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TY Work Experience Project By Safa from Edmund Rice College Sleep is one of the easiest ways we can take care of ourselves and our bodies. Without sleep, our bodies would not have time to recharge and rest. Not getting enough sleep in the long term can cause chronic health problems, so it is important to …
Facing Your Fears Facing fear is a normal part of life. It played an important role to ensure that our ancient ancestors could survive from threats such as invading tribes or hungry predators. However the threats of today are a little bit different to that of our ancient ancestors. Firstly you might be thinking “what …
Lose the mask this Halloween With Halloween coming this weekend, it felt like a good time to discuss the importance of being yourself. Halloween is fun, we dress up in costumes and masks and pretend to be someone or something we are not. This tradition is thought to date way back almost 2000 years ago …
Meditation in the classroom setting Let’s face it, life can be challenging, especially today with the change that is occurring across the planet. When teens experience challenges in their personal lives it can affect how they behave in class, how they engage in learning and ultimately how they perform academically. Meditation is evidence based and …
Mental Health Symptoms and Teenage Development Recent studies have shown that symptoms of a diagnosed mental illness in adults are more likely to develop in their teenage years. In fact, Joinson (2017) found that 75% of adults with depression reported their mental health problems had started in adolescence. This is obviously a cause for concern, …
Digital Wellbeing should be taught in schools Recent surveys report that nine out of ten teenagers between 13-17 are active on social media. To parents of teenagers and secondary school teachers across Ireland this figure will probably come as no surprise. Equipped with mobile phones, computers, tablets, and online video games, teenagers are more interconnected …
Teacher Student Relationships News flash – recent research is backing up what most of us already know! As students, we’ve all experienced teachers who were in bad form at one time or another, and a teacher in a bad mood can really affect the mood of individual students as well as the whole class. If …
Youthreach Program We’re very proud of our partnership with Youthreach centres. We’ve grown from delivering to 2 centres in 2019, to 13 centres last year, and we’re set to grow again this year. One of our speakers is a Youthreach graduate, who has since gone on to become a wellbeing researcher in Maynooth University, but …
Mood Food Now more than ever, our mental health has been massively tested due to Covid-19. As we adapt to the new normal, we’re spending more time indoors and away from those we love, things that are far from normal. We’re taking it hour by hour and day by day. We’re spending more time in …
My Transition Year Experience I was recently made aware of an ongoing debate surrounding transition year in schools across Ireland. There seems to be an argument in favour of possibly altering transition year in favour of a more academic program or even scrapping the year altogether in some schools which is disappointing to say the …