Mentally Healthy Schools website offers support for schools ?Mentally Healthy Schools is a website that brings together information, advice and resources to help primary schools understand and promote children’s mental health and wellbeing.
Supporting EAL pupils Two resources are published aimed at supporting pupils with English as an additional language (EAL). The first aimed at helping deaf pupils, the second aimed at the EYFS.
Online safety film competition The 10th Childnet Film Competition has been launched, encouraging young people aged seven to 18 to create a short film to educate their peers about staying safe online.
Building blocks National Schools Programme The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has launched its free National Schools Programme, a nationwide architectural learning initiative that partners schools with expert architects.
Healthy: Inside and Out A range of resources has been made available to help schools mark Children’s Mental Health Week, which takes place from February 4 to 10, 2019.
Wildflower offer from Kew Gardens Grow Wild, an outreach initiative of Kew Gardens, is asking schools to get involved in a campaign encouraging us all to grow wildflowers.
Government guidance: School trips & security The Department for Education has published guidance for schools focused on organising school trips and has also published draft guidance for consultation focused on dealing with security and emergency situations.
Into Film Festival 2018 This year’s Into Film Festival takes place from November 7 to 23 and schools can already book their free places. Sam Wilson introduces this year’s programme
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
The Great Science Share: Using curiosity to create classroom scientists The Wellcome Trust is working to support primary science teaching by making sure that teachers have the skills, knowledge and confidence to deliver stimulating and thought-provoking science lessons.
Arts and Minds 2018 ?UK schools are being invited to join the fight against racism, prejudice and hate by taking part in the annual Arts and Minds competition.
Online safety film competition Online safety charity Childnet International is challenging young people aged seven to 18 to create a short film to educate their peers about staying safe online.
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.
Heritage Schools Around 120,000 school children are to benefit from a £1.6 million investment to continue the Heritage Schools programme.
MFL Schemes of Work – Free trial Sponsored ?La Jolie Ronde’s award-winning key stage 2 Scheme of Work contains everything you need to help implement your policy for teaching a foreign language.
A very Healthy Enterprise: ‘Nothing has been as successful’ Sponsored Drive up “5-a-day” with a child-led healthy tuck shop. Healthy tuck shops are popping up nationwide, delivering far-reaching benefits.
Language scheme perfect for non-specialists Sponsored La Jolie Ronde’s acclaimed scheme of work contains everything you need to help plan and implement your policy for teaching a foreign language in one go.
Primary school resources: March 2018 A round up of some of the resources and resource news from Headteacher Update's March 2018 edition...
Symposium to share impact of Royal Shakespeare Company’s approach to teaching Shakespeare Sponsored New research from the University of Warwick shows that using the Royal Shakespeare Company’s approach to studying Shakespeare can significantly improve student language acquisition and skills – with some schools reporting better SATS and GCSE English scores as a result.
The ROGO index A new measure of children’s reading at age 11 has been launched alongside resources and research-based advice for schools and parents.
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
World’s largest chess competition Sponsored The Delancey UK Schools’ Chess Challenge has run every year for the last 22 years and has grown into the world’s largest chess competition
Key stage 2 enterprise initiatives Sponsored Give your key stage 2 pupils responsibility for a Healthy Tuck Shop or Stationery Shop and see how they thrive.
