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10 Resources for Anti-Bullying Week Posted: 18 Nov 2012 01:00 AM PST Anti-Bullying Week takes place next week (19th-24th November), so here are some fantastic resources that can support your anti-bullying and PSHE lessons: 1) The official Anti Bullying Week site has lots of information about the event, along with some useful ideas and resources for teachers. 2) Go-Givers offer free resources to help ‘develop caring and concerned citizens’. They have lots of free Anti-Bullying week activities and presentations for KS1 (aged 5-7) and KS2 classes (aged 7-11). 3) Teaching Videos has a number of videos about bullying that can be used as the starting point for discussion about the topic. Can your pupils explain the message that this video is sharing? Click here to view the embedded video. 4) The Anti-Bullying Alliance has a number of activities and ideas that schools and other organisations can use. 5) Beat Bullying have a large collection of lesson ideas, assemblies, activities and information that teachers can use. 6) Kidscape offer lots of downloadable resources and videos for children, teenagers, parents and teachers. 7) ChildLine have some useful information and advice about bullying. Could your pupils use this to make a guide to help those who are being bullied? 8 ) CyberMentors is a great site for young people, offering them a place to go when they are being bullied, or are feeling a bit low, or are maybe troubled by something and they’re’re not sure what to do or who to talk to. They also have lots of great safety and privacy advice.   9) Digizen provide information for teachers, parents and young people about digital citizenship. They have a number of great resources about social networking and cyberbullying, including this award winning film with a related lesson plan for KS3 pupils. Click here to view the embedded video. 10) Primary Resources have a special page of resources to use in lessons about bullying, including a ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ presentation.

Teaching News and Events (17/11/12) Posted: 17 Nov 2012 01:00 AM PST Here are links to some of this week’s education-related news: The head teachers’ union says it is increasingly concerned about internet bullying of teachers. The announcement from the government last week that it intends to ban calculators from primary school maths tests may have pleased traditionalists. But the plan, due to be implemented in 2014, has been met with bemusement by experts. Almost a third of students taking teaching courses last year failed to secure jobs in schools six months after graduating, it has been revealed. Four hundred primary schools in England deemed to be the weakest are to be turned into academies in a bid to drive up standards, the prime minister has announced. Pupils with fluent skills are being confused by the assessment that forces children to decode "nonsense" words using phonics, it has been claimed. Costly digital technology that has the power to transform education often sits in boxes because teachers do not know how best to use it, a study claims. Thousands of teenagers have the reading skills of primary school pupils because of a lack of exposure to books in the classroom, according to a study. High achieving pupils at schools with poor GSCE results could be offered a less demanding route into higher education, under government plans. GCSE coursework might be scrapped amid concerns it is affecting lessons, the exams regulator for England has said. The government and local authorities are failing to identify vulnerable children who are being denied an education illegally, according to a Guardian investigation. A BBC investigation has found that an industry where students can pay to have their coursework written for them is becoming a growing problem. Next week's Teaching Events include: 19th to 25th November – Road Safety Week 19th to 24th November – Anti-Bullying Week 21st November – World Television Day

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