The National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has been awarded project funding from the Government to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic (HBT) bullying in schools. The Sex Education Forum and the Anti-Bullying Alliance, both based at NCB, have been granted funding from a £2m package of support created by the Department of …
Read More »Save the Children challenges children to “build a better world”
Save the Children is calling on UK schools to ‘build a better world’ with the launch of an exciting new fundraising initiative – ‘Den Day’. Launching on 29th May and running until 6th June, Save the Children’s Den Day invites schools to pick a date and hold a day of …
Read More »UK primary schools celebrate Chinese New Year with free education pack
Children across the UK have been marking Chinese New Year with the help of a free learning resource sent to every primary school in the country during January and February. Produced by the British Council and supported by HSBC, the ‘Year of the Sheep’ education pack introduces pupils to the …
Read More »Dickens replaces DVDs in the classroom
Gone are the days when teachers would book out a double lesson each term to show students the movie of the book. A new English e-Library developed by Cambridge University Press for AQA brings literary authors and non-fiction texts to life in the classroom through audio clips, video and interactive …
Read More »Red, White & Blue Day 2015 commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
In the summer of 1940, during WWII, nearly two million children were evacuated from their homes as war broke out and British and German airplanes fought overhead in the Battle of Britain. Next year marks the 75th anniversary of the battle and events throughout the country will be held to …
Read More »New Into Film CPD programme focuses on film to raise attainment
How can teachers best use film as a text to improve literacy? What are the benefits of filmmaking for young people and how can it be incorporated simply and practically into teaching and learning? Educators across the UK can now expand their skills by taking part in an innovative and …
Read More »Free Christmas giveaway of Avery’s Sticky Stuff for Schools range
Avery, the world’s largest manufacturer of customisable labels, is giving schools nationwide the chance to trial a number of products from its Sticky Stuff for Schools range for free. As part of the Ambassador Schools initiative, teachers will be sent an assortment of resources, which they can use to transform …
Read More »Teachers invited to tackle bullying through film
Research suggests that nearly 70 % of children in the UK have had some kind of bullying experience – yet bullying is a sensitive and complex subject which can be difficult to talk about. One way to tackle it is through the inclusive and accessible medium of film. To tie …
Read More »Revolutionary school improvement programmes hit secondary schools
Thanks to a £1m grant from The JJ Charitable Trust, The National Literacy Trust has today announced the launch of brand new school improvement programmes which take a revolutionary whole-school approach, aiming to improve secondary school attainment by changing school culture and embedding literacy throughout the curriculum. The National Literacy …
Read More »Disney to release ‘The Lion King’ for UK schools to perform
From January 2015, schools across the United Kingdom and Ireland will be able to perform their own productions of Disney’s award-winning musical The Lion King, when special versions of the show are released for licensing. These two versions, The Lion King KIDS and The Lion King JR will give pupils …
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