AOLE2 2019 2.8 Bethan Hornby

Health and Wellbeing of children in education Children in education are facing issues continuously through their duration in school. Health and wellbeing have become a common factor within education that aims to ensure that children are healthy mentally and physically. Issues have risen regarding health and wellbeing highlighting obesity and mental health in children in which I will discuss with evidence further on. There are various ways of making children healthier and suggestions made that can make a child’s health and wellbeing better especially in education. Mental health is a factor brought to attention when discussing health and wellbeing in education. Young Minds (2017) show statistics that one in ten children are diagnosed with a mental health disorder. An issue that has shown in children ages five to sixteen. These statistics focus on the increase of mental health becoming a part of a child’s health and wellbeing. Mental health being an issue, may impact on a child’s...

                 Teaching Creativity in Education “My contention is that creativity now is as important in education as literacy,   and we should treat it with the same status.” ~Ken Robinson (Robinson, K. 2015) (Donaldson, G. 2015) Creativity is a common aspect of the curriculum in Wales referring to the successful futures report. Donaldson, G. (2015) aims within his successful futures report that children will be able to become creative thinkers to reframe and solve problems. Highlighting the skills needed for future development, Donaldson, G. (2015) refers to four main purposes that require creativity in learners. Creativity in education has had an impact on learning over the twenty first century with it growing popular in primary education (Craft, A. et al 2014). School environment have shown importance to reflect creativity through teaching. Barbot, B. et al (2011) refe...

The Value of Nature in learning “we live in an era where more and more children are disconnected from nature” (Fairweather, K. 2014) Nature is beginning to show an impact to learning in education. The popularity of learning through nature is growing, however the importance of combining nature and learning is becoming as essential in education. Waite, S. (2011) supports this as she relays that learning outdoors is an expectation within the early years foundation stage for children from birth to five (Dfes 2007). Although the concept of nature becoming a part of learning is developing, Louv, R. (2010) states that there is a growing gap between nature and learning in which schools in the district have contributed to. Louv, R. (2010) continues by saying that nature deficit disorder is showing through children which describes the gap between human beings and nature.   Showing that there is a slight growth in popularity of nature in learning is deflecting the benefits by ...