Wellbeing Videos
Wellbeing is an explicit goal of Values-based Education. This section provides resources to support teacher's understanding of wellbeing in schools and how to enhance it.
Wellbeing Tools
Jane Hawkes (phychotherapist) and Bridget Knight (headteacher and CEO of Values-based Education) present a workshop on using reflection with children
David Bartlett, head of Pear Tree Projects, a special needs school, offers details of his free Wellbeing Support Tool for students.
Kelly Green from Learn Happy offers a wide variety of tools to support students' wellbeing. To access the resources, click here
Wellbeing Tips
Inspiring Videos
A message of hope from Dr Neil Hawkes for teachers and head teachers who have been feeling under undue pressure from the system.
Bridget Knight reflects on the purpose and amazing achievements of teachers
Neil Hawkes highlights the role teachers can play in developing the basis of ethical leadership for the next generation, and for our current leaders too.
Reflections
Using reflections with children - by Jane Hawkes, psychotherapist and Bridget Knight, headteacher and VbE CEO
Visualisations on Joy
A VbE Values meet on Creating your own Calm
Miscellaneous
How Our Brains are Wired
Professor Mark Williams is an internationally recognised cognitive neuroscientist based in Australia. He has worked globally with thousands of adults and students. He is consulted by company professionals and increasingly by educators and politicians about education and our wider social environment.
In an interview with Dr Neil Hawkes, Mark explains how our brains are wired to help us collaborate.
Here is the link to the interview with Professor Mark Williams:
https://vimeo.com/964605539