Storytelling Month celebrates cultures, dialects and languages The richness of people’s stories, cultures and language is being celebrated by virtual Storytelling Month, which kicked off this week.
Model policy for allergy management in schools A fifth of fatal anaphylaxis reactions that take place in schools are in children with no prior history of food and allergy.
Supporting pupils who have lost someone during Covid Gail Precious discusses the impact of Covid-19 on the numbers of bereaved pupils and outlines some considerations for teachers when offering support to a grieving pupil
All fun and games? Safer Internet Day 2022 "All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online” is the theme for this year’s Safer Internet Day, which takes place on February 8.
Getting creative with robots Pupils are being asked to draw their own robots and write about all things robot as part of a UK-wide competition.
Responding to harmful sexual behaviours among children A helpline has been launched for education and safeguarding professionals to help them respond to incidents of inappropriate sexual behaviour among children and young people.
Ten steps to boost financial education Guidance for schools has set out 10 steps to boost the delivery of financial education.
Raspberry Pi: Pupils invited to run experiments on the International Space Station Two upgraded Raspberry Pi computers are set to be launched to the International Space Station, enabling young people to run scientific experiments in space and communicate with astronauts.
Teacher Handbook: SEND – Embedding inclusive practice A new handbook for teachers who support young people with SEN is advising on how to embed inclusive practice in the classroom and across the school.
Teacher essays offer ideas, insights and inspiration From diversity in the curriculum to social mobility and mental health, some of the most pressing issues facing teaching and learning practice have been addressed in a series of teacher essays.
Edtech: Bett 2022 to take place in March The 2022 Bett Show is now to take place in March given the escalation of Omicron Covid cases across the UK and globally.
Sparkyard: Harnessing the power of singing and music Sponsored Schools’ music publisher Out of the Ark Music has launched its new subscription service, Sparkyard.
Growing Together: Children’s Mental Health Week The theme for Children’s Mental Health Week 2022 is to be “Growing Together”, with assembly, classroom and other resources now available.
Young Archaeologists’ Club Schools are being offered support to help set up archaeology clubs for students of all ages.
New school uniform rules – getting it right Poverty campaigners have published a set of resources to help schools implement the new statutory guidance on affordable school uniforms.
Period poverty scheme extended until next summer A scheme to provide primary and secondary schools with fully funded period products has been extended until the end of the academic year.
Improving literacy in key stage 2 Updated guidance has been published to help teachers and school leaders to maximise the quality of their key stage 2 literacy provision.
Connectivity to the universe: A poetry and coding competition A poetry and coding competition themed on “connectivity to the universe” has been launched for pupils.
Bereavement: Resources to help teachers support pupils One in 29 pupils aged five to 16 have been bereaved of a parent or sibling – equating to at least one child in every average class.
School leaders offered free counselling and wellbeing support A new support scheme for school leaders has been launched is to provide one-to-one counselling and peer group support.
Big Schools’ Birdwatch begins on January 5 The humble woodpigeon knocked the blackbird off top spot in the last Big Schools’ Birdwatch – but which species will be the "most spotted" this time around?
Cost of the School Day Calendar A Cost of the School Day calendar has been published to help schools identify and remove potential barriers to education for children and families living in poverty.
Into Film Festival: November 10 to 26 This year’s Into Film Festival will run until November 26 with more than 65 film titles on offer aimed at pupils of all ages.
Anti-Bullying Week: LGBT+ assembly resources To mark this year’s Anti-Bullying Week, resources have been made available to help schools host LGBT+ inclusive assemblies.
Speak Out Stay Safe The NSPCC’s Speak Out Stay Safe safeguarding programme is helping teachers to respond more effectively to children in need, an evaluation has reported.
