbeing Toolkit. @bloomsburyed.bsky.social
More in The Wellbeing Toolkit. @bloomsburyed.bsky.social
#AdventWellbeing Day 3. School culture around mental health is a culture shared with safeguarding, attendance, behaviour and learning. It has to be consistent and holistic. It should also embrace a culture of 'noticing'.
See more in The School Mental Health Toolkit.
See more in The School Mental Health Toolkit.
December 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 3. School culture around mental health is a culture shared with safeguarding, attendance, behaviour and learning. It has to be consistent and holistic. It should also embrace a culture of 'noticing'.
See more in The School Mental Health Toolkit.
See more in The School Mental Health Toolkit.
#AdventWellbeing Day 2. Wellbeing for children also begins with effective relationships, based on development of character and good citizenship. See more in The Wellbeing Curriculum.
December 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 2. Wellbeing for children also begins with effective relationships, based on development of character and good citizenship. See more in The Wellbeing Curriculum.
#AdventWellbeing Day 1. Wellbeing begins with effective relationships. Good relationships drive a strong culture, where everyone can thrive.
More on this in The Wellbeing Toolkit.
More on this in The Wellbeing Toolkit.
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
#AdventWellbeing Day 1. Wellbeing begins with effective relationships. Good relationships drive a strong culture, where everyone can thrive.
More on this in The Wellbeing Toolkit.
More on this in The Wellbeing Toolkit.