11-06-2021
05:36
Our team sorts through all blog submissions to place them in the categories they fit the most - meaning it's never been simpler to gain advice and new knowledge for topics most important for you. This is why we have created this straight-forward guide to help you navigate our system.
And there you have it! Now your collection of blogs are catered to your chosen topics and are ready for you to explore. Plus, if you frequently return to the same categories you can bookmark your current URL and we will save your choices on return. Happy Reading!
‘In a world where you can be anything, be kind’.
Cate prides herself on advocating kindness but could we try more? Could others do more?
We can all be selfish at times and quite rightly. We need to preserve our selves and prioritise our own wellbeing and happiness at times.
Having said this, I am still, naively, astonished by the thoughtless and selfish acts of others. To the point where I have started to examine my own behaviour for any signs that I am also demonstrating a worrying lack of selflessness.
We live in a world where it is each for themselves and where there is high competition for jobs, bus seats, concert or festival tickets or even top spot education places. I am sure it has always been this way, and maybe I have been lucky in my blissful oblivion until now, but it seems that the world has become even more ruthlessly self-serving.
I should clarify that, in advocating selflessness, I am not saying give up all your worldly possessions and dedicate your life to the happiness of others. I am saying:
Maybe we could be more considerate of the happiness of others?
Maybe we could understand that the mother with the pushchair is exhausted after trying to settle a baby all night and is in pain from attempts to breastfeed because everyone tells her “breast is best”. Maybe we can let her have our seat or go in front of us in the queue to the loo?
Maybe we can empathise with the bloke trying to make a hill-start, right turn across traffic who has been waiting for ages and let him out in traffic?
Maybe we can notice the lack of cheery ‘hellos’ from a colleague, be aware of the dark circles under eyes or the forced smile? Maybe we can offer a listening ear? A cup of tea? Or just kind words to show that we are thinking about them.
It is easy to follow the flow of society. We accept things as the “norm” and do not challenge the small slights, the shoving and pushing and the “me, me, me”.
Stop. Take a look at the “norm”. Is it what you want to see in the world?
Step up and be the change you wish to see.
Vivify partners with schools across the country to hire out their facilities outside of school hours to enable them to generate much needed revenue that can be invested back into their facilities, teachers, and student experience. Opening up school facilities for communities to get together can improve mental and physical wellbeing, boost confidence, tackle loneliness and help people feel more positive about life.
As European leaders of Time Management Solutions, Bodet offer Lockdown, Clock, Bell & PA Systems. Harmonys, our five-in-one IP/PoE Bell System, provides a unique customisable lockdown or panic alarm alert. Melodys, a Wireless Bell System, is useful where wiring can be difficult.
Robotical makes Marty the Robot - a walking, dancing coding robot that makes programming fun and engaging for learners as young as 5. Our robots come with a full Learning Platform that has complete teaching resources, to make lesson planning a breeze.
https://www.fusionbusiness.org.uk/
As a group, Fusion Education People Solutions provide innovative HR Services and Software (SAM, SAMpeople and FACE-Ed), developed specifically for the sector by education specialists. We are trusted by over 1000 schools and trusts across the UK.
https://nexus-education.com/for-schools/funding/
Are you looking for solutions? Let us help fund them! Nexus Education is a community of over 11,000 schools that come together to share best practise, ideas and CPD via online channels and free to attend events. Nexus also offers funding to all school groups in the UK via nexus-education.com
Our website and ready-to-use resources bring to life the incredible stories of game changers from history – ordinary people who used their character strengths to help them achieve extraordinary things. Our site has been carefully designed to support learning and development on a whole-school basis, across the whole curriculum.
Chatty Learning are an innovative provider of software, training and speech and language therapy services to support the development of communication skills in the most disadvantaged children. We help overcome word poverty to get children talking, reading and thriving in schools and settings.
https://www.communitybrands.com/
Community Brands comprises of market-leading education technology tools trusted by over 18,000 schools. Our solutions provide customers with benefits by reducing costs, offering staff more time to focus on their priorities, and working with leadership teams to achieve your goals.