Curriculum design & delivery: Case studies & best practice From Covid-19 to curriculum diversity, Headteacher Update and SecEd's latest best practice event offers a range of advice, ideas and case studies to help schools design and deliver an effective curriculum.
Resources help pupils to better understand vaccination With routine childhood immunisations falling, a schools programme has been launched to enable children and families to make informed decisions about vaccinations.
School gardening resources support Covid-secure outdoor learning As increasing numbers of schools look to take learning outside during the pandemic, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has published a new series of gardening ideas, activities and resources.
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.
Vaccine myth-busting: Materials published for schools In a bid to tackle vaccine scepticism and misinformation among young people – much of which is spread via social media – learning materials have been made available to schools to help explain the Covid-19 vaccination programme.
Remote learning: Virtual school library opens A virtual school library has been launched in a bid to ensure access to books for pupils during the latest national lockdown.
#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
BBC Bitesize and Oak National Academy expand Covid support Both BBC Bitesize and the Oak National Academy are expanding the support they are offering to schools for remote education and lesson planning during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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...
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.
Safe home science experiments A “Science at Home” STEM education resource aimed at six to 12-year-olds has been launched.
Key stage 2: Environmental design challenge The final deadline in Headteacher Update's environmental design challenge for key stage 2 has been extended until August 7 to allow pupils to work up their entries during the summer holidays. 1 comment
Digital strategy in an age of remote learning A free guide to creating a digital strategy for your school has been updated and republished taking into account the new landscape of remote learning.
Around 10,000 curriculum video lessons offered to schools for free Around 10,000 lessons covering most of the national curriculum are to be created and recorded by the Oak National Academy and will be made freely available to schools next year.
From David Attenborough to Shakespeare: BBC unveils Bitesize plans for June and July The BBC has unveiled details of its educational programming for the second half of the summer term for pupils in years 1 to 10, including specific themed weeks.
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.
Reimagining teaching and learning: A blended approach The coronavirus lockdown has inspired a new blended approach to teaching and learning for the primary schools of the Unlimited Teaching School Alliance. Executive headteacher Andrew Truby has produced a short resource for other primary schools outlining some of the research and thinking behind ...
Mental health resources: Back to school National mental health and wellbeing charity Place2Be has published resources to help schools support pupils as they return from the Covid-19 lockdown.
Shakespeare-inspired crafts, activities, resources and lessons The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has launched a number of resources to support students learning from home during the lockdown.
Weekly puppet workshops until July 12 A series of puppetry workshops are being made available by the Beverley Puppet Festival, which is being held online this year amid the coronavirus lockdown.
Post-lockdown mental health resources A free online toolkit has been launched to help primary schools support the mental health of their pupils as they adjust to a new school environment post-lockdown.
SEND fund offers grants to support families during lockdown Low-income families with seriously ill or disabled children can access grants worth around £500 to cover the costs of educational and other equipment.
