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’‘Tis the season for exam anxiety - but we need to remind our pupils that it’s completely normal to feel stressed’
With Sats and GCSEs just around the corner, pupils will be feeling anxious, stressed and exhausted. Here, our mental health expert Natasha Devon sets out her top tips for tackling exam anxiety
17 April 2018
‘If we give teachers the space to breathe and develop relationships with their pupils...’
... schools will be in a better position to deal with the mental health crisis, writes Tes mental health columnist Natasha Devon
10 April 2018
‘PSHE is a drop in the ocean: here are five things social media companies must do to protect our children’
Schools and parents can only do so much when it comes to reducing the harmful effects of social media, says Natasha Devon – they need to be met halfway by the providers
4 April 2018
‘The UK must relax about men interacting with children if we want more male early years and primary teachers’
We’ve made good progress on tackling the stereotype of ‘male’ school subjects – now we need to encourage boys into perceived ‘female’ professions, writes Natasha Devon
27 March 2018
‘Schools alone cannot tackle pupils’ obsession with social media - parents and providers need to take responsibility’
We cannot allow the government to add rules about pupil use of social media to teachers’ never-ending to-list, tackling the negative side effects must be a joint effort involving parents, pupils and providers, writes Tes’ mental health columnist, Natasha Devon
19 March 2018
‘We need to stop labelling pupils as “attention seekers” - and instead, talk about them about the cause of their behaviour’
The label ‘attention seeker’ has an impact on the girls who are unfairly dismissed as simply seeking attention and the boys who witness it. We must drop the phrase from our vocabulary, writes Tes’ mental health expert
13 March 2018
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