Category Archives: problems

Need to chill out? Pupils at Niddriemill primary head to The Retreat

Sometimes it may seem hard to control your behaviour. When other people at school call you names, or when you feel angry about stuff at home, it can really wind you up. Enquire interviewed pupils at Niddriemill Primary about how their chill out zone called ‘the Retreat’ helps. Continue reading

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Congratulations to the Youth Commission on Alcohol for their report on alcohol culture in Scotland

Hi blog readers, Just been reading the Youth Commission on Alcohol report. Wow! It’s great! The young people involved have spent a year doing research about Scotland’s relationship to alcohol. They have talked to doctors, politicians from all over Europe, … Continue reading

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Interview with Keith Gray, winner of Royal Mail Scottish Children’s Book Awards

Enquire interview with Keith Gray, the author whose book Ostrich Boys won the Royal Mail Scottish Children’s Book Awards in 2010. The book looks at how a group of teenagers deal with the death of one of their mates.
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Being bullied? Check out this You Tube film

Dear blog readers How are you? Starting to get in the festive spirit? This week I watched this awesome film about bullying. It was made by pupils at John Ogilvie High School and it was one of the winners of … Continue reading

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Dear blog readers This week I bring you good news. You can now chat to ChildLine counsellors online as well as by telephone if you are feeling worried or upset about something in your life. So if school is getting … Continue reading

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Drugs and alcohol – think you know all the risks? Fast Forward can set the record straight

Interview with peer educators at Fast Forward, which promotes health and well-being by giving young people the info that they need to make wise choices about drugs and alcohol. In the interview, young people discuss how alcohol and drugs can affect young people at school, and the support that helps. Continue reading

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Feeling down in the dumps at school?

What do these famous people have in common? Drew Barrymore  Jim Carrey Kurt Cobain from Nirvana They’ve all had depression at some point in their lives. Some people think that ‘mental health’ is just something other people have. But we … Continue reading

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What does bullying mean to you? Respect Me competition

Hello there blog readers, How are you? I am just back from lovely holiday in France. Thought I would blog about Anti-Bullying Week, which will be from 16-20 November.  Respectme and the Scottish Government are running a competition for young people between the … Continue reading

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Alcohol culture in Scotland… let’s get it sorted

Peer pressure, stress at school, isolation … these were just some of the issues about alcohol that came up in Enquire’s interview with Siobhan, one of the young people on the Youth Commission on Alcohol. Continue reading

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Do you like taking photos? This competition may be just your thing.

Do you like taking photos? See Me have a competition that may be perfect for you!  See Me is the national campaign to stop stigma against people with mental health issues. So what is stigma?  See Me say that its … Continue reading

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