British Red Cross Primary online Resources

Life. Live it. is a brand new free first aid teaching resource for all primary school teachers, tailor-made for teaching first aid and safety skills to children aged 5 to 11. More...

The RBS Personal Finance Education Awards for Schools 2011

Teaching personal finance? Win £1,500 for your school plus individual prizes. Free to enter, closing date: 28 April 2011

This academic year, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) in association with pfeg (Personal Finance Education Group) is again looking for examples of excellence in personal finance education (PFE).

The award scheme looks to discover and recognise the best efforts made by schools, teachers and students in PFE. It represents an ongoing commitment to building awareness of the importance of personal finance and economic wellbeing and sharing best practice across the educational community.

All primary, secondary and special schools and colleges can enter. Prizes will be awarded across a range of categories:

1.    School award for best all-round approach to PFE – primary
2.    School award for best all-round approach to PFE – secondary
3.    Student award – primary
4.    Student award – secondary
5.    Teacher award – primary
6.    Teacher award – secondary

There will be great prizes, including up to £1,500 for winning schools, and laptops and iPod shuffles for individuals. Winners and runners up will be invited to a special ceremony in London in June 2011 where they will be presented with their prizes. Photos from previous ceremonies can be seen at:

• www.pfe-awards.co.uk/site/case-studies/award-ceremonies

Entering is straightforward using a simple online form, with the option to upload up to three supporting documents or media files. Details of how to enter are set out on the newly-updated website:

• www.pfe-awards.co.uk

The 2011 awards are now open for entries. Have a look at:

• case studies from previous award winners

If you have any questions relating to the awards, please Email: questions@pfe-awards.co.uk

Ofsted pshe report

• Ofsted - Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education in Schools (July 2010)
  This report is based on evidence from inspections of personal, social, health and economic education in schools between September 2006 and July 2009 in 165 maintained schools in England. It reports on standards in the subject, and highlights the key areas in need of improvement.

Tax Matters - For age 11-19yrs

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has revamped its online resource for teachers, Tax Matters, for the new school year.

The free resource - for Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE), Business Studies and Citizenship teachers of pupils aged 11-19 - contains three modules:

• Income Tax
• National Insurance
• Tax and Society

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Red Cross Summer Newsletter

Life. Live it. first aid newsletter from the British Red Cross, contains some useful ideas for teaching students how to make an emergency call, as well as a taste of the results of their research into the first aid primary age students can learn.

• Acrobat pdf, 928kb/3 pages, 14/07/2010, life_liveit_newsletter_jul2010.pdf

Economic Wellbeing and Financial Capability - Junior Apprentice Challenge Day

This year three schools in Herts successfully applied to Personal Finance Education Group (fpeg) for bursaries of £500 in order to promote Financial Capability in their schools. Adeyfield is one of them and this is their case study on how they used the money. More...

Hitchin Girls School - Work with External Agencies in Support of the PSHEC Education Agenda

We believe that Citizenship is an entitlement for all students supported by different enrichment activities. Part of this enrichment includes a planned input of outside speakers and agencies which may come in to curriculum time in PSHEC or as an off timetable session so building on and reinforcing teaching and learning within the programmes of study for the new national curriculum.

At Hitchin Girls school PSHEC dedicated curriculum time is one hour lesson per week for year 7 and one lesson a fortnight for years 8-11. More...

Marie Curie Cancer Care: Mini Pots of Care: KS1 & KS2

Mini Pots of Care is a creative and educational project for schools and groups which teaches children about science and nature, as well as the work of Marie Curie Nurses.

Each child taking part will receive their own plant pot and daffodil bulb to plant in the autumn term. The children will then care for their flowers over the winter months, to reflect the work of Marie Curie Nurses, who provide free care to patients with terminal cancer and other illnesses in their own homes.

• Word 2003, 214kb/2 pages, 05/05/2010, marie_curie_primary.doc

Register by 27 August 2010 and receive your free planting kit before the end of September.

• www.mariecurie.org.uk/minipotsofcare or call 08700 340 040 to register

Marie Curie Cancer Care: Daffodil Schools Challenge: 11-16 year olds

James Caan, one of the ‘dragons’ from BBC’s Dragons’ Den, is encouraging teachers to register for Marie Curie Cancer Care’s new ‘Daffodil Schools Challenge – An Active Citizenship Project’, which will help fund home nursing care for terminally ill people.

The challenge tasks pupils aged 11 to 16 with designing, planning, and creating a visual display based on the charity’s daffodil emblem, either at their school or elsewhere in the community. The display could range from planting a flowerbed of daffodils, to creating a sculpture or a mosaic based on the flower.

The students are also challenged to raise funds to help Marie Curie Nurses, who provide free nursing care for terminally ill people in their own homes at the end of their lives, allowing them to spend their final days surrounded by their loved ones.

• Word 2003, 214kb/2 pages, 05/05/2010, marie_curie_secondary

For more information or to sign up to the Daffodil Schools Challenge:

• www.mariecurie.org.uk/daffodilchallenge or call 08700 340 040

Teachers can register until 30 September 2010

External Visitors and SRE

External visitors can have a valuable role in enhancing teaching and learning of sex and relationships education (SRE). This new resource explores 'why' and 'how' external visitors can work with schools on SRE, sets out roles and responsibilities, suggests ideas for quality assurance and involving children and young people. Case-studies and real-life scenarios help to work through the issues in practice. More...

Your Justice Your World

Your Justice Your World is a comprehensive educational resource to help young people from 7 to 16 understand the justice system.

It has been mapped very closely to the latest Citizenship and PSHE curricula, and extensive support for teachers is provided throughout.

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British Red Cross:  Life. Live it.
First Aid Education

The British Red Cross’ Life. Live it. first aid education kit was designed in consultation with teachers and education experts and provides an easy to use and flexible resource for teachers. It’s been specially designed to enable all teachers to feel confident in delivering first aid education, even those unfamiliar with the subject. More...

Good to Be Me & Learning to Be Together SEAL GD

Online resources/lessons plans:

SEAL and the Global Dimension which is a DFID funded project - Clive Belgeonne is the author of the recent and excellent 'Teaching the Global Dimension' Resource. More... 

e-ngage: Online eSafety, Anti-bullying & PSHE Sessions

E-ngage Live offer exciting, interactive learning sessions around Online Safety, Anti-Bullying and PSHE topics, through online collaboration with experts in these fields.

It provides a secure environment for learners between Years 5 and 7 to ask and answer questions with these experts, discuss scenarios with their peers and work at their own pace. More... 

New Research on PSHE Education

Independent researchers at Sheffield Hallam University have been commissioned by DCSF to conduct a study into the current provision of Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education in schools. The first phase of the study has started, the second phase of the research will run in the summer term 2010.

If you are a PSHE lead and receive a questionnaire through the post, please do respond promptly and let DCSF know your views. More...

Children's Moneyworld

Children's Moneyworld provides a wide range of material for use by home educators, teachers and students. 3% of their range is free to use in any way you require or you can subscribe to a wide variety of packages.

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Rubber Bracelets

Hertfordshire Police have informed us about a new worrying fashion involving rubber bracelets called ‘Shag Bands’. These colourful bracelets were popular in the 70’s and were worn as indicators of a person’s sexual mood. Many children are now innocently wearing these bands without being fully aware of the related sexual meaning.

There is a danger of children and young people succumbing to peer pressure and to bullying through wearing these bands.

Persona Dolls

A resource for PSHCE and SEAL in Primary Schools and for PSED in Early Years Settings

These are a MECS Resource for loan to teachers and practitioners. Six Persona Dolls of different ethnicities are available for short term loan to schools. For two of the Dolls (of Pakistani and Polish origin) detailed Personas and accompanying materials have been developed. More...

Public Consultation on PSHE which runs until 24 July 2009

Your chance to contribute to the public consultation on PSHE. Please download and complete the DSCF questionnaire and either email it or post it to them.

• QCA: Questionnaire (pdf file)

• QCA: Consultation Overview 30 April – 24 July (pdf file)

Model Sex & Relationships Education Policy

A key aim of the school is that each pupil will develop the skills and knowledge to make decisions. Decisions about how they relate to others can only be made if they have adequate knowledge and understanding of their own physical and emotional development. More...

Talk2 Your Teen Magazine

New Magazine for Parents and Carers. Talk2 YourTeen magazine contains local and national information, research findings on Sex and Relationship Education and sexual health, tips for parents and carers from Parentline Plus, information on local services, young people’s views, a real life story and useful sources of information and support. More...

Assessment & Auditing

• Progression Statements for KS1 & KS2

• Audit of Ways Used to Assess PSHE

Young People and Alcohol Guidance

On 29 January 2009, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families launched a consultation on alcohol guidance, advice and information for parents, children, young people. More...

HPV & Cervical Cancer
A new curriculum linked teaching and learning resource, is available online for teachers: What you and your pupils need to know. More...

KS3 & KS4 Teachers’ Resource Pack: Crime & Anti-Social Behaviour
This resource has been produced by Hertfordshire Constabulary in partnership with Healthy Schools Hertfordshire and has been designed for teachers to compliment and support the PSHE and Citizenship curriculum. More...

PSHE Education and the use of ‘drop down or off-timetable days’
PSHE Education consists of two non-statutory programmes study, Personal Well-being and Economic Well-being and Financial capability. These have statutory elements relating to sex education, careers education and work related learning. They contribute fully to the achievement of the curriculum aims for all young people to become successful learners who enjoy learning and make progress, confident individuals who are able to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives and responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society.

• Word 2003, 33kb/2 pages, 20/05/2008, pshe_briefing_2008.doc

SEAL

• Assessing Pupil Progress in PSHE

• IWB/SEAL Resources

Study of Sex and Relationships Education for pupils in secondary special schools in Hertfordshire

Visits were made to four special schools, providing for pupils who have emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) or severe learning difficulties (SLD). Seven staff members and 25 pupils were interviewed. More...

Secondary Guidance Documents

Two new documents available:

• Teenage Pregnancy Guidance

• Numbers U Need

KS4 No-Ur-Rites Educational Pack

The pack can be used for individual pupils to use in spare time / group work and whole class activities. It can be used for varying abilities and some games may also be suitable for younger children as well.

The pack goes beyond consumer education with solvent and alcohol abuse being covered in a fun and informative way as well as helping pupils to understand where information and help can be sought.

Solvent and alcohol abuse are covered in 4 of the games on the CD ROM and are also featured in the card game that is in the pack. More...

Aspects of PSHE

New Guidance on Aspects of PSHE edited by Stephen de Silva and Simon Blake and published by the NCB. More...

DirectgovKids: Giggles, Gigabytes (and Government)

DirectgovKids is a website for children from 5 to 11. It aims to encourage children to think of themselves as young citizens with a range of rights and responsibilities. It invites children to explore a self-contained world, full of online games and activities. These games introduce important ideas such as citizenship, democracy and political participation. There is a 'Teachers Area' with lesson plans and activities for Citizenship, PSHE, ICT and Science.

• www.direct.gov.uk/kids

Sex & Relationship Education

These packs provides guidance and practical activities that teachers and school nurses can draw on to facilitate motivating and varied lessons.

• Primary

• Secondary

HIV awareness pack launched for schools

The National AIDS trust has launched a free resource pack to help teachers integrate HIV education into the national curriculum at key stages three and four. More...

Housing Matters

KS4 teacher resource exploring the links between Homelessness, Citizenship & PSHE More...

K1 & KS2 SRE

• Guidance

• Policies

• Assessment

Publications & Materials

• Citizenship & PSHE resources

Assessment

All key stages QCA Assessment, Recording & Reporting

KS3 & KS4 Assessment, Recording & Reporting CPD Presentation

KS1 & KS2 Guidance on Assessment, Recording and Reporting

Hertfordshire Drug Education Outline Programme 2005

• KS1 & KS2
• KS3 & KS4

Schemes of Work

Sex and Relationships - KS3 & KS4

Hertfordshire Programme of study for PSHE & Citizenship 

Updated May 2006 to include information on Drug education, National Healthy School Status, QCA units of work for PSHE and Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) materials and details of new publications. More...