children mental health — Thought Pieces

At The New School, we offer a range of therapeutic support including therapeutic play and counselling. Learn more about what play therapy is and how it is used.

Thought piecesHannah MulvanyAugust 18, 2022mental health, kids mental health, children mental health, early childhood development, children's mental health, childhood development, primary schools, uk school, uk schools, uk education, uk kidsComment

Webinar: Persona Education - Life Skills & Wellbeing CoP Webinar with Lucy Stephens

Watch this webinar with our Founder/Director Lucy Stephens, where she discusses how we’re ‘doing education differently’ at our school.

Webinar: Young people's behaviour and mental health - two sides of the same coin?

Watch our free webinar discussing the link between young people’s mental health and behaviour, hearing from experts in the field and young people and their parents.

'Fear of failure' giving UK children lowest happiness levels in Europe

Children in the UK have the lowest levels of life satisfaction across Europe, with “a particularly British fear of failure” partly to blame, according to a major report into childhood happiness.

Third of youth clubs in London fear closure by end of year

If youth services weren’t in a state of emergency before (debatable) they are now. This is incredibly short-sighted, and concerning for young people.

Thought piecesHannah MulvanyJuly 28, 2020youth clubs, youth club, youth groups, teenagers, uk kids, children mental health, children's mental health, childhood development, teenage years, government funding, government funding cuts, funding cuts, youth charity, kids charity Comment

Why Children Must Bicker as They Play

As Teacher Tom writes in Medium Magazine, this is the gold standard of a play-based curriculum: creative, cooperative play. Reflecting on his own teaching experience he says, “As a teacher in a school that engages in no direct instruction, but rather bases its curriculum on the evidence of how children learn best, which is through their own self-directed play,”

Thought piecesHannah MulvanyApril 30, 2020education, homeschool, home school, homeschooling, self directed learning, parenting, teaching, play, kids playing, learning through play, playa, childhood development, children mental health Comment

English schools buying in mental health support has 'almost doubled' in three years

Creating school cultures that value different opinions, support respectful communication, give young people agency in learning, and ensure partnership relationships between adults and children - as oppose to dictatorial adult control, is key to improving mental wellness.

Thought piecesHannah MulvanyFebruary 10, 2020education reform, education, uk education, ofsted, mental health, kids mental health, children mental health, children's mental health, teacher, teaching, uk schools, uk secondary schools, uk primary schools, uk teaching, counselling, schoolsComment