Anti-Bullying Week and United Against Bullying: Resources and support Are we allowing pupils to ‘reach out’ about bullying? Ahead of this year’s Anti-Bullying Week 2022, Martha Evans looks at resources and funded support to ensure this work is embedded in your schools all year round
Handling the stigma: Supporting pupils living with HIV Children and young people living with HIV still face stigma. How can we change attitudes and create HIV-friendly schools? Emily Hamblin advises
Wellbeing to numeracy: A selection of resources From wellbeing and counting to coding and swimming safety, Headteacher Update rounds up a number of free resources available now for primary schools
Classroom 200 offers free music, lesson plans and resources A new and free music resource aims to help teachers overcome a lack of time, budget and specialist knowledge when planning lessons.
An extra hour of play with the Big Breaktime The Big Breaktime will see schools and nurseries “down tools” on Friday, June 10, for an extra hour of play.
Real Love Rocks The Real Love Rocks resources support the teaching of difficult RSHE topics including consent, grooming, technology, bullying, pornography, sexual harassment, and appropriate and inappropriate relationships.
Schoolreaders volunteers offer free one-to-one reading sessions National charity Schoolreaders has launched its Race for Reading campaign to help raise funds to support its literacy work with primary school pupils.
Free webinar: Support families on the wrong side of the digital divide What can schools do to support families and pupils who find themselves on the wrong side of the digital divide? ?This is the subject for a free Headteacher Update webinar, which is due to take place at 4pm on Thursday, April 28.
Conference: Curriculum Excellence – Design, Delivery & Diversity Curriculum design, delivery and diversity will take centre stage at SecEd’s latest best practice conference, which offers a range of practical, advice-driven and evidence-led sessions.
1, 2, 3 Germ Free! Free hand-washing resources for schools A free initiative to help improve and promote hand-washing in children’s toilet spaces is offering a range of resources for schools.
Film resources to mark Earth Day 2022 An extensive programme of free films, documentaries and resources has been launched to help schools mark this year’s Earth Day on April 22.
Research review identifies factors of effective PE The factors that contribute to high-quality PE curriculum, assessment and pedagogy have been set out in Ofsted’s latest subject research review.
Schools urged to help fill rucksacks for the children of Ukraine A campaign to provide backpacks of books, toothbrushes, water bottles and other much-need items for the children of Ukraine is seeking support from schools.
Beachcomber launches environmental art challenge The story of Rob Arnold, a beachcomber, artist, and environmental activist, is being used to inspire pupils in a new art competition.
Resources to support classroom conversations about Ukraine A number of resources are available to help school staff talk to children and young people about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Active School Hero Award: Nominations open A nationwide campaign has been launched to recognise unsung primary school staff who have inspired pupils to take on physical activity during the pandemic.
Pupil Premium Best Practice: A week to go Headteacher Update's National Pupil Premium best practice conference – offering 18 sessions all of which will give practical strategies that can be adapted and adopted for your school’s circumstances – takes place in a week's time.
Walk to School Week 2022 ?Children are being encouraged to “walk for wellbeing” during this year’s Walk to School Week from May 16 to 20.
Safeguarding briefing: Changing facilities A new safeguarding briefing for schools outlines best practice on changing areas and the supervision of children who are getting ready for lessons such as PE and drama.
Book-drop programme to deliver 30,000 books to disadvantaged pupils Schools are invited to apply for free books for their disadvantaged pupils via the UK Reads book-drop. 1 comment
Where's Wally Weekender Children and their families are being urged to take to the streets dressed as Wally to help raise funds for the National Literacy Trust.
SpringBoard Maths Challenge The SpringBoard Maths Challenge is now open to all classes from year 1 to 6 and will run from March 1 to May 8, 2022.
English Heritage offers free school visits to historic sites English Heritage has relaunched its education programme in a bid to address the huge decline in school trips to heritage sites caused by the pandemic.
Kids Walk campaign to highlight road safety ?With six children killed or seriously injured on UK roads every day, a road safety campaign is aiming to raise awareness of safe spaces for children to walk in their communities.
Women's Euros 2022: Cross-curricular resources unveiled A programme of free cross-curricular resources has been published to inspire pupils ahead of this summer’s UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 tournament.
