Tag: wellbeing
Calm through music
Live music enhances regulation and readiness to learn at Julia Arthur-Godar's specialist school for pupils with complex social, communication and attention needs.
Mornings can be...
Transforming engagement with immersive technology
Soorj Gill looks at immersive technology, and its potential to provide flexible, inclusive ways to promote wellbeing, engagement and self-expression.
Immersive learning tools such as...
Ruby flew too
Marcia Squire-Wood tells the story of her daughter Ruby, who is now a fully-fledged twentysomething.
Once upon a time, a kind portage worker gave me...
A taste for adventure
Outdoor adventure and residential activities are not a luxury—they are an essential part of learning and development, says Sean Day.
Outdoor activities teach essential skills,...
Issue 140 ● January February 2026
In this issue: Adventures outdoors, Neurodiverse teachers, Sensory communication, Post-16 pathways, AI as literacy scaffolding, Dysregulation warning signs, ICYMI, Points of view, Dyslexia and...
Give it a whirl
Dance is a vital, exhilarating and liberating activity, writes Laura Bowles, and it supports the holistic development of young people with SEND.
Dance has the...
It’s instrumental
If music was the thread which flowed through education, we'd raise our overall cognitive capacity, writes Rachael Diop.
Teachers are often working with groups who...
ADHD and nutrition
Sarah Osborne on getting to grips with emotional eating.
Emotional eating often goes beyond food itself. It's about unmet emotional needs, unaddressed mental health struggles...
Yoga and emotional regulation
Lisa Harwood explores how yoga can provide tools to help emotional self-regulation in children and young people with special educational needs.
You're upset, anxious, tearful...
Fit for everyone
Daniel Smith on inclusive outdoor fitness for all.
The way we present and design opportunities to be active can often be unintentionally exclusive. If we...
