school It’s the end of the…… term? To say that this has been the strangest academic year would be an understatement. As we come in to another six-weeks at home, it is a summer break that is
6th form In case of a global pandemic, break glass Sam Hankin, Head of Computing at The Priory School in Hitchin, tells Phase how the school has adapted to home learning for students Two weeks before Boris Johnson announced UK
endings Missing Endings Over the past month, it seems like the entire world has been turned upside down. I was looking back at some photos and found me and a friend having breakfast
Young People Changing the landscape COVID-19 We have lived through a week that will define a generation. The COVID-19 crisis has turned the world upside down for all, but mostly for our children and young people.
mentoring Mentoring; a space to grow What do you do if you don’t know how to do something, say some DIY? Perhaps you would look for some videos on Youtube, read some articles or even
resilience R is for Resilience How would you define resilience? This is the question that we get the students thinking about when we deliever our year 7 and year 8 resilience workshops. As part of
exams Exam Season Oh no. It’s everyone’s least favourite season of the year, back again to torment us.
phase team Amy's work experience Often Phase are asked if we can accommodate young people on work experience. In July Amy joined the team for the final week of the summer term, here are her
Young People Podcast Phase recently received funding to produce a podcast looking at young people's mental health and wellbeing. Phase had been asked by young people to look at this topic and enable
mental health Big ripples On Friday 6th October Phase and The Priory School held our second mental health wellbeing conference. It was attended by over 160 students and staff from schools across Herts and
prevention Understand, Implement, Prevent: tackling poor mental health in schools Welcome to our 2nd Guest blog takeover. Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 30; self-harm in teens has nearly doubled since 2007; in 2015 more than 1 million
training Train the trainer! In the past 18-months Phase has taken incredible leaps forward in our knowledge and understanding of the issues faced by young people that is attacking their wellbeing as well as
funding Local company put Phase in the driving seat Local car sales and service business AZ Autos recently took on an exciting challenge to support young people and give two local students an opportunity to experience business in the
Young People MAD ;) Something that we are working on is how we can help young people go MAD!! I should probably explain, MAD stands for Make A Difference and it is a project
Holding Nothing Back Holding Nothing Back - banter and biscuits! It’s my turn to talk about what has been happening recently, so I thought I’d fill you all in on developments at Holding Nothing Back. It’s been
school Growing up with Phase I have known and had connections with Phase for the last 6 years through ‘It’s your move’ workshops, Holding Nothing back, Time trek, school assemblies, Westbrook, after school club
Faith Holding Nothing Back Do you ever have big questions? What are some of the questions that you’ve never quite managed to find answers to? Holding Nothing Back question and answer sessions are
mental health Mental wellbeing conference On Friday 7th October Phase were part of a team of people who put on the UK's first mental wellbeing conference for schools. A day not just for teachers and
team Phase team grows! Sasha Austin-Seade and Helen Bainbridge joined Phase in September As the Phase team has grown again this year with Sasha and Helen joining as Wellbeing Development Lead and Schools and
Creative space My year with Phase This year I have been working with Phase as the 'Self-harm Support Intern' and what an exciting year it has been. I've seen Phase achieve so much and am excited
mental health Filming Fun in Hitchin Town Centre Last week, some of the Phase team ventured down to Hitchin town centre with a camera team and a big red arm chair. The aim was to capture some footage
mental health #YoungMindsMatter A couple of weeks ago, on Monday 17th February 2016, the week after Children’s Mental Health week 2016, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge visited the Huffington Post
Faith Holding Nothing Back Since starting out at Hitchin Girls' School we have always gone to the Holding Nothing Back lunchtime group. It was always really nice to see familiar faces each week especially
Young People The Bloodhound Project Phase hits over 1,000mph with BLOODHOUND Project Hitchin’s youth support charity Phase will hit new speeds when the unique BLOODHOUND Project - a global engineering adventure, using a
Young People Daily worship in schools Do you remember having daily worship at school? The secondary school I went to did this through having a 2 minute silence at 8.40 every morning during registration time.
