Happily Ever Smarter: Resources, lessons plans, fundraising 27 April 2021 Pupils are being urged to take part in Happily Ever Smarter, a new campaign to help make going to school a reality for thousands of children living in some of the world’s poorest and most marginalised communities.
SecEd Online Conference: Curriculum Design & Delivery 26 April 2021 From Covid-19 to curriculum diversity, SecEd and Headteacher Update's latest best practice event offers a range of advice, ideas and case studies to help schools design and delivery an effective curriculum.
The SecEd Podcast: Best Education Podcast 2021 26 April 2021 The SecEd Podcast – which recently celebrated its one year anniversary – has been awarded the title of Best Education Podcast 2021.
School Diversity Week 2021: LGBT+ inclusive teaching resources 25 April 2021 A free toolkit of LGBT+ inclusive teaching resources, covering all key stages and curriculum areas, has been published.
#EduArtsFest: Schools urged to join a Twitter celebration of student creativity 20 April 2021 A one-day festival is aiming to showcase the role of the arts in our schools and is promising to “fill Twitter with paintings, drawings, poems, music, dance, and drama”.
Funding will see 1.3m healthy breakfasts delivered to children at risk of hunger 17 April 2021 A further 1.3 million healthy breakfasts will be given to school children by charity Magic Breakfast after it was awarded £450,000 from the People’s Postcode Lottery.
Hay Festival reveals online Schools Programme for 2021 6 April 2021 Pupils are being offered access to a range of online activities and workshops themed around literature, creativity and writing as part of this year’s Hay Festival Schools Programme.
Scholarships offered for Masters in Inclusive Educational Leadership 25 March 2021 Sponsored Heads of years, SENCOs, current and aspiring school leaders are being offered significant scholarships for the popular post-graduate (PgDip or Masters) in Inclusive Educational Leadership.
Resources help pupils to better understand vaccination 16 March 2021 With routine childhood immunisations falling, a schools programme has been launched to enable children and families to make informed decisions about vaccinations.
School gardening resources support Covid-secure outdoor learning 16 March 2021 As increasing numbers of schools look to take learning outside during the pandemic, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has published a new series of gardening ideas, activities and resources.
Video resources: Trainee teachers offered lesson design insights 16 March 2021 A series of support videos for trainee teachers has been launched by the Oak National Academy offering advice on designing and structuring lessons among other areas.
Equality, fairness and justice feature in Amnesty resources 9 March 2021 A series of lessons teaching students aged from five to 19 about equality, fairness and justice in the world has been launched by Amnesty International UK.
Edtech & Pedagogy: Inaugural online conference offers practical CPD 7 March 2021 SecEd's inaugural Edtech & Pedagogy online conference takes place next week, with a range of best practice advice, case studies and guidance on offer – including remote learning tips.
Curriculum-linked weather and climate resources 1 March 2021 Popular curriculum-linked resources focused on the weather and climate have been updated covering all key stages.
Toolkit helps schools to reduce the impact of poverty on children 23 February 2021 A resource to help teachers and school staff to tackle the impact of poverty on children’s learning has been created by two child poverty charities.
Vaccine myth-busting: Materials published for schools 16 February 2021 In a bid to tackle vaccine scepticism and misinformation among young people – much of which is spread via social media – learning materials have been made available to schools to help explain the Covid-19 vaccination programme.
Resources for LGBT History Month 8 February 2021 A range of free resources have been made available to help primary and secondary schools mark LGBT History Month this February.
Remote Education Hub offers advice on pedagogy and resources 26 January 2021 An online hub has launched to support teachers delivering remote education to pupils during Covid-19 lockdown.
Remote learning: Virtual school library opens 18 January 2021 A virtual school library has been launched in a bid to ensure access to books for pupils during the latest national lockdown.
Geography Education Online 18 January 2021 Geography Education Online (GEO) is a new website created by the Geographical Association specifically for GCSE and A level geography students.
Orchestras for All 18 January 2021 National music education charity Orchestras for All (OFA) is offering free access to its Modulo Programme for state secondary schools for the next year.
Science Museums offer a range of digital resources 13 January 2021 The Science Museum Group has made a range of digital resources available to support home education efforts.
Lockdown support for pupils with English as an additional language 13 January 2021 Schools are being reminded that learning loss during national lockdown is exacerbated for pupils with English as an additional language (EAL).
FlashyScience 5 January 2021 The free use of a virtual science experiment platform for schools has been extended until August by academics at the University of Sheffield.
Mathematics modelling challenge 5 January 2021 ?The world-renowned MathWorks Math Modelling Challenge is being expanded in 2021 to include students from England and Wales.
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