IT’S good to talk – and it may be even better to talk in a room on your own while being filmed. At least this is the theory that two schools in Portsmouth are working on. They have set up a pupil counselling service with Relate... via webcam. Using a screen can make it easier for some pupils to talk freely, TES (Feb 1) reports. Jan Fleming, head of one of the schools taking part, Somers Park primary, says: “They can have some amazing issues to discuss. They might want to talk about something that is making them unhappy, which might only take one session, or a deeper matter which takes six or ten meetings.”