The last few weeks in parliament have been busy when it comes to phones in schools. Should phones be banned completely? Should social media be banned for under-16s like in Australia? Parents, politicians and celebrities have been eager to have their say. Smartphone-free childhood wrote to parliament not that long ago after thousands of signatures were reached and the government seems to be listening. Celebrities such as Hugh Grant and Sophie Winkleman are campaigning for phon

Over the last few months there have been many articles in the news about phone free schools (Barnet being the first borough to ban smartphones in schools) and the damage smartphones have on teenage brains including Jonathon Haidt’s ‘The Anxious generation’. As I plan summer itineraries for my trips and now being on half term myself it allows me time to reflect on the importance of rest and resetting both for adults and for children. Retreats have been trending in the UK and a

Over the last 6 years in teaching I have run open days and parents evening. There is always a parent who will walk past my door quickly...

A a female co-founder just returned from Ireland with friends walking near Dundrum. On my return, I started to reflect on all the people who have helped and supported me in setting up a business. It was also a similar time to my form group in Year 11 leaving the school and starting their exam in their final assembly I reflected on how far they had come in the last four years with me as a form tutor and also my school, university and childhood friends and how I have been suppo

As a language teacher I experience weekly problems with the use of phones inside and outside the classroom. In most schools, students are...