From Tim Castle’s Classics lessons beamed from his green screen Roman Forum, to virtual world tours and Physics trips, online dance club and debating, we are all finding innovative ways to learn and come together, almost as we are used to doing. 

That’s not to say that we aren’t all missing our friends and classmates. Connections, albeit usually now via Teams or Zoom, are an essential way to keep spirits up, laughing and chatting with friendly faces, and reminding us of the community of which we are a part. 

So what better time for our annual “Wellbeing Within” week to roll around? With so much time being spent in front of our screens, this week’s annual celebration of all things “wellbeing” (4-7 May) puts even more focus on finding a healthy balance with time spent away from them. 

The Head Girl Team and Student Wellbeing Representatives are helping to keep positivity levels high by leading Virtual Assemblies and running popular online clubs such as Knit Wits!  Tutor Times and PSHE lessons are being geared towards enhancing wellbeing in ways that are relevant and meaningful in the current times, such as addressing Fake News.  

Above all, this is the time to focus on the simple things: remembering to hydrate, to exercise; to eat and sleep healthily, these basic things make such a difference when we you are stuck inside. Even the lessons learnt at school through our Biophilic Classroom study have taught us that by bringing the natural world indoors, with plants and views of nature, we can improve our environment, our focus and our mood. So get nurturing those pot plants! 

Happy Wellbeing Within week. Inside and out, we are all in this together! 

Evergreen Armstrong