Skill-based Learning

Posts relating to transferable FISHING NET skills, the transferable life-skills (sometimes called ‘soft skills’) which are so vital to our students’ characters/learning path/growth, yet often completely ignored or overlooked.

Teaching Gratitude

By Miss Steer on January 15, 2019 • ( 1 )

Here’s the why, what and how of teaching my favourite subject: Gratitude.

Top 5 Benefits of Yoga for Children, from a newly qualified Yogakidz teacher!

By Miss Steer on August 17, 2018 • ( 0 )

Interested in yoga for children? Wondering if it would would work for your child, class or school? As a newly-qualified Yogakidz teacher, let me tell you a little more about what children’s yoga lessons look like, and the extensive benefits it can bring.

Help your students to find their inner ‘Wellbeing Warrior’

By Miss Steer on February 12, 2018 • ( 3 )

Introducing our brand new wellness workshop, ‘Wellbeing Warriors,’ aimed at giving children the tools needed to live happy, fulfilling lives.

Teaching students with an ‘XBox imagination?’ Bring the game to them!

By Miss Steer on February 7, 2018 • ( 0 )

When teaching students whose imagination is locked within the confines of their games console, learn how a ‘can’t beat ’em, join ’em’ approach can actually produce some brilliant creative writing.

QUICK READ: 5 Teaching strategies to benefit the shy and socially anxious

By Miss Steer on December 14, 2017 • ( 6 )

As a former socially-anxious student, now in the position of a teacher, I’ve gathered some good strategies to support these students in becoming confident as well as academic. Here are my top 5!