Angela Evans – författare

Everyone working in education, and beyond, is fully aware of the current mental health crisis for pupils. Understanding and Reducing Anxiety in the Primary School combines the expert knowledge of a specialist in formative assessment, a child and adolescent psychotherapist and an outstanding headteacher to address how we may tackle this issue and improve the wellbeing of children in our schools. Formative assessment, one of the key techniques explored within this book, has explicit links with reducing anxiety: raising children’s belief in their ability to achieve and giving them clear frameworks of learning intentions and success criteria as well as in-the-moment feedback so that they are reassured and able to voice any worries while they are working.

Written in a practical and accessible manner, the authors unpack the psychology behind issues related to students’ mental health and provide illustrative, relatable anecdotes and helpful strategies to support a positive, anxiety-free learning environment.

The book is divided into four distinct sections:

This is a must read for anyone working in a primary school. Readers will benefit from learning strategies to reduce the anxiety of the children they work with and to support the wellbeing of the wider educational community.

Everyone working in education, and beyond, is fully aware of the current mental health crisis for pupils. Understanding and Reducing Anxiety in the Primary School combines the expert knowledge of a specialist in formative assessment, a child and adolescent psychotherapist and an outstanding headteacher to address how we may tackle this issue and improve the wellbeing of children in our schools. Formative assessment, one of the key techniques explored within this book, has explicit links with reducing anxiety: raising children’s belief in their ability to achieve and giving them clear frameworks of learning intentions and success criteria as well as in-the-moment feedback so that they are reassured and able to voice any worries while they are working.

Written in a practical and accessible manner, the authors unpack the psychology behind issues related to students’ mental health and provide illustrative, relatable anecdotes and helpful strategies to support a positive, anxiety-free learning environment.

The book is divided into four distinct sections:

This is a must read for anyone working in a primary school. Readers will benefit from learning strategies to reduce the anxiety of the children they work with and to support the wellbeing of the wider educational community.

European female-led writing with a focus on Wales, photography, memoir, writing of place and poetry. On the theme of ''Casual Archaeology'', it explores the rich archaeology of threatened estuary landscapes, the layers of time and affiliation in an Iranian exile''s relationship to her poet father, and how an Iron Age hill fort inspires ideas about health and immunity. Paul Cabuts traces how the renaissance of the photographer''s book in Wales documents neglected corners of our society. Steven Lovatt recalls memories of a Hungarian family visit in the second of a series from his travel writing journal. Angela Evans sings in praise of overlooked post-industrial estuary landscapes, introducing her new series celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Wales Coast Path. And AHRC Leadership Fellow Yvonne Reddick presents the best of recent titles championing female outdoor adventurers, past and present.