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Health and Wellbeing

The health and wellbeing of both pupils and staff is crucial to a successful and healthy school. We offer a range of best practice articles and case studies focusing on supporting staff wellbeing and morale as well as pupils' mental health, wellbeing and happiness.

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Primary school resources: March 2018

A round up of some of the resources and resource news from Headteacher Update's March 2018 edition...

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

Resources to help monitor pollution levels and protect pupils

More than 2,000 schools and nurseries are located within 150 metres of a road with illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide pollution.

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.

Self-funding children’s enterprise

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Healthy Tuck Shops and Stationery Shops in primary schools give children an opportunity to practise enterprise skills and to make a small profit.

Be Food Smart campaign offers resources for schools

As part of its Change4Life initiative, Public Health England has launched its new Be Food Smart campaign offering a range of free resources for primary schools.

Mental health toolkit launched

A toolkit to help schools face the challenges of mental health and wellbeing has been published by the National Children’s Bureau (NCB).

Anti-Bullying Week: Using your Power for Good

This year’s Anti-Bullying Week will be encouraging pupils to realise the power they often hold and to ensure they use it for good. Lauren Seager-Smith explains

Guidance and training video launched in bid to tackle bullying of young carers

New guidance and a training video have been released to support school staff when working with young carers.

At a glance: Latest primary resources

Pupil Premium best practice, a toolkit to help migrant families understand UK education, film resources and asthma training are among the latest free primary school resources to be released

Selected resources: From science to football and literacy

Among the resources featured in Headteacher Update in June were a literacy resource for the European football championships, a e-safety resource and computing CPD

The Crunch is here!

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The Crunch is a year of exciting activities, experiences and discussions about our food, our health and our planet.

Roadwise

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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

Equality: Making it happen

A guide has been published to help schools reduce and tackle prejudice.

Proud pupils inspire healthy eating

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Pupils Profit offers high-quality enterprise toolkits to groups of key stage 2 children, enabling them to set up their own business within the school. The business can be a healthy tuck shop or a stationery shop.

Tackling the biggest threat to our children

As we begin 2016, mental health must be recognised as the biggest danger to our young people’s wellbeing and a priority for us all, says Pete Henshaw

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

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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.

Meet Ofsted requirements for online safety

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The digital revolution is having a profound effect on us, and on our children. We’re constantly bombarded with new research about how screen time can bring down GCSE grades, how gaming can affect social skills, and how overexposure to certain websites could be damaging young people’s mental health.

Grants for families in crisis

The children's grant-giving organisation, Buttle UK, is offering families living in crisis access to grants of up to £300.

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