by HIP Psychology team | May 4, 2026 | School Wellbeing
emotional support schoolchildren is a search phrase, but behind it is a real school decision: what support will actually help pupils and staff? Emotional support for schoolchildren works best when it is ordinary, visible and easy to access. Pupils should not have to...
by HIP Psychology team | May 4, 2026 | School Wellbeing
school psychology northern ireland is a search phrase, but behind it is a real school decision: what support will actually help pupils and staff? School psychology in Northern Ireland is most useful when it helps staff understand what is happening underneath...
by HIP Psychology team | May 4, 2026 | School Wellbeing
wellbeing in schools is a search phrase, but behind it is a real school decision: what support will actually help pupils and staff? Wellbeing in schools is not a single assembly, display board or annual awareness week. For school leaders, the useful question is how...
by HIP Psychology team | May 2, 2026 | School Wellbeing
RSE has moved from a quiet curriculum corner to one of the most politically charged items on a Northern Ireland principal’s desk. The 2023 DE guidance update, the parent campaigns that followed it, and the wider UK noise around RSHE in England have left a lot of...
by HIP Psychology team | May 2, 2026 | School Wellbeing
Most NI schools we work with handle bereavement well in the moment a pupil dies, where the shape of the response is clear. Where things get harder is the slower, more frequent situation: a pupil’s parent, sibling or grandparent has died, the funeral is over, and...
