As part of our aim to instil greater social and emotional intelligence in our young people, we embarked on a “Girls on Board and ‘Working with Boys’ workshop. The two programmes have been written and published by Andrew Hamilton, an experienced Head, with many years of navigating tricky friendship issues with children aged 8 – 18 and has its focus on instilling independence and resilience in young people by allowing them to better understand, and more easily resolve, their own friendship issues, without constant need for adult intervention. There is a workshop opportunity for parents too, so watch this space…