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Staff Training

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We are often bombarded with ideas of what we should be doing, and how children that we work with should be behaving.  However, not enough of us fully understand what we can do on a daily basis to give children more positive, brain-strengthening experiences that will overcome many of the obstacles they face in today’s world.

What Can Best Staff Training Offer Your School?

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1. POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING

BEST Programmes work on unique and innovative ways to teach children and adults the basic science behind their brain development, and how ‘Thoughts create our Feelings, that affect our Actions’. This enables both child and adult to understand and take control of their ‘Survival, Emotional & Thinking Brains’, creating; stronger emotional control, better decision-making and more empathy to others.

2. WHEN AND HOW?

BEST Staff Training Programmes are available throughout the academic year, on timetable or inset days. An assortment of packages are available for all levels of your school staffing, to enable a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing.  For more information please contact Julia on best4learningjulia@gmail.com or call 07946 616146

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3. UNIQUE AND ENGAGING THEMES

BEST Staff Interventions share our research and teach the strategies that we use within our BEST programmes, to those working with children - helping to explain these important concepts in a simple and easy-to-understand way. Areas covered:

  • The three-brain theory - Brain development birth to adult.
  • Primitive vs Modern Brain – Danger vs Fear - Fight vs Flight.
  • The Art of Communication – Female vs Male Brain.
  • Extreme Emotion - Anger & Anxiety - Calming strategies

“I enjoyed these lessons because they helped me be more confident in both my primary and secondary school.  It helped me to be more confident with my opinion” Year 6 Pupil

“I really enjoyed BEST because we learnt about secondary school and answered a lot of my questions about this, I also enjoyed it because we had activities and not only learning” Year 6 Pupil

Transition Workshops

 I like learning stuff about us that we don’t learn in school such as the brain and you overcome our fears and why we get angry”. Macy, Year 6

I loved the ‘bouncing back’ on the space hoppers. We raced up and down the room to make us think about not giving up. We laughed so much! I have to remember that when I get angry with my maths.” Kavarie, Year 4

I think that BEST Club is the best! Sam Year 1

 

BEST Clubs

 

“A great session. As a girl, I really do wish my friends and I had a session like this
about boundaries and consent. It really would have helped my friends and I in our
teens.  You’re both so kind and calm too which really helps the girls feel more
confident”     Year 6 Teacher

“Vicky and Julia were great with the girls, it was good to see how they built on
consent with the popcorn and kissing. The girls felt open to be honest and ask
questions. There were great scenarios and role play”    Year 6 Teacher

Respect and Consent Workshops