Things to consider :

using Sports Premium funding to support the needs of all pupils to decrease inactivity levels

National resources to encourage physical activity

• What works in schools and colleges to increase physical activity: a resource for head teachers, college principals, staff working in education settings, school nurses, directors of public health, county sports partnerships and wider partners. An overview of the evidence and local examples about what works in schools and colleges to increase levels of physical activity in children and young people

• Active mile briefings: provides information about the evidence on active mile initiatives, ideas for how to implement them and examples of practice. It recommends that schools deliver at least 30 minutes of the recommended daily 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity for children

• School Games: inspiring millions of young people across the country to take part in appropriate competitive school sport

• Physical activity guidelines for 5 to 18 year olds: Chief Medical Officer’s physical activity guidelines infographic for 5 to 18 year olds

• Physical activity in disabled children and disabled young people – evidence review and physical activity infographic: Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines on physical activity for disabled children and young people

• The Daily Mile: a simple and free initiative to encourage children to run, walk or jog for 15 minutes every day

healthy catering, using Sports Premium funding, water only schools, Daily Mile, active travel, Holiday Activity Fund support

National resources to encourage healthy eating

• NHS Food Scanner app schools materials: teaching resources to help pupils explore what is in their food and drink and swap unhealthy foods that are high in saturated fat, sugar and salt, to healthier choices as part of wider lessons on healthy eating. The app is free to download from the App Store and Google Play

• Healthy Steps – guidance for schools: guidance for schools to support delivering a whole school approach to healthy eating and supporting families

• Standards for school food in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk): guidance on the standards for planning and providing food in schools

• School food standards: resources for schools - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk): resources to help schools plan and provide healthy food in schools

• Creating a culture and ethos of healthy eating: supporting pupils to gain knowledge of how to keep themselves healthy and making informed choices about healthy eating and fitness 

• Free school meals: guidance for schools and local authorities: guidance for schools and local authorities about providing school meals including information on free school meal eligibility 

• The Eatwell Guide: a visual tool which summarises government recommendations on eating healthily and achieving a balanced diet. The Eatwell Guide image and Eatwell Guide booklet are included in the list of resources

• Let’s Get Cooking: a hub of information about providing healthy children’s food offering 15 training courses for schools and caterers related to improving food for children

• School Food Policy | Connects-food: a resource to support primary schools develop their whole school approach to food 

School Nursing Service | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

1. School Nurse - Parents Leaflet (PDF printable resource)

2. School Nurse - service information for young people (PDF printable resource)

Healthy School Environments - Guidance for Governors

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-food-standards-resources-for-schools/school-food-guidance-for-governors

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JWer5IlU_mT9lZS9Byg3mCPiE5wLrloV/edit

School Zone

School Zone website offers curriculum-linked, PSHE Association-accredited resources and inspiration for teachers, from our Better Health resources on nutrition and physical activity for primary teachers to our Every Mind Matters mental health and wellbeing resources and lesson plans for secondary and Year 6 teachers.

Our flexible and easy-to-use resources are created by teachers and include ideas and activities to help you teach a range of topics in KS1 through to KS4. 

• Guidance on promoting children and young people's mental health and wellbeing: guidance on the eight principles of a whole school or college approach to promoting mental health and wellbeing 

• Teaching about mental wellbeing: practical materials for primary and secondary schools to use to train staff about teaching mental wellbeing.

• PSHE resource library, including lesson plans and assessment tools to help develop the PSHE curriculum

• Better Health School Zone: offers teaching resources for key stages 1,2,3 and 4 to support the relationships, sex and health education curriculum and enable teachers to support the wellbeing of students 

• MindEd: is a free educational resource on children and young people’s mental health for all adults. It includes content curated specifically for school settings for education staff to support and promote children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing

• School Zone dental resources: developed for Better Health, the new KS1 and KS2 dental lesson plans are the first in a series of Better Health school resources to help pupils and their families learn about healthier eating habits

• Improving oral health: supervised tooth brushing programme toolkit - A toolkit to support commissioning of supervised tooth brushing programmes in schools

• e-Bug lesson plans on oral hygiene for key stage 1

• e-Bug lesson plans on oral hygiene for key stage 2

  
  

The Dental Outreach Team in Hackney is an NHS service focused on prevention and education. The team aims to reduce the tooth decay rate in Hackney - 27% of five year olds have tooth decay in Hackney and this figure is higher than the national average of 25%. 

The good news is tooth decay is preventable. 

The team offers the following services across the borough:

• The NEW Tooth Friendly Nursery Scheme 2023 - Fast Track to Gold

• The fluoride varnish programme (school-based)

• The Supervised Toothbrushing Programme for SEND schools (school-based)

• Train the Trainer Sessions

• Oral Health Champion Training

• Engagement and information sessions

Every day can be a fresh start. Yes, "today" can be the perfect day to make a change in your life by stopping smoking, for yourself and your family. Yesterday’s struggles or past quit attempts don’t matter—what matters is today.

Gloji | Smokefree City & Hackney is the local stop smoking service for adults and children (12+ years) who live, work, study or have a GP in Hackney or in the City of London.

You can choose to be supported over the phone or in person at a range of key community locations, primary care practices, and a wide range of local pharmacies.

We offer

• 12 weeks of support to help you quit, with your own dedicated stop smoking advisor;

• FREE direct supply NRT (combination) or Vapes for the first 12 weeks of quitting;

• Unlimited online gym pass.

You have the power to decide when to make changes in your life. When you're ready to quit smoking, come and talk to us.

• To access the service You can contact Smokefree City & Hackney by calling 0800 054 1190 or emailing cityandhackney@gloji.co.uk or tt1.smokefreecityandhackney@nhs.net to find out more and book an appointment;

• or speak to your GP practice for more details and a referral.

• Visit our website for more info https://www.smokefreecityandhackney.org

The Asthma Friendly Schools programme sets out clear, effective partnership arrangements between health, education and local authorities for managing children and young people with asthma at primary and secondary schools. This short film describes why schools should become asthma friendly and how the London Schools Guide and this Asthma Toolkit can help.

Becoming an Asthma Friendly School means that schools will have the following in place:

1. Register of all children and young people with asthma.

2. Management plan for each child. (note: a school wide emergency asthma plan is a viable alternative to an individual school asthma plan. See these slides from the school nursing team at Newham for more information.)

3. Named individual responsible for asthma in each school.

4. Policy for inhaler techniques and care of the children and young people with asthma.

5. Policy regarding emergency treatment.

6. System for identifying children who are missing school because of their asthma or who are not partaking in sports or other activities due to poor control.

This guide enables schools to manage children and young people with asthma effectively in the pre-school, early years, primary and secondary school setting. It includes templates and checklists to practically support schools to become asthma friendly.

• Download the schools guide

• Download the Supply of Salbutamol Inhalers to Schools Pharmacy Guide

Summer can be a welcome chance to rest and reset. For many, it’s an opportunity to slow down, reconnect with ourselves and the things we enjoy. But the holidays don’t feel relaxing for everyone.

Some education staff may find it hard to fully switch off, with September already on their minds. For young people, the change in routine, time away from friends and uncertainty about what’s next can be unsettling.

That’s why looking after our mental health over the summer matters. The break offers space to pause and recharge, but also to build habits that support wellbeing in the long term.

This toolkit contains activities, teaching materials and guidance to help support and boost mental wellbeing over the summer and beyond.
 
It is divided into resources to use with pupils and staff.

The new guidance places 'pupil engagement' top of a list of guiding principles, with parent engagement and transparency, 'positivity', and relevance also featuring. 

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One-day SEND specialist relationships and sex education (RSE) course is for PSHE leads, SENCO, teaching staff and members of the senior leadership team in special schools, supporting learners with additional and unique learning needs. 

This foundation course gives RSE leads and delivering teachers the opportunity to explore the requirements of the statutory RSHE guidance in respect of learners with additional needs, and to  address values and attitudes towards RSE in the SEND learning environment. 

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• Health assessments

• Supporting children with disabilities or additional health needs whether in a special or a mainstream school environment

• Safeguarding children

• pain

• infections

• difficulties with eating, sleeping and socialising

• time off school for dental treatment

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) report Time to solve childhood obesity shows that children who are a higher weight for their age and sex are more likely to develop a variety of illnesses in childhood and later life, such as:

• high blood pressure

• high cholesterol

• increased risk of type 2 diabetes

• breathing difficulties

• dental caries (tooth decay, often called cavities)

• bone and joint problems

The Young Hackney Substance Misuse Service is open to anyone aged under 25. It’s free and completely confidential. We can give you advice and support if you’re worried about your own substance use, or if you’re worried that a friend or family member has a problem with drugs or alcohol.

If you, a friend or a family member is thinking of quitting or cutting down we would like to help.

GET IN TOUCH

We aim to give you the facts about drugs and alcohol – the highs as well as the lows, which means you can make your own choices.

targeted, evidence-based and prevention-

focused educational interventions that

build on the knowledge, self-esteem and

resilience of young people to enable them

to lead healthier and safer lives, both now

and in the future. The team is comprised

of professionals from a variety of

backgrounds, such as youth work and

counselling, and experience in working

with young people in sexual health,

community and educational settings.

We deliver free Relationship & Sex (RSE)

and Personal Social, Health & Economic

(PSHE) workshops for young people aged

5-19 (up to 25 with additional needs). We

work in all schools, further education

colleges, youth clubs, alternative

education providers and through ad-hoc

outreach at relevant events. We use a

combination of visual/ auditory teaching,

videos and discussion exercises, whereby

young people are encouraged to reflect,

draw their own conclusions and come up

with their own questions and ways of

thinking about the subject at hand.

Lessons are designed to be as interactive

as possible and allow participants to

explore their attitudes, knowledge and

skills, but remain culturally appropriate

for young people of global majority

heritage and/or disadvantaged

communities.

In this guide, you're going to find out what racism is, where it comes from and what you can do if you see or suffer from racism.

Recent events   have led many parents and teachers to seek out resources to address issues of race and inequality with young children. We share with you here an excerpt from the book Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves. The book offers practical guidance to early childhood educators (including parents) for confronting barriers of prejudice, misinformation, and bias about specific aspects of personal and social identity; most importantly, it includes tips for adults and children to respect each other, themselves, and all people. Read more about anti-bias education. Also, see the Movement for Black Lives platform and Teaching Black Lives Matter.

Disabled children and young people face barriers in many areas of life. These barriers could be:

• Physical, like not having enough accessible toilets or changing rooms.

• Environmental, like places that are too noisy or have bright lights.

How people treat disabled people can also be a problem. Some people make unfair assumptions (something that they accepted as true without question or proof) about what disabled children and young people can and cannot do, which can hold them back.

This short video made by Shape Arts explains more about The Social Model of Disability. 

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In Hackney, we want all students and staff in our schools and settings to understand disability history and rights. This helps every child and young person feel that they belong. While we can reflect on this all year-round, UK Disability History Month (UKDHM) offers us all a good annual opportunity to focus our ongoing efforts.

In 2023, we offered FREE training to Hackney's schools to help them learn about and celebrate disability history and rights. This was to support the planning and delivery of activities for staff and students during UKDHM or other efforts to work towards disability equality. 

• Vapes are generally not permitted within school – ensure that you are aware of school policy surrounding vaping.

• Vapes are recommended for people who wish to stop smoking, not for young people.

The law

• These products are intended for adults only.

• Vapes are not recommended for non-smokers.

• The legal age to buy vapes in the UK is 18 years old. The law which made it illegal to sell e-cigarettes or vape juice to anyone under 18 came into force on 1 October 2015. Anyone under the age of 18 cannot legally purchase any vaping equipment, including liquids and devices, therefore should not be able to vape before this age.

Health implications

• What we do not know is just as important as what we do know… Vaping contains unregulated chemicals whose long term effects are unknown.

• Breathing in anything may have side effects.

• Vaping contains nicotine which can have some negative effects on brain development in young people.

• Nicotine is addictive as it affects the “rewarding part of the brain,” and can cause negative implications such as financial and health issues.

Side effects

• It can make you feel irritable, restless and lose concentration

• Coughing

• Dry mouth

• Shortness of breath

• Mouth and throat irritation

• Headaches

If you would like support with cutting down or quitting vaping, we would like to help. The Young Hackney Substance Misuse Service is open to anyone aged under 25. It’s free and confidential. We can give you advice and support if you’re worried about your own usage of vapes, or if you’re worried that a friend or family member has a problem with vaping.

We’re helping schools on their journey to zero carbon by 2030. Let’s Go Zero supports schools, colleges and nurseries in cutting their carbon, becoming better places to work, learn and play.

Our support is free, friendly and tailored to the needs of individual schools. There’s help to develop a climate action plan – now a must for all schools – and support to access funding for green projects, from solar panels to uniform swap-shops. And our Climate Action Advisors are on-hand with practical solutions and ideas.  

Do you want your school to enjoy lower energy bills, better buildings, thriving outdoor spaces and planet-friendly food? Then join Let’s Go Zero.

Senior staff can register their school for support today. Other teachers and parents can get help inspiring their school leaders to join, and discover engaging climate resources and activities. Your sign-up has a wider impact too – amplifying our call for politicians to transform schools.

ProVeg has received the United Nations’ Momentum for Change Award and works closely with key UN food and environment agencies. We have observer status with the UNFCCC, the IPCC, and the CBD, special consultative status with ECOSOC, and are accredited for UNEA.

At The Resilience Project, we’ve made and collected resources that will help with navigating difficult climate emotions.

Whether you’re looking for yourself, or for conversation aids in the workplace or at school—we’ve got materials for you.

A confession: climate anxiety or its sister, climate doom, hits me roughly once a fortnight. It starts with a jittery sense that knots my stomach. Then it winds upwards, wrapping my heart tight, curdling my throat and setting my mind racing. After enough times, knotty sensations and thinking wear you down, no matter what sets it off. I can chalk up this year’s anguish to working in environmental campaigning. But fear and frustration about the climate crisis were visitors before then – and not only for me.

Most of us feel some worry about the climate crisis. 84% of young people worldwide say they feel worried about climate change. The 2021 census reports that 75% of adults in Britain are worried about the impact of climate change.

It’s not surprising that we’re feeling distressed. The climate crisis poses a huge threat to life and those with power seem slow to act. For people facing the impacts already, the climate crisis is here and now. Fear, sadness and anger are natural emotional responses. But they can make you feel isolated and powerless. Climate anxiety may overwhelm us and stop us from doing something that can help: taking action together.

Releasing the grip of climate anxiety isn’t always easy. Finding what works for you might take some trial and error. To get us going, I asked Greenpeace staff for tips and resources for managing climate anxiety.

When a young person loses control of a nude image of themselves, it can be very distressing. It's important that young people don't feel judged when this happens and you should reassure them that they haven’t done anything wrong. You should also follow your organisation’s child protection procedures.

You can also help a young person aged under 18 to use the Report Remove tool to see if the image or video can be taken down, and Childline can provide further support. Find out more in our video below. 

> Learn more about how to respond appropriately to incidents of sexting

All the workshops are run by school food experts. This includes award-winning chefs and qualified nutritionists.

They can hold individual workshops or training days for your team.

This GLA toolkit contains information, a template policy and letter to parents and case studies to inspire your school to become a water only school

Achieving high levels of immunity against vaccine preventable diseases is vital to reduce the spread of infection and prevent outbreaks. High levels of immunity can result in herd immunity, whereby the protection from immunisation programmes extends to individuals who cannot be vaccinated for a number of reasons.

Evidence shows that delivering immunisations in schools reduces health disparities by making access to vaccines easier for all, for example parents don’t need to take time off work to book immunisation appointments and children who are not registered with a GP are included.

The offer of the adolescent vaccines in school is an important opportunity to check that children are up to date with all their routine immunisations and to ensure they are caught up.

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​We are running catch up clinics in your area. See below for the dates and locations of the clinics.

Gloji | Smokefree City & Hackney is the local stop smoking service for adults and children (12+ years) who live, work, study or have a GP in Hackney or in the City of London. We offer 12 weeks of support to help you quit, with your own dedicated stop smoking advisor and easy access to stop smoking medication. You can choose to be supported over the phone or in person.

You can contact Smokefree City & Hackney by calling 0800 046 9946 or emailing cityandhackney@gloji.co.uk.

The PE and sport premium defines the £320 million of government funding provided to primary schools to support them with making sustainable improvements to the quality of the PE, physical activity and sport offered through their core budgets.

About the PE and sport premium

Into its eleventh year, the Primary PE and Sport Premium supports schools to ensure equal access, support all pupils to be active for 60 minutes a day and ensure the delivery of two hours of quality PE for all pupils.

Premium funding should be used to achieve at least one of the following:

• Making additional and sustainable improvements to the PE, sport and physical activity they provide

• Providing or improving equal access to sport for boys and girls

• Ensuring teachers have relevant skills and knowledge to confidently teach PE in a structured way, prioritising continued professional development and training where needed.

You can read the full guidance, including examples of how to and how not to spend your premium, on the DfE website.

School governor’s play a crucial role in ensuring accountability and effective use of the funding specific to the context of their school. The Department for Education (DfE) and the Local Government Association (LGA), have created a monitoring tool which sets out areas of focus for governing boards evaluating PE and sport premium spending decisions. You can find it here.

The Youth Sport Trust equips educators and empowers young people to create a future where every child enjoys the life-changing benefits of play and sport. We do this by...

This might be through organised after school activities or a programme organised by a local sporting club or association. Sometimes sporting activity is used as a means to encourage young people to engage in additional learning activities, such as football training at a local football club combined with study skills, ICT, literacy, or mathematics lessons.

Physical activity has important benefits in terms of health, wellbeing and physical development. These benefits have important value in themselves, however, this Toolkit entry focuses on the benefits of physical activity for core academic attainment particularly literacy and mathematics.

Here we’ll explain the ways we can help you to encourage more people to take part in and enjoy sport and physical activity.

Our research shows that many people are finding it tough to stay physically active under coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions, yet there is growing evidence it’s more important now than ever for both employee and business health.

As set out in the updated School Sport and Activity Action Plan published last year, which delivered on promises made by the Prime Minister and Education Secretary to the Lionesses, the guidance will support schools to offer equal sporting opportunities for girls and boys, alongside a minimum of 2 hours of PE per week, helping to build a brighter future for our children.

From our fun 10 Minute Shake Up games to information about active hobbies and sports, here's everything you need to get your family moving!

• Get support from the top! Discuss with school administrators the idea of inviting parents to physical education class. Talk about the benefits of having parents observe the classroom, and decide what key points you want to share with parents.

• Choose when to invite parents. Will you pick a typical week or choose a special national observance like Every Kid Healthy Week, Take Your Parent to PE Week, or National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.

• Collaborate with your parent group and classroom teachers to increase involvement.

• Let your administrators and office staff know when parents are coming to school so they can anticipate extra visitors.

• During PE class, provide information about how:

• The curriculum aims to support children achieve and maintain a healthy, physically active lifestyle.

  • Daily physical education teaches skills and concepts, develops fitness, helps students assess their fitness status and develop strategies to improve skills and knowledge for gaining and maintaining personal health-related fitness.

  • The curriculum uses technology, various movement forms, and a variety of fitness activities to help students develop their skills and knowledge.

  • The PE supports the school’s Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP).

  • Parents can help students continue to build their fitness skills at home. Sixty minutes per day of physical activity is the goal for kids (30 minutes per day for adults).

• aerobic exercise

• exercises to strengthen their muscles and bones

Children and young people aged 5 to 18 should:

• aim for an average of at least 60 minutes of moderate or vigorous intensity physical activity a day across the week

• take part in a variety of types and intensities of physical activity across the week to develop movement skills, muscles and bones

• reduce the time spent sitting or lying down and break up long periods of not moving with some activity. Aim to spread activity throughout the day

This might be through organised after school activities or a programme organised by a local sporting club or association. Sometimes sporting activity is used as a means to encourage young people to engage in additional learning activities, such as football training at a local football club combined with study skills, ICT, literacy, or mathematics lessons.

Physical activity has important benefits in terms of health, wellbeing and physical development. These benefits have important value in themselves, however, this Toolkit entry focuses on the benefits of physical activity for core academic attainment particularly literacy and mathematics.

We offer free, confidential bereavement support for individuals, couples, children, young people, and families, by telephone, video or instant messenger, wherever you live in the UK. We also offer face-to-face support from a number of locations.

This short video won't take that pain away, but it does have some ideas based on what other young people have said, that might help you through it.

Below the video we've included links to some charities who offer a range of support for young people who may be grieving.  You can look at each organisation, read their advice and contact them direct if you would like someone to talk to or need support.

Parents should be encouraged to share their asthma action plan with their child’s school and any activity clubs that they regularly attend.

RightBreathe has videos on how to use different inhalers

The UK Inhaler Group (UKIG) has developed a set of standards and competencies for healthcare practitioners to enable them to work with patients to optimise technique and maximise the benefit of the medication.

The children, young people and families section of the London asthma toolkit also has information on inhalers. 

Asthma Reviews

Asthma reviews should be undertaken annually and after every asthma attack. Reviews after an asthma attack are referred to as 48 hour reviews and often take place in primary or community care. Doing a thorough asthma review takes at least 20 minutes and should be a combination of clinical assessment and patient education. The child’s personal asthma action plan should be reviewed with the child and family so that they understand what steps should be taken for their self management and inhaler technique should be visually checked. It is important to conclude if it is asthma, if it is controlled and do I need to change management through asking the right questions and following the steps included in asthma review templates.

The health effects of air pollution on asthma are described in this webinar and associated slides, recorded as part of the #AskAboutAsthma campaign in 2023.

Understanding the geographical disparities is key if the current Government is to meet its manifesto commitments of raising the healthiest generation of children ever, halving the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest, reducing child poverty and ending the need for food banks.

This visualisation highlights areas where progress has been made, as well as areas of concern, empowering policymakers, with evidence to target intervention where it is needed most.

Explore how your constituency compares on key metrics including child poverty, dental health, diabetes, fast food outlet density, food insecurity, life expectancy and childhood obesity.

To zoom in on a map, hold the Ctrl key and scroll. Click and drag to move around.

More information about the metrics and methodology can be found in the technical annex

Download our free Talk PANTS resources, teaching children the Underwear Rule to help keep them safe from abuse.

We've developed:

• lesson plans

• slide presentations, and

• classroom activities

with the PSHE Association to help schools and nurseries talk PANTS with children, without ever using scary words or even mentioning sex.

The Quality Mark is awarded exclusively to resources that meet the PSHE Association’s best practice principles for safe and effective PSHE education.

You will also find resources for children with SEND, early years settings, working with diverse groups and links to the relevant curriculum areas in each of the four nations. 

The page provides information on our programmes of work and the different ways we can provide support.

targeted, evidence-based and prevention focused educational interventions that

build on the knowledge, self-esteem and

resilience of young people to enable them

to lead healthier and safer lives, both now

and in the future. The team is comprised

of professionals from a variety of

backgrounds, such as youth work and

counselling, and experience in working

with young people in sexual health,

community and educational settings.

We deliver free Relationship, Sex & Health

Education (RSHE) and Personal Social,

Health & Economic (PSHE) workshops for

young people aged 5-19 (up to 25 with

additional needs). We work in all schools,

further education colleges, youth clubs,

alternative education providers and

through ad-hoc outreach at relevant

events. We use a combination of visual/

auditory teaching, videos and discussion

exercises, whereby young people are

encouraged to reflect, draw their own

conclusions and come up with their own

questions and ways of thinking about the

subject at hand. Lessons are designed to

be as interactive as possible and allow

participants to explore their attitudes,

knowledge and skills, but remain

culturally appropriate for young people of

global majority heritage and/or

marginalised communities.

Monday 06 July - Sunday 12 July 2026

We know how important it is to plan ahead – so early registration is now open!

Whether you’re a returning school or organisation, or joining us for the first time, by registering early you’ll:

• Be the first to hear the 2026 campaign theme and receive regular updates

• Get free, downloadable planning resources and tools in 2026

• Access exclusive prize opportunities

• Join thousands of others championing the power of PE, sport and play.

Let’s move, play and celebrate together again in 2026!

For schools in Scotland:

We know our 2026 dates fall after your summer break - but we’d still love you to take part! You can get involved anytime that works for you during the summer term. Sign up to unlock all the free resources and initiatives, and remember to tag us in your activities so we can celebrate with you.

Sign up free of charge to access our films, lesson plans, assembly packs, self-assessment checklist and first aid advice and more. Allergy School resources: Help children with food allergies feel empowered, included and protected.

Welcome to My Body Is My Body (MBIMB) – Safeguarding Children Worldwide.
A free internationally acclaimed, award-winning musical body safety programme, MBIMB empowers children to protect themselves.
Trusted in 60+ countries and available in 30 languages.

Find out how we can help you teach excellent RSE

Our programme teaches children about the food they eat: where it comes from, how it is made, and its impact on our health and the planet.

Part 1: Martin Skingley, Education Manager at ProVeg UK, explains what our Canteen to Classroom programme is, how it started, and what you can expect.

In part 2, we'll chat through the subjects and key topics covered in the 24 lesson plans, available from Early Years Foundations up to Key Stage 2.

Through the School Plates initiative, ProVeg UK supports schools, local authorities and caterers to make simple and easy to implement menu changes that are proven to increase the uptake of meat-free meals. These changes can help reduce carbon footprints and encourage more sustainable choices thereby achieving three key goals – to improve children’s health, to save money and protect the planet!

The brand new Canteen to Classroom programme aims to bridge the gap between changes happening in the canteen and learning in the classroom. Twenty-four lesson plans and resources support educators to teach children about the food they eat: where it comes from, how it is made, and its impact on our health and the planet.

The lesson plans cover topics such as climate change and how food on our plate is connected to the world around us, eating a rainbow of foods, and where our food comes from.

We are commissioned by the London Borough of Hackney and the City of London to provide school-based health services to children and young people attending state-maintained schools from reception to leaving school in the area. We offer the following:

• Health assessments

• Supporting children with disabilities or additional health needs whether in a special or a mainstream school environment

• Safeguarding children

Confidentiality
No information in your child’s school health record will be disclosed without your permission. Where necessary, consent will be sought from parents and carers before any referrals are made.

SBHS school referral form

Looking after children's wellbeing 

Your pupils might be worried or upset about recent news stories. Here are our resources and guidance to help you look after their wellbeing in the face of upsetting news stories. 

Watch our training: Talking about the news and looking after children's wellbeing, presented with the PSHE Association. 

• Lesson plan (PSHE Education): How news affects feelings (LKS2)

• Lesson plan (PSHE Education): Managing feelings about the news (UKS2) 

• Guidance: developing a safe climate for talking about the news 

There will be lots of rumours circulating in the wake of recent news. Our lesson plans on spotting fake news help children understand how to spot mis and disinformation and separate facts from opinion and rumour: 

• Lesson plan: fake or real news (LKS2) 

• Lesson plan: spotting fake news (UKS2)

• Lesson plan: identifying the difference between fact and opinion (UKS2) 

Remember, the most effective strategy (for children and adults) might be stepping away from the news and doing something different.

Your pupils might be worried or upset about recent news stories. Here are our resources and guidance to help you look after their wellbeing in the face of upsetting news stories. 

Watch our training: Talking about the news and looking after children's wellbeing, presented with the PSHE Association. 

• Lesson plan (PSHE Education): How news affects feelings (LKS2)

• Lesson plan (PSHE Education): Managing feelings about the news (UKS2) 

• Guidance: developing a safe climate for talking about the news 

There will be lots of rumours circulating in the wake of recent news. Our lesson plans on spotting fake news help children understand how to spot mis and disinformation and separate facts from opinion and rumour: 

• Lesson plan: fake or real news (LKS2) 

• Lesson plan: spotting fake news (UKS2)

• Lesson plan: identifying the difference between fact and opinion (UKS2) 

Remember, the most effective strategy (for children and adults) might be stepping away from the news and doing something different.

Your pupils might be worried or upset about recent news stories. Here are our resources and guidance to help you look after their wellbeing in the face of upsetting news stories. 

Watch our training: Talking about the news and looking after children's wellbeing, presented with the PSHE Association. 

• Lesson plan (PSHE Education): How news affects feelings (LKS2)

• Lesson plan (PSHE Education): Managing feelings about the news (UKS2) 

• Guidance: developing a safe climate for talking about the news 

There will be lots of rumours circulating in the wake of recent news. Our lesson plans on spotting fake news help children understand how to spot mis and disinformation and separate facts from opinion and rumour: 

• Lesson plan: fake or real news (LKS2) 

• Lesson plan: spotting fake news (UKS2)

• Lesson plan: identifying the difference between fact and opinion (UKS2) 

Remember, the most effective strategy (for children and adults) might be stepping away from the news and doing something different.

Firstly be clear that the parts of their body covered by their underwear are private and belong to them.

Now it is essential to explain to children that there may be times that parents or carers may have to touch their private parts, for example:-

a) When they are very young, parents or carers will have to bathe them, but as they get older, they will learn how to bathe themselves.

b) Parents or carers may have to apply medicine to their private parts if the child is sick or sore. Make sure they know that this is something only parents or carers would do and if it makes them feel uncomfortable, they can always be shown how to apply the medicine themselves.

c) A doctor may have to touch their private parts if they are sick or sore, but that Mommy, Daddy or carer would always be with them if the doctor had to touch them there. There is no other time that anyone should be touching their private parts. The most important thing is that the children know it is ok to say “NO” if someone makes them feel uncomfortable or tries to make them do things they know are wrong. Empower children by letting them know their bodies belong to them. There is no need to go into any further sexual or abuse details with young children.

Most sexual abuse occurs either within the extended family or by someone the child knows and trusts. It is very damaging to a child when this trust is broken. They need to know they have someone safe to go to for help and someone who will listen to them and believe them.

Welcome to My Body Is My Body (MBIMB) – Safeguarding Children Worldwide.
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About 10x10

The Hackney 10x10 Programme is a new initiative to support every child in Hackney to achieve 10 amazing activities by the time they are 10 years old.

• Engage in exercise

• Have a musical experience

• Learn to swim

• Take part in drama and performing arts

• Visit the seaside and the countryside

• Experience museums, theatres, galleries and heritage sites

• Take part in camping trips and overnight residentials 

• Learn to ride a bike 

• Take part in debating

• Use a library

Our ambition is for the 10x10 programme to help children develop new skills, find new opportunities, discover new places and interests which will support them to develop a strong sense of identity and to feel a valued part of Hackney.

This is for you if you work, volunteer or are studying to work with infants, children, teenagers or adults. MindEd has elearning applicable across the health, social care, education, criminal justice and community settings. It is aimed at anyone from beginner through to specialist. View our Session Brochure to see our full catalogue of elearning sessions.

The MindEd Tips and Resources Hub offers quick access learning for professionals working across health and education settings. The Tips and Resources Hub features accessible tips and resources for professionals on feeding problems and eating disorders, top tips for education staff, and wellbeing tips for blue light service staff . The hub also provides coronavirus staff resilience tips, created to support frontline staff working through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Scroll down to find out more and to download the resources.

Scroll down for more information and to download resources.

First set up in 2007, our first 5,000 clubs were created in schools and – supported with Big Lottery funding – reached more than three million people.

We support all of these Let’s Get Cooking clubs by offering recipes, advice, expert training and practical resources.

Growing healthily and maintaining a healthy weight throughout childhood is important for physical, social and mental wellbeing and readiness to learn. It also lays a foundation for future wellbeing, learning and employment.^, Oral health is also an important part of a child’s general health and wellbeing and contributes to the development of a healthy child as well as school readiness. Children who have tooth decay may have pain, infections, difficulties with eating, sleeping and socialising and may require time off school for dental treatment. Diets lower in sugar can prevent both tooth decay and obesity. Children and young people may themselves recognise the benefits of being a healthy weight and having healthy teeth with some already identifying that they need help to make healthier choices to stay healthy, happy and well.

Schools teach pupils about the importance of good nutrition and being physically fit and healthy to maintain their mental health and wellbeing as well as the benefits of having healthy teeth and gums, this is a statutory requirement through relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education. The Ofsted Inspection Framework (2023) includes a judgement on the personal development of learners which includes evaluating the extent to which the curriculum and the provider’s wider network helps learners to know how to keep physically and mentally healthy.^,

Menstrual justice is a rights-based, intersectional approach that seeks to:​

• Dismantle systemic barriers

• Challenge discriminatory social constructs

• Address structural inequities ​related to menstruation

It is aimed at health and social care professionals and any with a role in reducing the harm extended periods of hot weather can have on health. The service covers England only.

categories of physical climate change

adaptation and resilience measures

relevant to schools in London, which

can help to address the three main

climate change impacts and risks of

overheating, flooding and water

scarcity.

Well, great news – you can. All through our School Plates Programme.

Join over 1,500 schools in London today and be part of the solution.

The scheme of work is fully funded for primary schools, all we ask is that you watch the short teacher training video first to get you started.

It provides resources for primary schools, home educators and practitioners in alternative provisions to help children aged 5 to 11 years understand:

• abuse in all its forms and how to recognise the signs of abuse

• that abuse is never a child’s fault and they have the right to be safe

• where to get help and the sources of help available to them, including Childline.

It provides resources for primary schools, home educators and practitioners in alternative provisions to help children aged 5 to 11 years understand:

• abuse in all its forms and how to recognise the signs of abuse

• that abuse is never a child’s fault and they have the right to be safe

• where to get help and the sources of help available to them, including Childline.

Make a report to one of CEOP's Child Protection Advisors

Safeguarding in schools is essential for keeping children safe.

It means having:

• whole-school policies and procedures

• staff and volunteers confident in identifying and raising concerns

• leadership confident in responding to and referring concerns and working with other agencies to protect children

• teaching resources to promote wellbeing.

Use our training and resources to help you keep your pupils safe.

This Is My Place

Deliver a meaningful and age appropriate Children’s Mental Health Week assembly with confidence using the Children’s Mental Health Assembly Pack 2026. Created for primary school pupils, this ready to use resource aligns with the 2026 theme “This Is My Place” and focuses on belonging, inclusion, and emotional wellbeing.

Developed by experienced education professionals with expertise in PSHE and children’s wellbeing, this assembly reflects real classroom experiences and the social situations pupils face every day. The content is carefully structured to help teachers lead thoughtful discussions without requiring specialist mental health training or extensive preparation.

The assembly introduces children to the concept of belonging, helping them understand what it means to feel accepted, safe, and valued within their school community. Pupils are encouraged to reflect on how inclusion and kindness can positively affect mental health, happiness, and readiness to learn. Clear discussion prompts support pupil voice while maintaining a safe and respectful environment.

Through relatable scenarios, children learn to identify nurturing and inclusive behaviours, as well as recognise actions that may make others feel excluded. These examples promote empathy, respect, and responsibility, empowering pupils to make positive choices in their daily interactions. The focus remains practical and supportive, reinforcing that small actions such as listening, inviting others to join in, and showing patience can make a big difference.

This assembly pack supports statutory PSHE requirements and complements existing safeguarding, equality, and wellbeing policies. It avoids diagnostic language and prioritises emotional understanding and positive relationships, making it appropriate for whole school delivery.

Ideal for Children’s Mental Health Week 2026 or wellbeing focused assemblies throughout the year, this resource provides schools with a trusted, professional solution for promoting inclusion, belonging, and positive mental health.

• Improve eating behaviours and relationship with food

• Build positive body image

• Identify concerns around body image and disordered eating

These notes outline the contents of the full Operation Ouch programme, ‘How are babies made?’. Please note that this film contains sexual references and you should watch it to gauge its suitability before showing either the full film or the shorter clips to your pupils.

Note also that the full programme includes content not covered by the primary curriculum (such as family names for genitals). Please ensure you have referred to your school’s policy for RSHE (Relationships, Sex and Health Education) to ensure its suitability.

You can find shorter clips from the programme designed for use in class, with supporting teacher notes, by following the links below:

· Relationships and families

· Sperm, egg and womb

· Puberty

· Attraction

· Sex and sexual intercourse

· In vitro fertilisation (IVF)

In this Operation Ouch programme, Dr Chris, Dr Xand and Dr Ronx explain how babies are made. Starting with relationships and families, they describe the combinations of humans that can make up a family: mothers and fathers, sisters, brothers, dogs, two fathers, two mothers, foster families.

The programme goes on to introduce the topic of reproduction, genitals and reproductive body parts. It explains that babies start from an egg and a sperm.

It then describes puberty and why this happens, defining it as changing from a child to a reproductive adult and explaining the changes that happen in female and male bodies: growth spurts, body hair, strength, sperm production, egg release and hormones.

This leads on to talking about the feelings of attraction that can begin to happen during puberty, and we hear how they can feel warm, exciting, and sometimes confusing. The programme explains that people can be attracted to someone of the opposite sex or the same sex, and that sometimes (if both people agree) these feelings can lead to a relationship. This may include physical acts kissing, holding hands and, for adults, may lead to sex.

The programme talks about genitals, arousal, sexual intercourse, and fertilisation, explaining that this is something that can happen when a man and woman decide to have sex to make a baby, and that this is the most common method of fertilisation. It refers to being grown up and the role of consent in choosing to start a physical relationship.

The last part of the programme describes the process of IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation), explaining that it is a procedure used to help people who cannot conceive via sexual intercourse. It describes how IVF is used to help eggs and sperm to meet, fertilise and hopefully make a baby.

The programme should be used as part of the school RSHE curriculum, which you and your school will have developed to reflect the needs of your pupils and in consultation with parents. You may choose to use these clips to support your KS2 science lessons as well. Some schools choose to draw cross-curricular links with these topics and other relevant subjects.

You should ensure you are up-to-date with best practice in RSHE teaching before delivering this content.

It is up to individual schools to define relationships education, sex education, health education and science. This may be stated in your school’s policy. These films must be watched carefully prior to using them in class, to ensure that the content reflects their school policy and definitions.

Relationships, health and science are statutory elements of the curriculum in England.

Sex education is not statutory at primary: parents have the right to withdraw their children from this element of the curriculum. See DfE RSHE guidance (paragraph 45-50).

Please refer to this document for more detailed guidance (PDF, 181KB)

That’s why we’ve partnered with GoHenry. Through their app and debit card, kids aged 6-18 learn to save, invest, earn and spend – building skills and confidence for life.

On their mission to make every kid smart with money, they’ve been campaigning for 5 years to make financial education part of the curriculum from primary school age. In 2025, they reached their goal. But their hard work doesn’t stop there!

Money lessons won’t reach schools until 2028. That’s years of missed learning for kids. So GoHenry made their award-winning Money Missions completely free on YouTube – over 80 short lessons to help children build real money skills now. Simple, practical learning that fits into busy family life. Try them today.

Raise money-smart kids and money for your school

And big news! GoHenry is now supporting schools too. Every time a parent joins GoHenry through the school's PTA, they will donate £25. Just imagine all the trips, tech and clubs that could fund!

Backseat Boss is a fun and educational road safety initiative for primary school aged children, brought to you by AXA UK. With engaging lessons, games, and activities, students will learn how to be safer passengers and future drivers – all in just 25 minutes!

The ready-to-go session makes road safety rules stick, with –

• Fun games and activities

• Simple, memorable safe driving rules

• All lesson materials provided

Giant food companies flood our world with their products, then manipulate us using cute, colourful, clever marketing. They deceive us with packaging, and pump millions into making sure their junk-filled products are always in the spotlight. It’s constantly being forced down our throats. It’s the cultural wallpaper. It’s hidden in the small print.

Now, it’s endangering the health of a generation. The good news? It’s totally preventable. And we’re biting back.

All schools are expected to promote British values and talking about these values can help build your students’ resilience to extremist narratives. However, it’s not always easy to start the discussion.

This resource pack contains teacher guidance, a short video and PowerPoint slides. The video can act as a starting point, as it aims to introduce students to key ideas and vocabulary. Teachers can show the full video and pause at key points for discussion, or use the shorter snippets to focus on particular themes.

Separate resources are also available explaining Islamic extremism, extreme right-wing and left-wing, anarchist and single-issue extremism.

To help schools raise awareness, we have made available a set of clear, accessible posters designed for classrooms and staffrooms. These resources can help you start those important conversations and include a memorable SAFE mnemonic to support safer online behaviour.

Download the posters below and start the conversation today.

We would always prefer children to have a school lunch which complies with the nutritional standards. However, it’s not always that easy particularly for children who are neurodiverse or more cautious with their food. Our research shows that 62% of children have a packed lunch at least once per week.

So we have created a free resource pack for schools to support parents and carers to succeed with healthier lunchboxes.

This toolkit simply helps schools to direct parents & carers to the expert tips, advice and tools we have created to support them (see below). We do not expect any direct intervention by schools, but if schools wish this toolkit could be used at a parent engagement event. 

The toolkit includes a  guide for schools plus a flyer you can send to your families.

You can talk about anything. Whether it’s something big or small, our trained counsellors are here to support you.

Childline is free, confidential and available any time, day or night. You can talk to us:

• by calling 0800 1111

• by email

• through 1-2-1 counsellor chat

Whatever feels best for you. 

• providing support early, spotting mental health problems before they develop and helping children and young people cope with challenges throughout their lives

• using an effective therapeutic approach backed by research that combines several ways of working

• offering a range of mental health support services, including advice and support for families and school staff, to build resilience and raise awareness of mental health across the whole school community.

Samaritans is the charity that prevents suicide through the power of human connection.

Connecting people in crisis with trained volunteers who will always listen.​ People calling for change with those who need to listen.​ People who’ve been there before, with those struggling now.​

Schools must provide a safe environment for all their pupils, with policies to support children with medical conditions and with the number of schools-aged children with allergic conditions on the rise, it is estimated that, on average, most school classes in the UK will have one or two children with food allergy.

AllergyWise® is the UK’s most comprehensive allergy training for schools – trusted by educators and written by leading experts in medicine and education. Our CPD-certified courses are fully updated to reflect current guidance from the Department for Education and Department of Health, and are clinically endorsed to ensure accuracy, safety, and compliance.

What you’ll learn:

• How to recognise and respond to allergic reactions and anaphylaxis

• When and how to use adrenaline auto-injectors

• Practical, everyday strategies to keep pupils with allergies safe

• Key responsibilities under current legislation

Everyone will have a different experience of loneliness and different reasons for why they are feeling this way. There is no one way to effectively deal with loneliness but lots of different things that can and do help.

We do not provide direct services or have a helpline, but lots of support is available from charities. Visit our helpful links page for more information on the support available. Your are not alone.

Podcast for early years providers

Podcast for parents

Inclusive Sportswear tackles the pervasive and deeply rooted issue of exclusion in sports, particularly among women, girls, religious minorities, and diverse groups.

Far too often, traditional sports kit policies have been designed with a narrow, homogeneous population in mind, disregarding the rich diversity of bodies, beliefs, and experiences that make up our sporting communities, leading to alarming dropout rates, especially for teenage girls.

A lack of diversity acts as a barrier to the opportunity to progress in sport both recreationally and professionally as well as a profound sense of disconnection from the joys and benefits of physical activity.

The financial education children receive early on shapes how they think, feel and act with money. From understanding where money comes from to making thoughtful decisions about how to use it, great financial education helps children connect their values and circumstances to the choices they make, and feel empowered to make the most of life’s opportunities.

Contact our dedicated Talk Relationships Helpline for advice on:

• how to respond to questions or concerns from students, parents or carers

• preparing a response to questions you think you may be asked

• managing a safeguarding concern or disclosure

• managing anxieties about delivering sex and relationships education.

We are committed to supporting people working in secondary education to overcome any challenges they may face when delivering sex and relationships education. If there are any other related topics you want to discuss, please contact the Helpline and we will do our best to support you.

How to contact us

Call 0800 389 5347 or email help@nspcc.org.uk with "Talk Relationships" in the subject line.

We are available from 8am-8pm Monday to Friday and 9am-6pm on Saturday and Sunday.