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For the third year running, an elementary school in Ireland is ditching homework for the whole month of December and assigning ‘acts of kindness’ instead. Each weekday, kids attending Gaescoil Mhichil Ui Choileain, in Clonakilty, are given a kindness task instead of the usual school homework. For instance, on Mondays they have to talk toRead more

We’ve found some downloadable and free-to-use resources as well as websites and FaceBook Pages that you can help with student well-being AND teacher well-being. Let us know which ones you’ve found handy, which ones you’ve used, and any others that you know of.PDF’s This infographic from www.teacher-wellbeing.com.au is awesome. Print it out, put it inRead more

A recent news article about an Australian Primary School teacher who was stabbed by an 11 year old student has brought the topic of teacher well-being and safety back into the limelight. While this behaviour is extreme and we don’t hear about it much, it may be more common than we think. “The Australian PrincipalRead more

According to https://chriskresser.com/how-a-technology-addiction-can-hurt-your-health/ the digital age has taught us some nasty habits that have an extremely high potential to cause our wellbeing to suffer. In particular, our mental health is taking a hit because of our apparent ‘need’ to check our phones constantly. It’s when this desire becomes a ‘need’ that we experience something calledRead more

In a 2009 report written by The Australian Catholic University and Erebus International to the Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, student well-being is defined as “a sustainable state of positive mood and attitude, resilience, and satisfaction with self, relationships and experiences at school. Student wellbeing is described as pervasive in that itRead more

What is well-being? Well-being – It’s a word we hear on TV and radio ads, billboards, cereal boxes, the internet – it’s everywhere. And that’s because it’s important! But what exactly IS well-being? Here are a few definitions to get us thinking. “The state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy.” – Lexico Dictionary“Well-being is theRead more