Pupil wellbeing: Supporting mental health through movement As part of our efforts to support the wellbeing of pupils during the pandemic, we should consider using movement and exercise. Darryl Walsh offers some practical advice
Pupils challenged to create a "Wellbeing Week" A Wellbeing Stars challenge has been launched encouraging primary-age children across England and Wales to come up with and carry out five acts of kindness in a single week.
Free post-lockdown online mental health workshops Online mental health and wellbeing workshops are being offered for free to primary schools to help address the impact of the lastest Covid-19 lockdown.
Toolkit helps schools to reduce the impact of poverty on children A resource to help teachers and school staff to tackle the impact of poverty on children’s learning has been created by two child poverty charities.
Free period products: 60 per cent of primary schools still to apply The 10,000 primary and secondary schools yet to apply for free government-funded period products are being urged to act now.
Mental health: Barnardo’s hub offers resources for teachers Teachers who are supporting pupils with mental health and wellbeing difficulties can access help via a new website.
Safer Internet Day 2021: Safeguarding competition Pupils are being asked to imagine what the safeguarding solution of the future could look like as part of a competition to mark this year’s Safer Internet Day.
Lockdown resources for literacy, wellbeing and Shakespeare Resources to support children’s wellbeing, literacy and learning at home have been published by Coram’s three education charities.
#SayTheWords: Supporting grieving children during the pandemic Children’s Grief Awareness Week runs from November 19 to 26 and is especially poignant this year given the on-going impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
Resources published ahead of Children’s Mental Health Week Schools can now access free resources ahead of Children’s Mental Health Week 2021, which is set to take place in February.
Zack’s Story animations tackle societal issues Zack’s Story is a series of short stop-motion animations aimed at helping teachers and other educators to raise awareness of issues such as loneliness, hate crime and county lines.
No Room For Racism: New resources Two professional footballers are starring in a new resource aimed at helping pupils to understand issues of equality and diversity and tackle racism.
Road Safety Week 2020 “No need to speed” is the message for this year’s Road Safety Week, which takes place from November 16 to 22.
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
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.
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...
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
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.
Anti-Bullying Week 2020: United against bullying The theme and early plans for Anti-Bullying Week 2020 have been unveiled by the Anti-Bullying Alliance.
RSE Day 2020: Time to celebrate relationships & sex education Thursday, June 25 is national RSE Day and takes place just 65 days before relationships education, along with health education, becomes statutory in primary schools across England. Lucy Emmerson offers some activity and parental engagement ideas for schools
Guide offers schools practical ways to protect pupils from air pollution Schools are being offered research-based advice to help protect their pupils from the effectives of air pollution.
Coronavirus: Mental health support for students and staff A number of mental health, wellbeing and anti-bullying charities have been given government funding to support school staff and students as the coronavirus lockdown begins to ease.
All Together: Free anti-bullying programme The All Together anti-bullying programme is free for schools in England and has just been extended until March 2021. Nicola Murray from the Anti-Bullying Alliance explains
