Do you find yourself or your students (or your own children!), experiencing mental fatigue? Is this term, DAF, familiar to you? I came across it and immediately resonated with it so thought to share here. Directed Attention Fatigue is a state of mental exhaustion resulting from the overuse of the brain's ability to maintain focus by suppressing distractions. Teachers' Main Distractions: - Constant Behaviour Monitoring - Digital Notifications/Devices - Interruptions and Rapid Task Switching - StressHigh Emotional/Behavioural Demands Students' Main Distractions: - Irrelevant Noise/ChatterManaging - Micro-Noises and Loud Environments - Visual Clutter/Peer Movement - Peer Interactions and Social Stress Good News: Nature Restores 😉 - Restore your attention via 'soft fascination'. Examples of this in the open air, on your school grounds perhaps, include natural elements such as clouds moving, leaves rustling, or birdsong or birds flying by, insects creeping, that engage attention effortlessly, a concept known as 'soft fascination'. This allows the directed attention (the mental energy used for concentration and filtering distractions) to rest and replenish, reducing cognitive fatigue. Have you experienced this 🐞?

16 minutes call available 😊 - why 100 For Earth initiative? - simple 5 step framework - 5 easy to use strategies - Would love any feedback. - what works - what could help you to implement this initiative 🍎

According to author Richard Louv, exposure to natural settings has been shown to reduce symptoms of "nature deficit disorder" and improve attention spans in children. A walk in natural spaces is effective in helping children focus. Join me this Thursday September 18th at 18hrs CET / 12h ET via this link (all takes place here in the Skool platform) for a brief chat about exactly this 🍁 and see how it fits with 100 For Earth. I'd love to hear also, what's working for you in your setting or even what your challenges are with regards to focus. ⭐ Better Together! Kindly, Laura

A walk does wonders 😊 for the body, mind & soul 🍃. How often would you say you get out for a walk? Wishing you a most pleasant day!

Hi, Teachers! Wherever you may be, in which every phase of the 2025-26 school year, I am wishing you The Best ⭐! What's 1 Top Tip you have for beginning the school year in an uplifted way? Either for you, as the teacher-leader or something you do with your colleagues or students? #goodmood