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In This Together

In This Together

De: Becky Dawson
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In This Together, the place where we explore all things wellbeing in education. Join us as we dive into honest conversations, share practical strategies, and uncover the insights you need to foster a thriving environment for both staff , students and everyone in their lives. Get ready to feel inspired, supported, and ready to make a real difference in your community!


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  • Mindfulness for Staff Wellbeing With Kamalagita Hughes | In This Together Ep 10

    Mindfulness for Staff Wellbeing With Kamalagita Hughes | In This Together Ep 10
    Dec 16 2025
    Mindfulness trainer and author of The Mindful Teacher's Handbook, Kamalagita Hughes joins Becky Dawson to focus on why mindfulness in education matters and how educators can step out of busyness and find peace. She offers the single most practical mindfulness technique—Pausing for Presence—that teachers can implement in a busy school day to immediately reduce stress and emotional overwhelm.The episode delves into the immense pressures facing educators today, arguing that mindfulness is a crucial tool for professional development, allowing staff to be a "bigger container" who respond rather than react to behaviour that challenges and create a calmer classroom atmosphere. The discussion emphasises that leadership must champion staff wellbeing and that cultivating a "way of being" is more impactful than simply "doing" another thing.TakeawaysImplement "Pausing for Presence": Learn and use a simple, single technique of stopping for a moment to step out of autopilot, helping to reduce stress and provide a mini-reset during the school day.Prioritise Staff Wellbeing for Impact: Understand that an educator’s regulated presence creates calmer, more focused atmospheres in the classroom, even if they never teach the skills to pupils.Shift from Reacting to Responding (Behaviour Management): Mindfulness helps teachers become a "bigger container," enabling them to respond with choice rather than a knee-jerk reaction to pupil behaviour, preventing low-level incidents from escalating.Mindful Transitions: Use transitions (like walking to the staff room or break times) as purposeful opportunities to reset and come back to centre, rather than just rushing to the next task.Whole-School Wellbeing Approach: Advocate for senior leadership backing and a slow, organic growth of mindfulness, as top-down rollouts do not work—leaders must first lead themselves by practicing what they advocate.Sharing is CaringKamalagita recommends that the most valuable thing an educator can do is "Pause for Presence," which is demonstrated at the end of the episode. Don't forget to follow us on your podcast platform and give us a rating and review to help more educators find these crucial conversations. Share your thoughts, comments, questions, or brilliant work by emailing the team at teamwellbeing@twinkl.co.uk.Chapters 00:00 - Introduction: Kamalagita Hughes on Mindfulness in Education.03:24 - The Practical Technique: The most practical mindfulness technique for a busy school day: Pausing for Presence.04:10 - Stepping Out of Autopilot: Why the pause is necessary to step out of the mechanical "doing" mode and into a mindful state.05:54 - The Power of Presence: Why genuine presence is what pupils and staff want most and how it solves problems.08:37 - Teaching Experience Influences Advice: How classroom experience informs the advice on behaviour management and creating a bigger container.09:40 - Respond vs. React: Becoming a "bigger container" to respond rather than knee-jerk react to student challenges.10:53 - Creating the Weather: The teacher's influence on the atmosphere and low-level behaviour escalation.12:27 - Professional Development & Regulation: The importance of teachers' self-regulation for creating calmer classroom relationships.14:32 - Whole-School Approach & Leadership: The need for senior leadership to champion staff wellbeing and lead themselves.17:06 - Organic Change: Growing mindfulness slowly and organically, avoiding top-down rollouts.18:49 - Being vs. Doing: Resetting the mindset to see mindfulness as cultivating a way of being rather than another thing to do.21:06 - Mindful Transitions: Using change in the school day as an opportunity to reset and move out of driven doing mode.23:25 - Noticing the World: Mindfulness as being fully aware and alive in the world, not just emptying the head.24:17 - Trauma-Informed Delivery: Why mindfulness is not for everyone and the need for a compassionate presence.25:02 - Pause for Presence Practice: A live guided practice to implement immediately.
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    31 m
  • The Power of PSHE with Nicole Campbell | In This Together Ep 9

    The Power of PSHE with Nicole Campbell | In This Together Ep 9
    Dec 3 2025

    Senior PSHE Subject Lead Nicole Campbell joins Becky Dawson and Laiba Sheikh on In This Together to discuss "How can we make PSHE matter?" Nicole emphasizes a whole-school approach, student agency, and open communication for effective PSHE/RSE delivery. The episode addresses challenges like age-appropriate topics, sensitive subjects (consent, FGM), and the necessity of confident, supported teachers who value honesty and parent consultation. Nicole highlights the need to acknowledge external learning via technology for PSHE to have a transformational impact.

    Takeaways
    • Parental involvement and shared responsibility are vital for RSE/PSHE, requiring informed consultation.
    • Teaching consent must begin much earlier (nursery age) for effective prevention.
    • Balancing age-appropriateness is challenging; sensitive topics (like FGM) need careful pitching, while others (like pornography's dangers) demand early intervention due to accessibility.
    • Specialist PSHE/RSE teachers with passion and knowledge are crucial for better student outcomes.
    • A whole-school approach is necessary; PSHE must be prioritized and embedded interdisciplinary, not an "add-on."
    • Teachers uncomfortable with a topic should communicate this or, if they must teach it, be honest and adopt a learner seat approach with students.


    Sharing is Caring

    Nicole recommends embracing child-led social media campaigns and collaborative group projects as a teaching method. This gives young people agency and voice while reducing the pressure on teachers to lecture, especially on sensitive topics.


    Don't forget to follow us on your podcast platform and if you feel able to, give us a rating and review.

    Share your thoughts, comments, questions, or brilliant work by emailing the team at teamwellbeing@twinkle.co.uk.


    Chapters

    00:00 - Introduction - Nicole Campbell, PSHE Subject Lead

    00:49 - Age Restrictions - Discussing age restrictions on teaching RSE/PSHE topics and the role of parents.

    01:04 - Parent Communication - The need to work with parents and listen to their concerns.

    02:30 - Student Agency - Understanding where young people are at and giving them more agency over their learning.

    03:02 - Foundation of Knowledge - Why we need to understand students' existing knowledge in PSHE.

    04:10 - Trauma-Informed Delivery - The importance of teaching PSHE in a trauma-informed way.

    04:47 - Teaching Consent - Arguing that consent should be taught from a much earlier age.

    06:51 - Prevention vs. Cure - Is there more harm in teaching things later than earlier?.

    09:28 - Relevance Challenge - Adapting the curriculum and tackling relevance when teaching life lessons.

    11:23 - The Specialist Teacher - The importance and impact of having specialist PSHE/RSE teachers.

    13:18 - Interdisciplinary Approach - Embedding PSHE throughout the whole school curriculum.

    15:02 - Team Teaching - School and parents working together as a team to teach PSHE.

    17:13 - Personal Motivation - What motivates Nicole to teach PSHE and RSE.

    18:33 - Student-Led Curriculum - Making education more pupil-led and relevant to life.

    23:22 - Teacher Confidence - Advice for non-specialist teachers who feel uncomfortable or lack confidence in delivering PSHE.

    23:51 - The Learner Seat - Putting yourself in the learner seat and valuing honesty with students.

    26:47 - Primary vs. Secondary Impact - Comparing the time constraints and impact of teaching PSHE in primary versus secondary school.

    29:25 - Sharing is Caring - Recommending student-led social media campaigns.
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    33 m
  • Trauma to Trust: Everyday Heroes with Jaz Ampaw-Farr

    Trauma to Trust: Everyday Heroes with Jaz Ampaw-Farr
    Nov 18 2025

    Jaz Ampaw-Farr, author and "resilience ninja" , joins Becky Dawson and Laiba to discuss the profound, life-changing impact that everyday heroes—any adult—can have on a child's life. They tackle the question: What impact do everyday heroes have on a child in trauma?

    In this powerful episode of In This Together, Jaz Ampaw-Farr and Laiba share their lived experiences of childhood trauma and the vital role that educators played in their healing and success. Jaz introduces her "Be Human First" philosophy and the need for adults to prioritise their own wellbeing to show up as their "full fat self". The discussion centers on the small, consistent acts of kindness and belief—the everyday hero moments—that provide value over rescue and are the true foundation for effective education.


    Takeaways:

    • The profound impact of "everyday heroes" in school—any adult who is consistent, present, and displays botheredness.
    • The critical need for educators to lead themselves first and prioritise their own wellbeing to avoid displaying as "Category Two" (busy, transactional) adults.
    • Understanding the difference between value and rescue; valuing a child is essential for them to eventually value themselves.
    • Jaz's "Three Es" of connecting with students: Empathise, Engage, and then Enrol—rejecting the expectation of immediate trust and compliance.
    • The life-changing power of simply believing a child when they disclose abuse or trauma.
    • How language influences our actions: moving away from terms like "challenging behaviour" to "distressed behaviour" or "safety-seeking behaviour".
    • The role of leadership in modeling wellbeing (e.g., leaving work on time, setting boundaries) and embracing fallibility
    • The importance of self-regulating your sharing of lived experience (Mark Finnis's "Three Ps": Private, Personal, Public) to ensure you are not sharing the burden of pain.


    Don't forget to follow us on your podcast platform and if you feel able to, give us a rating and review.

    Share your thoughts, comments, questions, or brilliant work by emailing the team at teamwellbeing@twinkle.co.uk.


    Chapters

    00:00 - Introduction to Jaz Ampaw-Farr

    01:11 - The Mindset Shift: Harnessing "Because of You" Impact

    02:30 - Be Human First: Prioritising Your Wellbeing

    03:51 - Value over Rescue: Everyday Hero Moments

    05:51 - The Three Es: Empathise, Engage, Enrol

    07:02 - Laiba's Lived Experience and the Power of Unconditional Positive Regard

    09:23 - Sharing Your Story: Private, Personal, and Public Life

    12:19 - Choosing to Show Up as Yourself: Finding Agency

    14:15 - Protecting Your Wellbeing: Setting Boundaries on Sharing

    18:14 - Professionalism vs. Connection: Finding the Balance

    23:46 - The Role of Leadership in Modelling Wellbeing and Fallibility

    27:59 - Being 10% Brave and Living a Life Not Driven by Fear

    29:25 - The Single Most Important Thing: Believe Them

    34:15 - Trauma-Informed Training and Sharing Lived Experience Safely

    39:45 - The Language We Use: Distressed Behaviour vs. Challenging Behaviour

    46:55 - Sharing is Caring: Skank Off and Take a Minute to Breathe
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    48 m
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