Category: Stress
When Anxiety Takes Over: How Nature Nurture Helps Children Feel Safe Again
In Module 6 of our Nature Nurture in Action programme, our practitioners turn their attention to children who live with anxiety.
And not the ordinary, everyday nerves and worries most of us recognise.
But the kind of anxiety that sits heavily in a child’s body.
The kind that colours their thoughts.
The kind that follows them into school, into friendships, into sleep.
Reframing Disability: Inclusion, Equity and the Language We Choose
Module 6, Unit 1 – Nature Nurture in Action
This week in our Nature Nurture in Action course, we begin Module 6: Additional Support Needs in Nature Nurture.
Over the next few weeks, our Nature Nurture Practitioners will explore ASN in depth — not simply as a category of provision, but as a way of thinking about children, difference, and belonging.
We begin with something deceptively simple.
Language.
Growth Mindset and the Nature Nurture Approach
Way back in 2009, I was buzzing to attend my first Scottish Learning Festival. I packed my days with as many presentations, workshops and conversations as possible. At the end of day one, though, a quiet realisation crept in: I had gravitated towards sessions that neatly aligned with my existing values and beliefs. So, on the final […]
“This Is My Place” – Belonging, Mental Health and the Nature Nurture Approach
9–15 February is Children’s Mental Health Week, led by Place2Be. The theme for 2026 — “This Is My Place” — shines a light on belonging, and on the responsibility of the systems around children to help them feel they belong. That theme stopped me in my tracks. Because when belonging works well, we see it everywhere: in children’s confidence, […]
Understanding and Supporting Behaviour: Listening Beneath the Surface
I’m currently preparing for the final session of our Understanding and Supporting Behaviour module with the latest cohort of Aberdeenshire Council’s Nature Nurture Practitioners. As we reach the end of this module, I’m struck by the depth and quality of the conversations we’ve shared over recent weeks.
Becoming Mindful of Stress – FREE activity sheets for children
Stress is something I have been thinking a great deal about recently. Daniel and I currently support many children who are struggling with high levels of stress. They communicate this to us and their teachers through their behaviour.