primary schools – A New Vision for Mental Health

Bad Education

Author: Editorial 29th August 2018 2 Comments

Half of mental illness in adult life starts before the age of 15 … and three-quarters by age 18. [i] Meanwhile, the children and young people of today face heightened pressures and stresses … witness a big uptick in the numbers…
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children and adolescents, Education, interpersonal and intrapersonal understandings and skills, national curriculum, Opinion, primary schools, Richard Oldfield, schoolchildren, schools

Schools ‘should help children with social media risk’

Author: Editorial 27th June 2018 0 Comments

The BBC reports (January 2018) on a study from England’s children’s commissioner: “Schools should play a bigger role in preparing children for social media’s emotional demands as they move from primary to secondary school, England’s children’s commissioner says. Anne Longfield said she…
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Anne Longfield, BBC, children, primary schools, schoolchildren, schools, social media

Teaching primary school children about mental health

Author: Editorial 12th April 2017 0 Comments

The mental health of children is a rising area of concern and one which schools are trying to combat. The BBC’s Emma Jane Kirby reports from south London about a scheme that involves teaching primary schoolchildren about mental health through…
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children, Education, games, prevention, primary schools, schools, teaching