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This year Cheadle Hulme School's Annual Pastoral Conference is taking place online and is FREE to attend.
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We are excited to welcome four high- profile keynote speakers who will focus on ‘Compassion’ as the key to developing better individual and collective wellbeing within our schools and within society.
Our programme aims to highlight the challenges facing us all in a post Covid world and to reflect on how empathy, kindness and compassion have become more important than ever.
Each of our speakers has a valuable message for pastoral leaders, teachers, parents and indeed for anyone who plays a role in supporting and empowering young people.
Mr Neil Smith, Head - Cheadle Hulme School
Kate is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with a passion for compassion. After completing her first degree at Cambridge University, she qualified in Clinical Psychology in 2002 at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience in London.
After working as a Lecturer for the Open University in Psychology & Counselling, she set up her own private clinical practice in 2014. In her private practice, she has worked with clients of all ages facing a wide range of challenges, including children with complex needs in both mainstream and special schools. She uses compassion focused therapy (CFT) and mindfulness in most of her work.
As well as her private therapy practice, Kate is also on a mission to bring compassion into schools. She is currently Chair of Governors at Impington Village College, near Cambridge, where she has delivered staff training and played a key role in creating a compassionate school culture. She presents and writes for Cambridge University Press on wellbeing in education and is co-authoring The Flourishing School, due for publication in early 2022.
Dr. Chatterjee is regarded as one of the most influential medical doctors in the UK and wants to change how medicine will be practised for years to come. His mission is to help 100 million people around the globe live better lives.
He hosts the most listened to health podcast in the UK and Europe, ‘Feel Better, Live More’ – which regularly tops the Apple Podcast charts and is listened to and watched by over 2.5 million people every single month! The total number of downloads to date is 30 million.
Each of his 4 books are Sunday Times Bestsellers including 'The Stress Solution' and ‘Feel Great, Lose Weight’.
Dr. Chatterjee hosts his own wellness show on BBC Radio 2 and regularly appears on BBC News and Television and has been featured in numerous international publications including The New York Times, Forbes, The Guardian and Vogue, and his TED talk, How To Make Disease Disappear, has been viewed over 3.5 million times.
Katy Leeson is the Managing Director of Social Chain and former head of new Business and Marketing at MediaCom. Social Chain is a Global Social Media Marketing Agency, working with some of the largest brands in the world including Superdry, Warner Music, Coca Cola and Boohoo.
Since her appointment, she has become an IPA women of tomorrow finalist and a large proportion of her time is invested into focusing on culture. Katy recognises the importance of life beyond the office. She has arranged yoga and meditation sessions and weekly Lunch & Learn days, with topics ranging from self-defence skills, confidence building, mental health awareness and drop-in therapy sessions.
Katy has produced a number of fascinating podcasts where she openly discusses her views on subjects including feminism, the concept of success, the challenges of living through Lockdown and the dangers of a Comparison culture.
Claudia Hammond is an award-winning broadcaster, author and psychology lecturer. In her work she shares the ways that psychological and medical research can help us in our everyday lives, whether through radio, TV, podcasts, public events or books.
Claudia is the presenter of several podcasts and radio shows including All in the Mind on BBC Radio 4 which covers psychology, neuroscience & mental health and the weekly global health show Health Check on BBC World Service.
She is on the part-time faculty at Boston University’s base in the UK, where she lectures in social psychology and health & well-being. Claudia gives talks on psychology around the world and often chairs public events on psychology, medicine and science. She writes a regular column on medical myths for BBC Future.
Her book, The Art of Rest, examining the science behind our struggles to rest and relax, was published on Dec 5th 2019. She is also the author of Mind Over Money, Time Warped and Emotional Rollercoaster.
Mrs Susan James - Deputy Head (Pupil Welfare) - Cheadle Hulme School
If you have any questions about this event please email er@chschool.co.uk or call 0161 488 3341.