Tackling fake news: The Happy News Project ?The Happy News Project – set up to tackle the scourge of fake news seen during the Covid-19 pandemic – has been made available free to all UK primary schools this year.
Writing competition: My Twist on a Tale A writing competition encouraging pupils to create tales based on their “everyday heroes” has been launched, with the winning entries set to be published in a book.
BBC launches live primary lessons for autumn term The BBC has unveiled a range of curriculum-based content, including live lessons, for the autumn term.
Literacy resources for parents and teachers Teachers and parents are being offered support for developing the literacy of those children most adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Computer Science & Barefoot Bytes A range of short and adaptable computing resources have been released for primary schools.
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.
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
Back to School Guide: Teaching & Learning In this 12-page 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...
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...
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.
PE and Sport Premium underspends can be rolled over to September Any PE and Sport Premium funding that went unspent by schools because of the coronavirus lockdown can be rolled over to the next academic year, it has been confirmed, but must be spent by March.
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.
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.
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.
Resources to inspire and support creative writing A range of free resources to support and inspire children’s writing has been published.
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.
Football maths and spelling resources prove a lockdown hit Free education resources supported by 110 professional football clubs have been downloaded more than 20,000 during the Covid-19 lockdown – and are still available.
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
Global environmental programme offers free resources A global environmental programme is connecting schools and students around the world while offering support and resources exploring animal-related issues.
Computing education: Learning resources and CPD An initiative to support home teaching and online CPD for the national computing curriculum has been unveiled.
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 ...
