None of us anticipated that we'd have to educate our children from home and few of us chose this. And while the pressure on parents to become educators is stressful, there are also opportunities to get more involved in their learning that will have long term benefits for our children.
In this podcast, Marina Fogle from The Parent Hood talks to Alisdair Wade from Thinking Matters about the basic things parents can embrace, during lockdown and beyond, that will have a massive positive impact on our children's long term development.
Gemma AukettThinking School Lead and House Parent, Gordon's School Throughout my time working in education, I have developed an interest in the brain, cognition and metacognition. This is partly due to personal experience but also my genuine desire to see my students achieve their full academic and personal potential..
We've identified a few articles that look at how it will be for pupils when they return to school; the potential trauma and anxiety it may cause as well as the impact on their learning. These resources are mainly based around Barry Carpenter's Recovery Curriuclum - we hope you'll find them useful..