Bereavement: Resources to help teachers support pupils

Charity Barnardo’s has published new resources for teachers to help them support children who are coping with bereavement.

The figure above is from before the Covid-19 pandemic. It is feared that many more children will now be affected by bereavement given that more than 165,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the UK.

Furthermore, Black people and men of Pakistani and Bangladeshi heritage are almost twice as likely to die from Covid-19 as White people, meaning children from these communities are more likely to experience loss.

The free resources about grief are available on the Barnardo’s Education Community website. They include an introductory worksheet which explores what grief is and a volcano-making activity that focuses on how grief impacts us. They also include some suggestions and advice about how to cope and who children can talk to when going back to school after someone special has died.