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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Five years ago to the day, I received the proofs of my second book. Half an hour later, my granddaughter was born. As she embarks on her journey in Reception I hope the principles of The Wellbeing Curriculum and its companion volume are in place for her and her generation.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Normally keep personal stuff to FB, but there's people here still who know me. Mum passed away this week, having been a mum for 61 years, a wife for 66, a grandmother for 30 and a great-grandmother for 5. 💔

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Stuart Rowntree @primarythink.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

1/6 Today’s DfE guidance on inclusion bases matters. It recognises something many mainstream schools already know - that some pupils need more than ordinary classroom adaptation, but still deserve to belong in their local school community.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Wellbeing isn't about quick wins, but there's certainly one to be had with this current heatwave. Flexibility, compassion and empathy trumps everything. Accountability can wait. The welfare of staff and children matters more. Some schools have this spot on. Others show no care.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Values should be practiced and lived, not posted and laminated. Are organisational values mere word salad?

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The Future of SEND hosted by Steve Waters and featuring Vic Goddard. Details here. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future...

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

It is seven years to the day since my first book, The Wellbeing Toolkit, was published. My readers tell me that this book has changed their thinking about staff wellbeing in schools: my aim in writing the book. So, why is the attrition rate of school staff still so high?

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Proud to have finished a creditable and close third place alongside Gary Dark in Charlton Village and Riverside for Greenwich Green Party in Greenwich elections. Prouder still that we returned 13 Greens to the council chamber.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

"So Andrew, why are you and Gary Dark standing for Greenwich Green Party in Charlton Village and Riverside on 7th May?" This is why! 👇 #RealHopeRealChange #GreenParty Promoted by George Edgar for Greenwich and Bexley Green Party, PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

A warm Friday afternoon leafleting and speaking to residents in #CharltonVillage&Riverside with plenty of handshakes and good wishes for @greenparty.org.uk #Greenwich Use both your votes for myself and Gary Dark next Thursday 7th May. #RealHopeRealChange #GreenParty

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Proud to be standing as #CommunityChampions alongside Gary Dark for @greenparty.org.uk in Charlton Village & Riverside. Use both your votes on 7th May #GreenParty Thanks Ed Simmons for the photos.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Can now officially announce my Green Party candidacy for Charlton Village and Riverside ward in the forthcoming Greenwich Council election. Promoted by George Edgar for Greenwich and Bexley Green Party, PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

To mark one year since the publication of The School Mental Health Toolkit, I'm offering 3 sets of 3 wellbeing coaching sessions for free!! For leaders, teachers or other staff. Just get in touch if you're interested.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Democracy under threat in Greenwich. Time for a change on May 7th. 💚

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Pleased to have been invited by Sophie to her Podcast. Listen in for thoughts about phones in school, parental WhatsApp groups, the place of mental health and wellbeing in schools, plus insights into writing The School Mental Health Toolkit. www.mindfulnessforlearning.com/audio/episod...

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Podcast | Mindfulness for learning

Expertise, ideas and conversation about mindfulness, mindful learning in schools, for educators, teachers and parents.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Not posted about #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek this week as been busy talking to 8 schools about their amazing work; joined up thinking, holistic practice, knowledge of community and context, bringing staff and parental MH into their offer too. If your school does this, get in touch.

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Bloomsbury Education @bloomsburyed.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

It's Children's Mental Health Week 2026 🐣🧠🚸 Click below for a list of our recommended reads to boost mental health in your home and classroom year-round! bit.ly/4qug5NR Browse everything from poetry by @joshuaseigal.bsky.social and CPD resources by @andrewcowley23.bsky.social to SEND guides.

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The best education books for Children's Mental Health Week

Our Education experts bring you picture books, CPD titles and poetry to support children's mental health, from Molly Potter to Joshua Seigal.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

If you subscribe to @senmagazine.co.uk there's an article by me about equitable provision of wellbeing for SEND Children. If the magazine is in your staffroom, let me know what you think.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Working with people to build culture and repair relationships in a toxic workplace...part 2 of piece on toxic schools for @netsupport.bsky.social #RISEEduMag

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Working with people to build culture and repair relationships in a toxic workplace...part 2 of piece on toxic schools for @netsupport.bsky.social #RISEEduMag

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Delighted to have received my copy of Teacher Autonomy by Sophie Smith-Tong. Having read the early drafts of Sophie's work I was pleased to endorse this essential read.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Whilst not into resolutions, I want 2026 to be a year where I convince more people to be considerate of their environment; not just the natural and physical environment, but their social, emotional, behavioural and community awareness too.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing Day 24. Emotional intelligence trumps artificial intelligence. Knowledge trumps guesswork. Culture trumps tokenism. Relationships trump micromanagement. Wellbeing isn't hard, it's complicated by people getting it wrong.

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Kimberley Evans @nourishworkplce.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing Day 22 Podcast recorded with Twinkl this Autumn. Food for thought, the THINK framework and putting wellbeing at the heart of education. youtu.be/37T_FBmt_Uo?...

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Wellbeing at the Heart of Education with Andrew Cowley - In This Together

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing Day 20&21 "Playing the Wellbeing Card" as a response to questions about accountability doesn't sit well. Wellbeing doesn't put accountability on the backburner, but can be used to support and promote it. It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing Day 19. The THINK framework T-time and timeliness..never waste time, take your time H-holistic approach to MH alongside and astride everything else I-be inclusive in your universal offer N-be non-judgemental K- be knowledgeable

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Once more, for those at the back. Wellbeing matters.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing Day 18. Last day of term tomorrow? Serve staff wellbeing with an avoidance of; emails, deadlines and tasks for the break, negative feedback and grumpy tempers. "Thank you." "Merry Christmas." That is what good wellbeing cultures sound like.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing Day 17. The simplest and most effective wellbeing strategy, for staff and students, is to talk and to listen. Not talk at, talk to, but talk with. Listen with attention. Don't interrupt, only seek clarification. Listen with empathy and without judgement.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing Day 16. How green is your Christmas? Of the 8 million real trees in this country, 7 million get dumped in landfill. Don't let your school tree be one. Shred it for chippings. Use the branches as mulch. Create a hugelkultur bed. Build a 'dead hedge' for wildlife

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing Day 15. How green is your Christmas? There are well established links between wellbeing and care for the environment. Why not link Christmas to your environmental commitment. From crackers made from newspaper to wrapping gifts in brown paper and garden twine 👇

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing Day 14. Do you have colleagues or leaders who don't get the point of a programme of wellbeing and mental health for staff and students? The point is...it's central to everything: safeguarding,attendance, behaviour and relationships, teaching and learning.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing Day 13. Schools with a good wellbeing culture will have a communication protocol where there's no intrusion from email or other messaging. Those without will have staff hypervigilant to what that Saturday or Sunday evening email may contain.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing Day 12. A healthy wellbeing community embraces the voices of staff, parents and pupils, values each and learns to work with reasoned challenge. The triangulation of all three voices adds strength to the mental health offer from the school.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing Day 11 No school child should endure shouting as a means of control, or be forced into compliance by fear. No teacher should be expected to deliver in this way. This approach undermines the wellbeing and autonomy of students and staff.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing There's a chapter in The Wellbeing Toolkit on the Wellbeing impact of staff socials. Why this is included? Staff being excluded (deliberately or inadvertently), offended by behaviour and language (often in drink). Extends to Secret Santa too. It's a HR headache

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing Day 9. Among the challenges to staff MHWB is cognitive overload, triggered by pressure of the time of year or by lack of empathy in setting tasks which tip the workload balance. More on this and other staff issues in Ch 3 of The School Mental Health Toolkit.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing Day 8. If your pupils (or adults) need support with digital safety or cyberbullying, there's two chapters plus lesson ideas and assemblies in The Wellbeing Curriculum. Also free knowledge organisers if you contact me.

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Kimberley Evans @nourishworkplce.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing Day 7. The way your staff talk to each other represents the culture of your school. If they can't talk 'nicely' or professionally to each other, regardless of role, then your wellbeing culture isn't going to thrive. See The Wellbeing Toolkit for more.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing Day 6. In establishing a school strategy for mental health and wellbeing set up a team including both positive and challenging voices to build the buy-in to the culture you wish to create. More here in The School Mental Health Toolkit.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

#AdventWellbeing Day 5. Young people's wellbeing begins with them being taught about self-awareness, and about their own and other's MHWB. More on this including assemblies and lesson ideas in The Wellbeing Curriculum.

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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Are your thoughts turning to staff and pupil wellbeing for the new term? Maybe they're finding it tough now. The Wellbeing Trilogy now available with 30% off direct from BloomsburyEd until Midnight on Sunday 7th December.

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