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How schools can keep up with ISI’s new inspection framework for wellbeing and how Orah fits into it

2023 is bringing change, how can UK independent schools keep up with the growing pressures around student wellbeing?

Introducing the new app for Parents & Families!

The Orah For Families app provides parents, guardians and other trusted contacts with an easy way to manage all aspects of their student's life - passes, events, and forms from one easy-to-use place.

Product Update

Collect deeper feedback about your students' well-being with our Conversational Surveys

Introducing Conversational Surveys - A new way to for students to communicate their concerns and provide you with the necessary insights to improve their well-being and evolve your culture.

Product Update

Positive School Culture – Does Your School Have It?

Does your school have a strong culture— a set of values, expectations, and practices that guide and inform the actions of teachers and students? Before you answer the question, here are some more insights to consider.

Book Summary: Contextual Wellbeing by Dr. Helen Street

In this post I cover a book summary of the best-selling book Contextual Wellbeing by Dr. Helen Street. Globally applicable, this post will give you a glimpse into the framework Helen has developed over 20 years of working in the industry.

Understand Behind-the-Scenes of Building Orah’s Mood Check 

Our Mood Check, based on the Circumplex Model, defines emotions as having two dimensions, pleasantness and energy. Understand more about what is the Circumplex Model and how tracking moods through our mood check can help your students.

3 Simple Yet Effective Steps to Improve Your Students’ Emotional Engagement 

Student engagement was once synonymous with just academic engagement. Lately, schools are also moving towards cultivating high emotional engagement among their students. Learn more about its importance and how you can cultivate it.

What Does Student Engagement Look Like

Student engagement is a multi-dimensional concept. Can teachers know if students are feeling engaged? Yes, there are some indicators you can look for to understand how your students are faring. 

Why Track Moods? Understanding The Effect of Emotions in Education

Why is it important to recognize and process our complex and fluid emotions, and track our moods? What is our role in helping our kids improve their emotional intelligence? In the blog, we have tried to present you with answers.

Nurture Beta is Enabled For Our Early Adopters

The mood check feature as part of the Nurture beta was rolled out to our early adopters. It helps schools identify struggling students and helps them proactively support them. Read further to know about all the features that it offers.

Product Update

2021: A year in review with Orah’s founders

As we begin the new year with new goals to reach, we took a moment to ponder over our opportunities and lessons. The founders of Orah, Kurt Meyer and Paul G. Organ, got candid about what last year (2021) meant for them.

5 Lessons Learned in 2021 on Wellbeing

In the year of 2021, we dealt with the stress of working from home, the constant worry over health, and other anxiety-inducing things. But we also learned some lessons on wellbeing along the way. Read ahead to know what we have learned.

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