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


Powepoint Presentations

The following powerpoint presentations supporting reflection are available to download.

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