The role of the school curriculum in mental health
Two years have passed since the publication of the government’s Green Paper, Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision. A key element of the vision that was set out in...
Media series
A Curriculum For Wellbeing
This British Curriculum Forum virtual resource brings together education professionals from different systems and sectors in education to share their ideas around curriculum development and well-being.
Content in this series
How to be evidence informed whilst developing a Mentally Healthy school
We have all seen the statistics and even had first-hand experiences of supporting children with Mental Health concerns. More and more emphasis has been put on schools to be the first responders in...
More than fun and games – the serious side of learning in nature
This interactive, practical session will look at how to effectively support young people with a range of differing abilities to access their local outdoor spaces. It will be framed around a...
Children’s mental health is ‘everyone’s business’: Making sense of roles, responsibilities and boundaries for schools
The importance of children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing is well recognised today and is clearly of enormous concern to educationalists. A body of evidence supports the negative...
PSHE guidance for relationship development in primary schools
This workshop will focus on the new statutory changes within RSE and Health Education and the ways in which PSHE can be developed within schools to positively enhance wellbeing for pupils. The...
The importance of being: exploring the interplay between personal and professional identity for Lesbian & Gay teachers
This presentation highlights the initial findings of a small-scale project examining the experiences of 13 self-selecting gay and lesbian teachers working in Primary and Secondary schools in...
A whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing
If you were the founding headteacher of a brand new school and had a clean slate, what would you differently? Hannah Wilson started 2 brand new schools in South Oxfordshire - Aureus School and...
