Check out this Refugee and Migrant Stories booklist
National Literacy Trust team from the Young Readers Programme have compiled this booklist that celebrates the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.
Teachers of children aged 5 to 12 (Key Stages 1 and 2, or P1 to P7) may find these titles especially useful when teaching empathy, supporting children's understanding of how conflict causes people to leave their homes. It may have particular relevance if your school community is welcoming new pupils impacted in this way.
As you will be aware, it is essential to be sensitive to lived experience and emotional responses in your classroom when approaching this theme.
Find here the related resources.
Child Safety Week
This week (6 June – 12 June) is Child Safety Week, an annual campaign run by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT).
According to CAPT, every day around 40 under-5s are rushed to hospital after choking or swallowing something dangerous. It can happen quickly and it can happen to anyone. With this in mind, we would like to share with you some useful resources regarding food safety and choking prevention.
The National Wellbeing Pilot
The National Wellbeing Pilot is designed to engage and enhance staff and pupil wellbeing and link underlying deep level factors such as school culture and behaviour policy with strategies that can remove stress and anxiety.
Schools who successfully complete the pilot will also receive the National Whole School Wellbeing Award.
Please find more here.
Healthy Eating Week
Healthy Eating Week British Nutrition Foundation’s 10th Healthy Eating Week takes place from 13 – 17 June 2022! Find out how to register and get involved. Pupils can also become food detectives learning about 5 a day and sugar. You can also share eating and drinking information and advice with parents/carers.
Find here more information about Healthy Eating Week
National Week of Play 2022
Protecting the planet through play
At a time when there is – rightly – a growing focus on the need to take urgent action to safeguard the future of our planet, what role can the early years sector play in helping young children to build a lifelong relationship with the natural world – and, importantly, how can we ensure that the concept of eco-sustainability is both meaningful and fun?
We believe that by helping children to understand and connect with the world they live in, those working with young children have a unique opportunity to embed new ways of thinking, rather than trying to change already-entrenched attitudes and habits, as is so often the case with adults.
That why this year’s Alliance National Week of Play, which will run from Monday 13 to Sunday 19 June, is focused specifically on eco-sustainability and how by opening children’s eyes to the awe and wonder of the world through play, we can support their growing understanding of how important it is to protect it.
Through a range of free resources, materials, blogs and activity ideas, the National Week of Play 2022 aims to encourage both early educators to take active steps to sow the seeds of sustainability, and nurture them, in every child.
All providers and parents are welcome to join this year’s event – whether already seasoned eco-warriors, or just starting out on their sustainability journey. Because even the smallest of steps can make a big difference – it’s taking that first step that’s important.
Find more here.