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Get your pupils involved in the National Thank a Teacher Day celebrations!

Join the whole of the UK in celebrating National Thank a Teacher Day on Wednesday 21st June. This day is dedicated to all the schools and colleges at the heart of our communities, from the teachers helping us make sense of the world to all the wonderful support staff keeping things running. There are heaps of ways […]

World Autism Awareness Day

World Autism Acceptance Week is back from 27 March to 2 April 2023. The theme for 2023 is colour. Have a look at the resources available on the website: https://www.autism.org.uk/get-involved/raise-money/world-autism-acceptance-week-2023 We love these quotes: “Autism is not a disorder. It is a different way of thinking and perceiving the world.” Dr. Temple Grandin ” Autism is a […]

World Mental Health Day 2022 toolkit

Toolkits of resources for primary and secondary/FE settings, full of World Mental Health Day activities for whole classes, small groups or individual pupils. https://mentallyhealthyschools.org.uk/resources/world-mental-health-day-2022-toolkit/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wmhd

World Mental Health day

NB: www.youngminds.org.uk Wear yellow on 10 October and donate to Young Minds this World Mental Health Day. Together we can create a brighter future for young people’s mental health. Sign up for free School fundraising packs: https://www.youngminds.org.uk/support-us/fundraising/sign-up-to-helloyellow/

Voice of the Child Toolkit

Practitioners working with children and young people have developed a set of engagement tools to capture the voice of the child or young person. These must not be used as assessment tools but can help to inform any assessments or plans. These tools are to: enable the child or young person to have a voice […]

Promote pupil participation

Participation is not a one-off, event-based undertaking or an end-in-itself but an overarching principle which builds a meaningful, effective and ongoing dialogue between children and staff. Children’s experience of participation is monitored and structural and systemic barriers are identified and tackled, for instance by challenging negative views which devalue children’s voices.For children and young people, […]