Tackling cyber-bullying Understanding the nature of cyber-bullying and what can be done to support pupils is a vital part of safeguarding practice. Drawing on her research, Dr Lucy Betts has published resources to support schools
Child safety: Clever Never Goes The ‘stranger danger’ message is outdated and unhelpful. A new Lottery-funded initiative – Clever Never Goes – is offering schools a more intelligent approach to personal safety for pupils. Emma Lee-Potter reports
Mental health support Resources have been released to support teachers and school staff when it comes to issues of pupil mental health and wellbeing.
Bullying: We have a choice... How can we use discussions about respectful disagreement to help stop bullying? Ahead of Anti-Bullying Week, Martha Evans considers how schools can support children to ‘Choose Respect’
Resources to support PSHE and relationships education From the Sex Education Forum to the PSHE Association and the NSPCC, there are a range of quality resources out there for low or no cost to help schools deliver effective PSHE and relationships education.?
RSE: Getting parents on board Statutory relationships education is approaching and schools will want to have their parents’ support for the new-look curriculum. Lucy Emmerson advises
Air pollution More than four in 10 children living in urban areas (43 per cent) are concerned about the levels of air pollution near their school, a survey has shown.
LGBT History Month 2018 LGBT History Month in February celebrates difference and acceptance. Adele Bates provides age-appropriate resources and shares some school-wide opportunities to celebrate
Safer Internet Day 2018 Talking about online safety is a vital part of helping children to stay safe in the world today. Hannah Broadbent looks ahead to this year’s Safer Internet Day on February 6
Primary school resources: January 2018 January's round-up of primary news and resources includes the relaunch of the Leadership Equality & Diversity Fund, a literacy challenge, writing competition and new BBC esafety resource
Ideas and resources for Anti-Bullying Week 2017 How can we make the most of Anti-Bullying Week in schools, including this year’s primary-focused Odd Socks Day initiative? Martha Evans explains more and offers some ideas for primary schools
Schools urged to take advantage of free alcohol education resources With more than half of young people who drink alcohol only doing so “to fit in”, schools are being urged to focus more on alcohol education.
'All Different, All Equal' - Anti-Bullying Week 2017 Discrimination in schools is still a real challenge. Embracing Anti-Bullying Week 2017 and celebrating difference can be an antidote to intolerance, says Martha Evans.
Roadwise Sponsored With more than 45 children injured on the road every day in the UK, what can teachers do to help every child in the school be safer and wiser on the road?
Free health education resources e-Bug is a collection of free health education resources for teachers and school-aged children operated by Public Health England
Anti-Bullying Week 2015 This year’s Anti-Bullying Week runs from November 16 to 20 and is focusing on the damage that bullying causes to mental health and wellbeing – encouraging pupils and schools to #MakeANoise about bullying.
Brand new 3D PSHE programme Sponsored Dimensions specialise in providing creative classroom solutions. This is exactly what they’ve done with their brand new 3D PSHE programme for early years, key stage 1 and key stage 2.
Talking about online pornography Childnet International has launched a resource to help parents talk to their children about online pornography.
RESOURCE: Puberty Pilot Schools can sign up now for updates from a new project seeking to discover and spread innovative approaches to teaching children about puberty. The Sex Education Forum and the Wellcome Trust has launched Prepared for Puberty and is working with six primary schools in England to pilot new and ...
RESOURCE: Cancer guidance A guidance pack designed to help teachers support children with cancer has been published by charity CLIC Sargent.
SPONSORED PRODUCT: 5 Alive Roadwise Primary Schools Project Reported child casualties normally rise for each year of primary school. This project equips teachers with the tools and resources they require to teach road-user education to all years, nursery through to year 6.
RESOURCE: Dementia Awareness A resource pack to teach school children about dementia has been launched. It is the culmination of a project that has seen 22 primary and secondary schools introduce the theme of dementia into their curriculums and which has reached more than 2,000 children.
RESOURCE: Sex support The Sex Education Forum has published three new books aimed at helping primary schools to deliver high-quality sex and relationships education (SRE) classes.
RESOURCES: Sun Safe Schools – The UK’s first award based initiative Being sun-burnt as a child significantly increases a person's risk of developing skin cancer. As such, striking a balance between encouraging fun in the sun and ensuring that children stay 'sun safe' while at school is of paramount importance.
Sun safety poems The importance of sun safety is the theme for a new poetry competition for primary pupils.
