Mr Kelly's Virtual Classroom

This episode has literally been put together as events have unfolded throughout a fast moving day. After seemingly endless stalls and many days, weeks and indeed months of going around in circles it's finally across the line. I have given my own personal take from the unfolding news. The UK government negotiating team have eventually reached a workable agreement, unfortunately it's still not totally finished. As one long journey has been completed there is another difficult one about to start. The vote in Westminster is about to become pivotal and I include some thinking on where that will possibly go within this episode.

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Yes, that's 100 episodes in a calendar year I have hit my target!   In this episode, I am continuing with including another example of a Talk Script that I use with individual & groups of children and also adults as part of a short Mindfulness Session that can be easily done after break at the beginning or end of the day as a means of helping your subjects connect with themselves and also the environment around them while also hopefully helping them become calmer and release some of their anxiety. The beauty with a short session like this done regularly is that everyone involved can benefit in some way and that each individual can approach it with their own needs in privacy, as it is their individual focus and that these don't need to be exposed to the group. I advise schools in particular to incorporate sessions like this into their daily classroom routine with a view to having an incremental benefit for their children over the course of a term or school year. Each individual becomes more proficient with greater practice and involvement with the process. As part of the work I do with schools, I look at how teachers can incorporate the program into their whole school Pastoral Care & Wellness Policy and effectively provide positive outcomes for their children's mental health, right through the whole school community. My work with individual schools regarding the context within their own school and to encourage appropriate time slots and also activities that can be made available for this valuable part of the social skills curriculum that is being ignored in many schools today. I would welcome your comments on any aspect of the Podcast, particularly on any topics that you would like me to discuss in future episodes. You can do this by using the Podcast Audio Comments facility or by linking with me on either Twitter or I am also available on Facebook and I can be contacted individually be emailing me on: [email protected] #JourneyToBetter #Mindfulness #GrowthMindset #LifeChanging #MentalHealth #Teacher #Educator #Education #ClassroomManagement #Students #SocialSkills #ADHD #Autism

This podcast is a continuation of my journal-ling of my work with children who are experiencing social, emotional and behavioral difficulties, the focus of today's episode is children learn what they live. I begin by looking at some of the negatives that can impact a child's life and while a lot of these may be external to schools some of them are also unfortunately evident within school environments and indeed some classrooms.

I concede that some of these negatives can have become embedded before children enter the schooling system but that this actually should make us even more aware of accentuating the positives of encouragement, tolerance, praise, acceptance, approval, recognition, sharing, honesty & fairness, security, friendliness and serenity. I ask the question, what are the children in our schooling system living?  

I would welcome your comments on any aspect of the Podcast, particularly on any topics that you would like me to discuss in future episodes. You can do this by using the Podcast Audio Comments facility or by linking with me on either Twitter or I am also available on Facebook

#BehaviorHacks #Children #Schools #Education #LifeValues #Social #Emotional #Behavioral #Autism #ADHD

This one is from the heart after having watched our poor performance on Monday night against Arsenal and also having witnessed the worst league start in 30 years with our lowest points haul for the first 7 games, ever, in that length of time! 

I give my take on the current situation at Manchester United. I start off watching a Spurs Champions League game and wish for Its to have as much passion and for the crowd experience there once was at Old Trafford when I stood in the Stretford End. Reality hits when Spurs score & concede in the space of 5 mins...they go on to lose 7-2 at home...do we want Poch? 

I give my take on his Spurs problems and our own #GlazerOut problem & that man Woodward. 

I really want United fans to listen & give me their take, do they agree or disagree? 

What do they think we need to happen if we are going to address this current malaise?

I would welcome your comments on any aspect of the Podcast, particularly on any topics that you would like me to discuss in future episodes. You can do this by using the Podcast Audio Comments facility or by linking with me on either Twitter or I am also available on Facebook 

#ManchesterUnited #GlazersOut #NewtonHeath #WayForward #DirectorofFootball #PochforUtd #RedDevils

In this episode, I return to educational content and I look at what it takes to be a Life Changing Educator, I talk about how these teachers help their students feel safe. Undoubtedly any students that I have worked with who have social, emotional or behavioral difficulties really appreciate a culture of safety and support.  All of the best teachers that I work with have a contagious enthusiasm and pass it on to their students. 

Life-Changing Educators know when to be tough, they challenge and demand their students to become more yet they do so in a way that allows their students to trust them and believe in their own ability to stretch themselves. I also link this to 10 things that I think that I have seen in their classrooms, consistently across the schools that I visit. 

This is based on a Solution Focused Approach that allows them to incorporate Growth Mindset values seamlessly into their teaching delivery, so as to help them be great educators and in turn encourage the children they work with to blossom. All of the great teachers that I have come into contact with and had the privilege of working with also know how to and when to model patience, they find a way to stay calm amid the chaos that is school life.  

Crucially they believe in their students and help the students to believe in themselves, they see the new potential and help the children they work with find it. Most importantly they love their students, the single most important impact of Life-Changing Educators is showing that love to their students, through small, meaningful, acts of kindness. 

I also take a look at 'Choosing Time' otherwise known as 'Golden Time or simply 'Reward Time' depending on the school that it is being used in, this has close links to how excellent teachers use this time as a means of promoting not only learning but also good behavior.

I look at how I think it should be used and some 'golden rules' that I would apply to its use within a classroom and indeed the wider school environment.

As I point out in the Podcast I work with individual schools regarding the context within their own school and appropriate time slots and also activities that can be made available for this valuable part of the social skills curriculum that is being ignored in many schools.

I would welcome your comments on any aspect of the Podcast, particularly on any topics that you would like me to discuss in future episodes. You can do this by using the Podcast Audio Comments facility or by linking with me on either Twitter or I am also available on Facebook

#LifeChanging #GoldenTime #BehaviorHacks #Teacher #Educator #Education #ClassroomManagement #Students #SocialSkills #ADHD #Autism

In this episode I continue my documentation of current happenings and with something as fluid as Brexit (as the deadline approaches) I'm quite happy to go with the flow, while also taking in some relevant sporting events and other current affairs that interest me. 

I hope you enjoy the format and would welcome your comments. 

You can do this by using the Podcast Audio Comments facility or by linking with me on either Twitter, I am also available on Facebook or you can email me on [email protected].

In today's episode I touch on the irony of the fact that the Conservative Party Conference is on in a conference complex the construction of which was funded for the most part by the European Union! I also touch on Rory McIlroy, this guy just can't avoid giving the media soundbites that come back to haunt him. On this occasion he literally slags off European Tour courses in general as being to easy.  I also give a brief take on Japan's victory over Ireland in the Rugby World Cup. More on that as the week progresses and what it means for Ireland going forward in this World Cup.