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Making Noise: How Surveys Can Help Schools Overcome the Barrier of Disclosure

In this blog post, we will explore the significance of measuring bullying in schools and how surveys, such as the Child Relationship Survey, can help schools overcome the barrier of disclosure this Anti-Bullying Week and beyond.

Fostering Growth Mindset in the Classroom: Why is it so important?

In this blog post, we'll delve into the significance of a growth mindset, understand what it entails, and explore how it can be measured and enhanced in your classroom.

Unlocking Student Wellbeing: Insights from the BounceTogether Annual Children's Wellbeing Snapshot Report

It is no secret that schools have an important role to play when it comes to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. The BounceTogether Annual Children's Wellbeing Snapshot Report is a valuable resource that offers a deeper understanding of children's wellbeing and sheds light on the emotional challenges they face.

BounceTogether Unveils Groundbreaking "Bounce Alerts" Functionality, Empowering Schools to Proactively Support Student Wellbeing

Bounce Alerts is a game-changer for schools seeking to proactively address the evolving mental health challenges faced by their students. By analysing all responses to survey questions in real-time, the platform will now identify and alert teachers to concerning trends, low scores, changes in scores, or alarming answers to individual questions.

Has Your School Claimed the £1,200 Funding for Mental Health Training?

Did you know that the Department for Education (DfE) is offering a grant of £1,200 to eligible state-funded schools and colleges in England? We speak to schools everyday who are unaware this funding is available and earmarked for training a Senior Mental Health Lead (SMHL) to develop and implement a whole school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing.

Amplifying Silent Struggles: Giving Voice to Children Who Internalise Their Emotions in School

It is no secret that it’s not always the children who shout the loudest who are silently grappling with struggles. But how do we ensure that these silent strugglers are heard, supported, and empowered? In this blog post, we will explore the importance of recognising and understanding the experiences of children who internalise their emotions.

Our exciting partnership with Wellbeing Through School!

BounceTogether is excited to announce its partnership with Wellbeing Through School, who offer a unique, expert-led programme 'Wellbeing Through Sport®' that promotes mental health and wellbeing using sport as its vehicle. Using a signature approach, this collaboration involves using fun and engaging physical activity to help young people to develop life skills and resilience inside and out of the classroom.

Enhancing children's wellbeing through PE provision in school!

In this blog post, we will explore the transformative relationship between sport and children's wellbeing, highlighting the numerous advantages that PE brings to schools.

Navigating Transitions: How Surveys Empower Schools to Tailor Support and Foster Smooth Pupil Transitions

. In this blog post, we'll explore the benefits of surveys, the importance of passing information between feeder schools, and introduce the Student Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (SSWQ) as a popular survey used by schools to capture insights that support transitions.

Nurturing Student Wellbeing: The Power of Asking the Right Questions

In this blog post, we will explore the significance of asking the right questions in wellbeing surveys, enabling your school to collect meaningful data that informs decision-making, encourages meaningful conversations, and strengthens relationships within the school community.

A summary of the working lives of teachers and leaders report

This article provides a summary of the full research report and findings of the first wave of the inaugural working lives of teachers and leaders survey conducted in spring 2022 by IFF Research and the Institute of Education (IoE) on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE).

Why measuring wellbeing is like planting a tree!

Why measuring wellbeing is like planting a tree! The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is today!

Shining a Light on Anxiety: Mental Health Awareness Week 2023

With Mental Health Awareness Week just around the corner, it's important to start thinking about how we can support our students' mental health, particularly when it comes to this year's theme, anxiety.

Understanding Stress in School – How to identify and support pupils who are struggling

During Stress Awareness Month, it's important to recognise that stress is a normal and common experience for students in schools. However, schools can play an important role in promoting student wellbeing by identifying and supporting students who are struggling with stress.

Making measuring wellbeing affordable and accessible for EVERY school!

"We understand that measuring wellbeing can be a daunting task for schools, which is why we have created School Voice to provide a simple and affordable solution to help EVERY school get started."

Adaptability vs Resilience: Understanding the Difference and Why It Matters for Schools

Adaptability and resilience are two terms that are often used interchangeably, but they do refer to different concepts. It is important for teachers to understand the difference between them so they can better support children in developing the skills they need to navigate inevitable change and uncertainty.

Supporting children with test anxiety

The following blog post provides insight into test anxiety as a common phenomenon experienced my many school-aged children.

Five steps to building an effective wellbeing measurement strategy!

We recommend that schools follow the following five steps to monitor and measure wellbeing effectively, resulting in improved outcomes and maximum impact. You may want to adapt our guidelines to suit your own school and its unique requirements.

Preparing for Ofsted - Guidance for schools

This post contains information to support primary schools and secondary schools in preparing for an Ofsted “deep-dive” into SEMH provision.

Why should you measure wellbeing in school?

Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people is an essential part of our education system. There is now a clear need to monitor and measure this key area but how can you use data to purposefully drive the right decisions and create better outcomes for your school community?

Reading the way to better wellbeing!

As well as being one of the greatest indicators of academic success, it is generally accepted that reading for pleasure positively affects mental health, self-esteem, empathy, mood and stress. So, how can we harness the power of reading, change attitudes, and in turn have an impact on our children’s mental wellbeing?

Driving improvements in teacher wellbeing!

There is no doubt that teaching is an incredibly rewarding job! But it is important to recognise that working in education is also a challenge, where resilience is often tested daily.

Supporting children through transition and change

Transition is an exciting time for children. However, like any change, it brings a sense of uncertainty, which can cause children to feel anxious. The following blog post explores some practical tips to help schools prepare children and young people for the upcoming transition period.

Promoting resilience in schools in a post-pandemic world

Our partners at Partnership for Children, a children’s mental health charity who provide social and emotional learning programmes to schools share their tips on helping children build resilience.

Buffering stress and anxiety in the classroom

The following blog post will help you recognise the difference between good and bad stress so you can better support your pupils in developing the resilience and effective buffer systems they need to overcome the challenges they face.

The Most Popular wellbeing surveys for children

In the following blog post, we have listed some of the most popular surveys and questionnaires across different category areas to help you get a head start when it comes to measuring mental health and wellbeing amongst your pupils.

The importance of measuring bullying in schools

Professor Dieter Wolke on bullying definitions, challenges for schools and our new Child Relationship Survey

Top 5 BounceTogether Surveys for Children’s Mental Health Week

Download our free wellbeing surveys to use in the classroom this Children’s Mental Health Week

E-safety – all fun and games?

Helping children to have happy and healthy online relationships

Why don’t schools measure wellbeing?

The biggest barriers to measuring wellbeing in schools and how to overcome them

Secrets of a happy school

Kensington Primary School share their journey to becoming one of the happiest schools in the UK.

Building wellbeing in a secondary school from the bottom up

Aidan Harvey-Craig on a peer-led approach to wellbeing in schools.

Measuring wellbeing: Views of a Wellbeing Lead

Ludworth Primary School’s Wellbeing Lead tells us how BounceTogether is helping to improve wellbeing.

How kind is our school? Tips for creating a kinder school community

Kidscape CEO, Lauren Seager-Smith, shares her tips on how to create a kinder school ahead of this year’s Anti-Bullying Week.

How kind are we?

Kidscape and BounceTogether launch free Kindness Surveys for Anti-Bullying Week

Measuring Wellbeing - the do's and don'ts

What to be mindful of and what to avoid when you're planning to measure wellbeing. School mental health and wellbeing leads will want to read this!

Exploring test anxiety in schools

In conversation with David Putwain

Promoting reading for pleasure

A few insights from the School Library Association on developing reading for pleasure in school.

Wellbeing governors in school

Why does your school need a wellbeing governor? Advocates Governors for Schools share some of their thoughts.

Leeds Beckett University and Teachappy Partnership

Learn how we're working with LBU and Teachappy

Bounce Forward Partnership

Exciting new developments on the horizon with a new partnership

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