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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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#HandsUp4HealthyMinds

To mark World Mental Health Day, Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England is launching a new set of free resources, designed to support young people aged 8 to 24.

Creating a therapeutic school: Classroom environments

In a new regular series for Headteacher Update, expert Shahana Knight will advise schools on supporting the emotional and mental health of children and staff, offering easy-to-implement and cost-effective activities. Here she focuses on the classroom environment and a useful whole-school idea

Resources to support PSHE and relationships education

From the Sex Education Forum to the PSHE Association and the NSPCC, there are a range of quality resources out there for low or no cost to help schools deliver effective PSHE and relationships education.?

RSE: Getting parents on board

Statutory relationships education is approaching and schools will want to have their parents’ support for the new-look curriculum. Lucy Emmerson advises

Air pollution

More than four in 10 children living in urban areas (43 per cent) are concerned about the levels of air pollution near their school, a survey has shown.

Free evidence and research download

Headteacher Update's Research Insights articles, published with the NFER, offer in-depth, evidence based advice, guidance and best practice covering a wide range of areas. The latest article focuses on the barriers to teacher recruitment and retention...

A very Healthy Enterprise: ‘Nothing has been as successful’

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Drive up “5-a-day” with a child-led healthy tuck shop. Healthy tuck shops are popping up nationwide, delivering far-reaching benefits.

Keeping Children Safe

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Safeguarding expert Sam Preston introduces SSS Learning's courses to support schools with their statutory obligations

Mental health charities merge

?Two mental health charities offering support for schools, children and families have merged.

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.

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