Parents...we can almost hear the Eye of the Tiger theme music play as you rose to the challenge. You may have armed yourself with ways to stay calm during a pandemic. Perhaps you read our emails about nurturing the mental health of your children. We can see you, cape billowing out, hands on your hips, sweatbands on, ready for COVID 19.
Teachers...Just when you were starting to find your rhythm of online learning. You became a zoom master. You and google classroom were at one with each other. Potentially you had even started to entertain that this new arrangement of teaching from home could be the future of education. No behaviour management, small class numbers when you were on campus, no tedious staff room chatter. Plus the occasional sleep in, access to your fridge, walks in the middle of the day. This imposed physical distancing had some appealing qualities. And then overnight, the arrangement we had all become accustomed too was changed dramatically...
We all have physical health and most of know-how to look after it from a young age. What about mental health - do we all have it? If it is agreed we do - do most of us know how to look after it?
