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December Wellbeing Challenge 2018

DECEMBER!!! You're finally here. I think it’s time for Christmas music. It’s never too early for Christmas music I hear you shout and I’m inclined to agree. (turns up the music a little louder to drown out those that object 🎄) New month, new challenge. And

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November Wellbeing Challenge 2018

We have finally reached the penultimate month in 2018 and if you feel anything like I do then this year has flown by. A new month brings with it a brand-new challenge. The focus of our challenge this month is all about reflection. Normally the end of the year brings

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October Wellbeing Challenge 2018

October is here and that means a new challenge! This month’s challenge is a social media detox 😱 Wait don’t close the page. I know, I know this is going to be a real challenge for some of you. It will definitely be a challenge for me. Why even

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Turning your dreams into reality

While you’re reading this I’m probably enjoying the sun in a Ghana getting ready to be a bridesmaid for my sister's wedding. This month’s challenge has been all about making steps towards doing something you’ve always wanted or maybe only ever dreamed of. We

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Changes to Phase Wellbeing

The Phase team is changing again this year with Hannah Dengate joining the team as the new Wellbeing Lead as I (Sasha Austin-Seade) leave to do a bit of globe-trotting. I sat down with Hannah to find out a little bit more about her. Is it weird being interviewed by

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September Wellbeing Challenge 2018

Welcome to September, It’s the beginning of autumn and the start of a new school year. This month’s challenge is all about you. Think about something you’ve always wanted to do. What’s stopping you from doing it? Your challenge is to make a plan for the

6th form

6th form survival

In the first week of July, we delivered sessions as part of the taster week for the Hitchin 6th Form Consortium. This article is a quick recap of some of the key points to help on the journey. We know that all of you haven’t moved on to 6th

A Level Results day

A Level Results Day 2018

You have been waiting for this day and its finally here. You’ve picked up your results, so what now? Here are some great links to help you figure out what your results mean for you * Prospects have some great advice on what to do on results day [https://www.

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August Wellbeing Challenge 2018

Welcome to August, our focus this month is Zero Waste. What is zero waste? It’s the idea of trying to reduce your waste (what you throw away or get rid of) as much as possible. Most people don't actually achieve zero waste, but minimal waste is something

guest post

A Placement at Phase

I first stumbled upon Phase when I couldn’t find a placement anywhere else. Little did I know God had it all planned. Hi, I’m Gaby and I’m on placement at Phase! As part of my psychology university course, I am required to do a month’s worth

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July Wellbeing Challenge 2018

July is here!!!! This month's challenge is to keep a gratitude journal. For the next 31 days write down between 3 - 5 things you are grateful for. We had a go of this back in 2016 just for a week. If you want to have a read

Art challenge

How I won even though I failed

This post is supposed to be all about how I got on with the June Wellbeing challenge. I write them, I decide what we're doing, I even Instagrammed it and this is the point where I show you some amazing artwork 😳but he’s the thing I didn’

Lillian's Space

Lillian's Space .. Peer Support

We have the wonderful Lillian taking over the blog again and this time she's sharing her experience as a Youth Mental Health Champion. If you missed her last post check it out here [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/untitled-6/]. During the last academic year, I trained to be a

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June Wellbeing Challenge 2018

Welcome to June, This month is all about creativity. Now I know some of you if you are rolling your eyes and thinking oh no 😱 I hate drawing whilst others of you are jumping for joy. This month your challenge is an art challenge, but you have a few options.

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Good news

This month has been all about ditching the negative and replacing it with positive. I hope you've found it helpful and shared some of the interesting articles you've found along the way. Here are just 3 of my favs. * A story of kindnes [https://www.goodnewsnetwork.

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May Wellbeing Challenge

Ditch the news April Showers bring May flowers. Spring is time of hope and new life, where things that looked like they were dead have new life. Yellow is normally the colour that is associated with spring but with the invention of things like social media and 24hr news outlets

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Change

Ever wondered if change could be easier? If we could skip the uncomfortable part, straight to the part where it's fun again? Alas, change doesn't work like that. I'm going through a year of change in my life. The truth is as much as

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April Wellbeing Challenge 2018

Wow its April already, the year is just whizzing by. This month’s challenge is all about words. For the next 30 days we are going to learn a new word a day. The idea is to help you increase your vocabulary and/or help you gain more understanding of

Easter

Happy Easter

Yay chocolate eggs.🍫🍳 Yay time off school or college. ✕📚 Yay bank holidays/ 4 day work week.🏦🏖 But is this all that Easter is about. For Christians, Easter is all about the death, burial and resurrection (coming back to life after being dead) of Jesus Christ. This week I've

Lillian's Space

Lillian's Space .. Poetry

So this year we have a wonderful Yr 11 Student called Lillian and she's going to be writing a few things for us over the next coming months. This month she shares a poem written especially for us, with a focus on friendship. I ask questions of this.

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March Wellbeing Challenge 2018

Welcome to March, How did we get to the third month of the year already? Your challenge for this month is all about honesty. For the next 30 days be honest about your thoughts and feelings. I deliberated a lot about setting this as a challenge because I'm

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Kindness .. food for thought

The dictionary defines kindness as the quality of being gentle, caring, and helpful. Or it is an act that is a spontaneous gesture of goodwill towards someone or something I've been thinking a lot about kindness over the last few weeks simply because I've set myself

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February Wellbeing Challenge 2018

Hello and welcome to February. Our focus and wellbeing challenge this month is all about kindness. Let’s stop for a moment and think about what kindness actually is. Kindness is defined as the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. Sometimes kindness can be difficult, it may even involve

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January Wellbeing Challenge 2018

Happy New Year and Welcome to 2018 from all of us in the Phase team. A new month means only one thing a new wellbeing challenge. January often makes us think about the year ahead and new beginnings. New Year's resolutions are often filled with a pledge to

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End of year reflection

Only 23 sleeps left of 2017 😱😱😱. The new year is just around the corner. This time of year often brings with it reflection. Refection about the years gone by and the one we’re just about to leave as well as the one we’re heading into and the future