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In case of a global pandemic, break glass
Elizabeth Feltoe | 12th June 2020
Sam Hankin, Head of Computing at The Priory School in Hitchin, tells Phase how the school has adapted to home learning for studentsTwo weeks before Boris Johnson announced UK schools were to close indefinitely The Priory School had already begun to prepare for the worst-case scenario, along with pretty much every school across the country. We had p
Read moreWellbeing Challenge - take a screen break!
Helen Bainbridge | 9th November 2018
How many times each day do you find yourself reaching for your phone, or opening social apps? Do you ever find yourself opening a social media app and then realising you'd only just closed it? If social media isn't your thing, how about email? YouTube? Netflix? Our world is so digital today. I know it's a cliche, but it can be so easy to spend so
Read moreLaugh and a half
Kieran Murphy | 25th August 2017
As Bill once said "With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come" Laughter is something that I love to do everyday and I try to look at daily life and activities with a sense of humour. However what makes one person laugh may make another cry (it maybe with laughter but probably not;). Below are a few things that really make me laugh an
Read moreHeadspace
Kieran Murphy | 30th August 2016
As Phase has been developing our mental wellbeing support for young people, we have been looking at various apps and programmes that young people can engage with in their own time to help promote wellbeing and mindfulness. One of these apps is Headspace, an app that the whole team have found to be very useful. Here is how Headspace describe it: *H
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