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.
As you are preparing for the return to school - phased at first, then eventually all pupils, it is unlikely that things will just go back to normal as though nothing has happened - you are likely to have:
... and the list goes on. When the children return to school it might help to have a Recovery Curriculum in place - click on the titles below for the information.
Thinking Matters will be providing 'Back to School' online training for school staff - using a range of metacognitive tools to develop pupils' independent learning and self-confidence.
By Dice Wood, Thinking Skills Coordinator, Maidstone Grammar School for Girls Two years ago at the Thinking Matters conference Christie Ransom (Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for Thinking Skills) and I got fired up with an idea of promoting thinking through a festival. .
By Judith Stephenson, Thinking School Lead, Barbara Priestman Academy As an academy for students with Autism/Complex needs, the development of thinking skills is a fundamental part of our students’ learning and impacts positively on all areas of their development both academically and pastorally..