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Mental health resources: Back to school

National mental health and wellbeing charity Place2Be has published resources to help schools support pupils as they return from the Covid-19 lockdown.

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Making a difference to the early years language gap

A project across a number of primary schools to improve the communication skills of EYFS children has made huge strides. Amanda Quirk looks at how

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Shakespeare-inspired crafts, activities, resources and lessons

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has launched a number of resources to support students learning from home during the lockdown.

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Weekly puppet workshops until July 12

A series of puppetry workshops are being made available by the Beverley Puppet Festival, which is being held online this year amid the coronavirus lockdown.

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Post-lockdown mental health resources

A free online toolkit has been launched to help primary schools support the mental health of their pupils as they adjust to a new school environment post-lockdown.

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Therapeutic schools: How can we teach self-belief?

Many children in our schools are vulnerable and suffer from a lack of confidence. Continuing her therapeutic schools series for Headteacher Update, Shahana Knight offers two lesson ideas to boost self-belief

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Support for outdoor lessons post-June 1

The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom is bringing together a consortium of outdoor learning organisations to help support schools if and when they re-open from June 1.

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SEND fund offers grants to support families during lockdown

Low-income families with seriously ill or disabled children can access grants worth around £500 to cover the costs of educational and other equipment.

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Safeguarding course tackles witchcraft allegations and honour-based abuse

A rise in allegations of witchcraft against children has sparked the release of an e-learning programme to help professionals spot the signs of this little understood form of abuse.

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Online course: Supporting children's wellbeing during lockdown

A free online course is being offered to parents and teachers offering them practical advice and tips to help them “be the adult children need during lockdown”.

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Nature in Your Neighbourhood: Film-making challenge

A film-making competition has been launched challenging pupils to capture “Nature in Your Neighbourhood” during their daily excursions from home while under lockdown.

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Oak National Academy publishes SEN lessons and resources

Lessons and resources for pupils with additional needs have been published by the Oak National Academy to support home education during the lockdown.

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Short, structured language skill sessions prove effective

Undertaking short sessions to discuss everyday topics with young children has been found to boost their language skills and is being recommended as “a promising way” to help children catch-up when they come back to school after lockdown.

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Key stage 2 activity: Design an Outdoor Learning Centre of the Future

A competition to imagine and design the Outdoor Learning Centre of the Future has been launched for students ­– with the winning entries to be turned into fully rendered architectural designs.

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Home education: Resources for schools, teachers and parents: Part 3

This is the third edition of the SecEd compendium of home schooling and remote education resources for schools, teachers and parents. We cover a range of subjects, as well as exercise and keeping fit, mental health and wellbeing, cultural and arts activities, and whole-school support

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Subject association directory offers home schooling support

A new directory is helping teachers to access a wide range of home education support and guidance on offer from the UK’s subject associations.

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Home education: Resources for schools, teachers and parents: Part 2

A range of resources and education services are being offered to schools and parents to help support home education. SecEd's second compendium lists more than 65 resources, many of which of free or open access...

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BBC to publish daily lessons and materials to support home-schooling

The BBC is to publish 14 weeks' worth of curriculum-related learning resources to support the education of the nation’s children during the coronavirus lockdown.

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LGBT inclusion in the curriculum and classroom

Ashley Lodge draws on new guidance to outline how leaders can work to adopt a more LGBT-inclusive approach in their primary curriculum and across their schools

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Home education: Resources for schools, teachers and parents: Part 1

A range of resources and education services are being offered to schools and parents to help support the home education of students during the coronavirus crisis. Dorothy Lepkowska looks at some of what is out there, including a number of free-access resources

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Coronavirus: Mental health support on offer for teachers

A number of resources have been published to help safeguard the wellbeing and mental health of school staff who are on the front line of the coronavirus response.

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Curriculum Design & Delivery: Intent, Implementation and Impact

The inaugural Curriculum Design & Delivery conference will offer a range of school case studies and best practice advice.

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13th National Pupil Premium Conference

After almost nine years of the Pupil Premium, this Headteacher Update event – taking place in September – will be looking back at the wealth of evidence that has now been published about how schools can best support their most disadvantaged pupils.

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Football-inspired literacy & numeracy

Using the famous Panini football stickers as inspiration, a series of “Stick with Maths” resources has been launched by the Premier League.

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Wellbeing Award for Schools

Schools are taking the initiative in nurturing wellbeing and supporting better mental health via the Wellbeing Award for Schools. Philippa Stobbs explains

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