R.I.S.E. newsletter 10 – June 2024

Hello and welcome to the tenth R.I.S.E. Magazine monthly newsletter! It’s June, so I guess welcome to summer? I’ll let you be the judge of that one!

Anyway, it’s time for the next R.I.S.E. monthly round-up, so grab your favourite brew and dive in for a little motivation…

News

Bonus articles!

Since our last newsletter, we have published three bonus articles! We couldn’t wait until our next issue to share these with you, so they’re all available for you to read, right now (yay)!

Putting kids in the director’s chair by Tricia Fuglestad

Learn about inspiring student creativity and confidence in movie making.

Book review: ‘The Divorce Journal For Kids’ by Sue Atkins

Read our editor’s review of a supportive tool to help children express and understand the emotions they are feeling during a significant change in their lives.

What to consider when using AI by Craig McKee

Learn how to check that an AI tool will deliver on what it promises.

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Articles spotlight

In this edition, we’d like to highlight three articles from the latest issue and a throwback article from one of our earlier issues.

10 classroom strategies for embedding social-emotional skills by Dr Leila Khouja Walker

Co-founder of Persona Education, Social Emotional Learning (SEL) expert and senior lecturer, Dr Leila Khouja Walker, shares why we must all play a part in supporting social emotional skills.

Check out Leila’s ten classroom habits for good SEL.

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Children for change, by Keren Mitchell

Founder of SuperKind and former Year 3 and 4 teacher, Keren Mitchell shares why social action is a crucial part of childhood education.

Discover what social action can look like in your school.

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The benefits of playful curiosity, by Julia Hancock

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Coach, subject tutor and mentor, Julia Hancock, shares the theories and science behind playful curiosity.

Learn why play isn’t just beneficial for children.

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Creating a coaching culture, by Toria Bono

How do we overcome the barriers to coaching to effectively embed this practice in to our schools? Coach, year lead and teacher, Toria Bono, walks us through how to combat these common barriers.

Find out how to use coaching as a vehicle for school improvement.

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A plea for pets!

As we get to work on our next issue of R.I.S.E Magazine, we are also working on our next ‘Pets’ corner’ feature and we need your help! We would love to include your animal companions in our next segment. So, if you would like your pet featured, please email us: a photo of your pet, their name and a bit about them, and your Instagram/X handle.

Have a gander for examples of pet entries (and a cuteness overload!).