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Pupil Voice Week – Your Guide to Pupil Voice Week 2023
Pupil Voice Week is an awareness week founded by tootoot. Now in it’s 8th year, every Pupil Voice Week celebrates a different theme related to Pupil Voice.
Join us for Pupil Voice Week 2023
After the success of last year’s ‘Solving Problems’ with over 600 schools and 320,000 pupils celebrating, Pupil Voice Week is back for its 8th year!
Announcing Pupil Voice Week 2021 – ‘Use Our Voices’
Sign-up now for the sixth Pupil Voice Week, running from 27th September – 1st October 2021!
Anti-Bullying Week: 10 of the best teaching resources to keep up the conversation
It is crucial that we maintain the conversation and culture change beyond Anti-Bullying Week. We’ve pulled our favourite anti-bullying resources together into one guide so that you can access these resources throughout the year.
Do One Thing for Better Mental Health
This October, for World Mental Health Day, the mental health charity Mind are encouraging people to #DoOneThing for better mental health.
Black History Month – Free resources for pupils and teachers
Black History Month happens every October in the UK, with the first taking place in the UK in 1987. To help celebrate the achievements, history and contribution of black people, we've selected some of our favourite free resources for pupils and teachers.
A Sneak Peek of Pupil Voice Week 2020’s Free Resources
We provide a sneak peak of some of the fantastic resources for Pupil Voice Week this year. Created with the help of our wonderful partners, celebrate the power of pupil voice, and explore themes like mental health, anti-bullying and online safety.
Pupil Voice Week is back with the theme ‘It’s good to talk!’
We are delighted to invite you to our fifth Pupil Voice Week! This year’s theme is ‘It’s good to talk’. We’ll be promoting the wellbeing of people of all ages in education. We believe that through opening up and talking more about our own mental health, we can create a healthier school community.
Random acts of kindness during COVID-19 to brighten up your day
The Covid-19 outbreak has left many of us feeling anxious as the news cycle continues to focus on worrying topics. However, it hasn’t all been bad news. There have been many individuals and organisations that have shown some amazing acts of kindness.
10 Children’s Books to Inspire Kindness
Kindness is one of the most important values for children and young people to learn. We’ve listed 10 books that encourage children and young people about the importance of kindness.
What happens to the brain when we are kind
When we compliment someone, or do something that could be considered ‘nice’ for them, the only response we are likely to see is the smile on their face. Behind the scenes however, within the brain, there is a whole lot more going down.
Why sport is the key to healthier, happier children and young people
Young people who live active lives are happier, healthier and perform better academically. In our latest blog we explore the benefits that physical activity and sport can bring to your children and young people.
This is how to keep children active without a garden
Staying active is paramount to maintaining a healthy mind and body. We have rounded up different ideas and resources that will keep your students active, specifically aimed at young people who live in flats, or are not able to go outside.
How mindfulness can help us overcome stress
We look at the science of stress and anxiety. What can bring it on, and more helpfully, what we can do to overcome it or make it less impactful on our daily lives, and at school.
8 Tried and Tested Tips for Teaching Remotely
We want to help schools ensure that their high standard of safeguarding and pupil wellbeing can continue during school closures. After nearly 4-weeks of school closures in the UK, we list some tips for successful remote teaching and learning.
Coping with anxiety during coronavirus – tips for children and young people
The pandemic has brought a lot of uncertainty and anxiety for young people. We provide ideas of simple things your students can do to help take care of their mental health and wellbeing during these challenging times.
Fun activities and hands-on science experiments children and young people can enjoy at home!
If you need some inspiration to mix-up your home-schooling schedule this week, we’ve got you covered! We list some fun activities and hands-on science experiments young people of all ages can enjoy at home.
Free resources, tools and websites to use during school closures
To help supplement your academic and safeguarding efforts during lockdown, we have created a list of free tools, websites and resources that schools can use to support learning from home, knowledge sharing and collaboration.
The Latest Research into Children’s Mental Health
For Children’s Mental Health Week we have put together a collection of recent studies and research that provide an insight into the scale and type of mental health issues affecting young people.
We won! Tech Nation Rising Stars 2.0
Over the past few months, we have competed against hundreds of the UK’s fastest-growing tech companies in regional and national rounds. These culminated in the grand final last night where 22 companies competed to be one of ten of the grand final winners. We’re so excited to announce that we have won the Tech Nation Rising Stars 2.0 competition!