Christmas card design competition A Christmas card design competition with award-winning illustrator Dapo Adeola has been launched by the National Literacy Trust (NLT).
Cross-curricular data-analysis project The STATWARS competition is a free data project with links across the school curriculum, including to STEM subjects, English, geography and computing.
Website offers EAL resources and guidance The Bell Foundation has amalgamated its website with the popular EAL Nexus, offering a one-stop-shop of research, advice and resources for teachers who support pupils using English as an additional language (EAL).
Solar and wind power among STEM challenges The popular Solar Challenge has been updated to include more of an emphasis on the Global Development Goals.
Micro:bit launches first update to popular coding device The BBC micro:bit pocket-sized computer has unveiled its first major update since appearing four years ago.
Big Schools’ Birdwatch open for registration The Big Schools’ Birdwatch is back for another year and schools are being invited to register for a free support pack offering ideas and resources.
United Against Bullying: Anti-Bullying Week 2020 Anti-Bullying Week 2020 takes place from November 16 to 20 and the Anti-Bullying Alliance has lined up free resources and activity ideas to help schools prepare. Martha Evans offers some advice
Neon: Access to engineering careers resources A new website has been unveiled to offer pupils aged seven and upwards access to quality-assured engineering outreach opportunities and careers resources.
Five Steps to Mental Health and Wellbeing A “Five Steps” framework to help develop whole-school approaches to mental health and wellbeing has been published.
Resources explore themes of Remembrance, literacy and creativity Teaching resources to help pupils of all ages explore their shared heritage of Remembrance have been launched to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe.
Tackling fake news: The Happy News Project ?The Happy News Project – set up to tackle the scourge of fake news seen during the Covid-19 pandemic – has been made available free to all UK primary schools this year.
Writing competition: My Twist on a Tale A writing competition encouraging pupils to create tales based on their “everyday heroes” has been launched, with the winning entries set to be published in a book.
Covid-19: A guide to teaching and learning this term and beyond In this 12-page, free-to-download guide, we consider what teaching and learning should look like in schools this term and beyond as all pupils return following the Covid-19 lockdown...
Guide to remote education & technology In this 12-page Back to School Guide we consider what the technological legacy of the Covid-19 lockdown will be for schools, including the teaching and working practices that will continue, and advice on effective remote education.
Covid-19: Staff wellbeing and support this term & beyond In this 12-page guide, we consider how lockdown has affected the wellbeing and mental health of school staff and offer practical advice and ideas for promoting wellbeing and supporting colleagues
Back to School Guide: Supporting student wellbeing In this 12-page Back to School guide, we consider how the lockdown will have affected young people’s wellbeing and mental health, what challenges we expect to see as more pupils return, and how schools must respond...
BBC launches live primary lessons for autumn term The BBC has unveiled a range of curriculum-based content, including live lessons, for the autumn term.
Literacy resources for parents and teachers Teachers and parents are being offered support for developing the literacy of those children most adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Computer Science & Barefoot Bytes A range of short and adaptable computing resources have been released for primary schools.
SEND inclusion within primary RSE Relationships and health education is a statutory requirement – for all pupils – from this month. Rachael Baker looks at what we must do to ensure our curriculum is inclusive for SEND learners and offers some resources, advice and ideas
Teacher retention: Transition to Teach The government-funded Transition to Teach programme aims to support retention across the profession by offering bespoke support to career-changers training to teach. Nigel Bowen explains
Parent Talk service offers crucial lockdown support More than one in three parents admit to feeling overwhelmed or “out of their depth” when it comes to supporting their children’s wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Free membership of Food for Life programme The Food for Life initiative has extended its free Covid-19 lockdown membership offer until the October half-term.
PE and Sport Premium underspends can be rolled over to September Any PE and Sport Premium funding that went unspent by schools because of the coronavirus lockdown can be rolled over to the next academic year, it has been confirmed, but must be spent by March.
Back-up 10,000-lesson remote learning curriculum plan published for schools The government-funded Oak National Academy has published its curriculum plans for the next academic year so that schools can begin planning how they might make use of the free resources.
