Given the past year, no school can expect students to fulfil their full academic potential without first focusing on shoring up their mental health. From this perspective, looking after students’ wellbeing comes first.
The pandemic has been a life-changing event that we have all shared and continue to share, but is also something that we, and our students, have all experienced differently.
It is important to remember that for some, remote learning had many benefits: no long commute, no school uniform, no queueing for lunch, etc.
Perhaps more importantly for mental health, we have seen more time spent with family, easy access to activities to reduce stress between lessons, and less exposure to social difficulties or sensory overload that some might encounter at school.
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