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Bradfords Packed Lunch Toolkit

Living Well Schools

It is important that children have nutritious food at lunchtime, so we have worked with a nutritionist to develop this toolkit for packed lunches. To ensure children have a nutritious, tasty and well-balanced packed lunch, to keep them focused and to maximise their learning. Please download the free toolkit below.

Other healthy lunchbox resources:
Living Well – healthy lunch boxes
NHS Better Health, Healthier Families – healthier lunchbox recipes
Food a Fact of Life – healthy lunchboxes

(Free)

ProVeg UK

Canteen to Classroom - education programme

With our support, thousands of schools are embracing healthy and sustainable meals – now it’s time for children to learn more about them! Canteen to Classroom teaches children about the food they eat: where it comes from, how it is made, and its impact on our health and the planet.

Each of our 24 lessons is ‘ready-to-go’ and comes with an evidence-based plan, engaging presentation, and additional resources. All for FREE and aligned to the national curriculum.

Resources topics include:
• ProVeg School Plates
• Pro Taste
• Pro Health
• Pro Justice
• Pro Animals
• Pro-Environment

(Free)

Living Well

Making it easier for everyone in Bradford District to live healthier more active lives.

Are you Living Well? Click here to take the quizzes to find out!

Getting Active! Click here to find activities across Bradford District.

Find further support on:
• Smoking
• Mental Health
• Eating Well
• Physical Activity
• Drugs & Alcohol
• Long Term Conditions
• Pregnancy & Health
• Family Health
• Teen Health Hub

Current Living Well campaigns:
• 20 Minute Movement
• Swap Well to Eat Well
• You CAN quit – We CAN help!
• Grow Well to Eat Well

(Free)

NHS Healthy Start Scheme

Get help to buy food and milk

Healthy Start is a scheme that enables eligible applicants to get free vouchers every week to spend on milk, plain fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables, and infant formula milk plus free vitamins.

You could qualify for Healthy Start vouchers if you are pregnant or have children under 4 years, if you are on benefits, or if you’re pregnant and under the age of 18.

Find out more about whether you are eligible and how to apply on the Healthy Start website or by asking your health visitor. Once you have completed the form ask your midwife or health visitor to sign it.

If you live in Bradford, Healthy Start vitamins can be purchased or vouchers exchanged for vitamins at the community reception in your local health centre (click here for details).

NHS Healthy Start Scheme – Staff Briefing Sessions

Food - a fact of life

British Nutrition Foundation

Free resources for teaching young people aged 3-16 years about where food comes from, cooking and healthy eating. The programme meets the requirements of food and nutrition curriculum across the UK.

It also aligns with other subjects including:
• design and technology
• health and wellbeing
• science
• numeracy
• literacy
• geography
• religious education
• RSE and health education

(Free)

Food for Life

Soil Association

Food for Life Learning and Skills Hub have developed a wide range of resources and inspiring case studies to support you in running food and farming related activities. Browse the different sections on farming, climate and nature, cooking, growing, nutrition and early years education. Resources include downloadable PDFs, films and even some online interactive activities.

Categories include:
• Cooking and Nutrition
• Farming, Climate and Nature
• Kitchen Garden Projects
• Growing
• Early Years

(free)

Taste Education

TastEd

Food education like you’ve never TastEd before. We offer primary schools a fully funded scheme of work designed to give children the chance to experience new vegetables and fruits in a positive way.

Resources include:
• A teacher training video
• Teacher guides
• 50+ lesson plans
• 50 + Powerpoints
• Student worksheets
• HAF activity plans
• Continuous provision ideas for EYFS

(Free)

FixOurFood in Schools Network

University of York

FixOurFood in Schools is part of the FixOurFood research project, working to transform the Yorkshire food system to provide healthy, sustainable and tasty food for children with less harm to our planet. If you are a primary school based in Yorkshire, please join us!

This gives you free access to:
• Data to compare your school’s approach to food compared with others in your area
• Free resources and ideas to support teaching about food in schools
• Notification about national and regional food initiatives
• Opportunities for school trips, to engage with farmers and other events
• Chances to win prizes for your school

(Free)

Grow To School

Free lesson plans, guidance, and activities.

We exist to support schools to take their pupils outside for learning and exploration. On this page we’re sharing a selection of useful lesson plans, gardening and nature-based activities, plus videos and guidance to support even the most cautious teacher to take their class outside.

• Food Growing
• Online tutorials
• Nature-based Learning
• Outdoor Learning

(Free)

Play Streets for Community Development: A Toolkit

Play streets - or “playing out sessions” create space for children to play freely together and for neighbours to meet outside their homes. On a residential street, this can involve a regular road closure to make the space safe.

This toolkit is designed to support anyone in a role - paid or unpaid - that involves working with communities who may face economic and social disadvantage including insecure employment, discrimination, crime, heavy traffic and disinvested public spaces.

Increasing Aspirations Lessons

The Story Project/Living Well Schools

The Aspirations Programme is a specially designed collection of lessons to support and inspire children’s understanding of aspirations Including the challenges to feeling aspirational, achieving goals and what success means.

(Free)

Teach Active Free Resource Pack

Schools and teachers across the globe benefit from Teach Active lessons.

Here are 14 free Active Maths activities for your school to try (2 plans for each year group from Reception to Year 6).

Super Movers Activity Cards

With the help of Activity Alliance and the Youth Sport Trust, BBC Teach have produced easy-to-follow activity cards to enable you to deliver inclusive, challenging, and fun PE and Paralympic sport sessions at your school.

They will show you how to plan and run the activity, what equipment you will need and how activities can be adapted to suit the needs of individuals and groups with advice for specific impairments.

(Free)

Please visit the website below for individual download.

Bradford District FYI

Welcome to Families and Young Persons Information.

We are a free, impartial service offering advice, information and signposting to children, young people and families within the Bradford district. Here you can find information and advice pages for all aspects of family life, a service directory and a guide to local activities and events. If you can't find what you are looking for, we are here to help!


Cost of Living Bradford

It is a difficult time for everybody right now. The rising cost of everything, from groceries to utilities, is making it difficult to make ends meet.

This does not mean that you have to be in crisis to be struggling, and it is affecting all of us, not just the lowest earners.

Take a look at their Cost of Living support, there might be something here that helps you get through it and keep checking back, we’ll be adding new content regularly.

(Free)


Canal & River Trust – Explorers (Schools)

Explore the geography of rivers, history of canals, their place in our communities, the habitats they support and the positive impact they have on our wellbeing.

Free visits, workshops, resources and more!

Resources for schools include:
• Classroom resources
Information, videos and activities to support cross-curricular topics.
• Water safety
Free posters and booklets.
• Wellbeing
Wellness resources to support learning in and beyond the classroom.
• Nature
Art activities and outdoor learning ideas to connect with nature.
• Social Action
Get involved through challenges, fundraising and volunteering.

(Free)

Youth Sport Active Breakfast Clubs

A healthy breakfast supported by physical activity can help regulate emotions, improve memory, and cognitive function, leading to better learning.

Here are 10 tips for how to set-up and develop Active Breakfast Clubs to optimise
these benefits, which is reinforced by compelling research.

Yorkshire Sport Foundation- Getting Children Active

Being active should not be confined to PE lessons or after school clubs; it should be embedded in the school’s DNA so that there are numerous opportunities to move
in class, during break and on the journey to and from school.

This guide has been designed to help teachers identify where the gaps in activity are and guide them in how to fill them with a range of fun and engaging ideas

PE & Sport Premium For Primary Schools

Guidance includes how much PE and sport premium funding schools will receive for the academic year 2024 to 2025 and advice on how to spend it.

Please visit the link below to download.

School Sport & Activity Action Plan

A cross-government action plan to provide more pupils with increased opportunities to play sport and take physical exercise during their time in school.

Please visit the link below to download.

Moki Moving Guide

A guide designed to help you get children moving more throughout the school day with some simple, proven ideas. These are grouped by different opportunities, like
P.E. lessons, playtimes, clubs, or active travel, where you can either directly plan activities or encourage more movement.

We know every school is different, so pick what feels right for you.

(Free)

Neighbourly

Get help for your charity, community group or school. The Neighbourly platform is free to use and connects you with businesses that have volunteer time, money or product surplus to donate. The first step is to create your page and tell us what kind of help you need.

Product surplus - connecting you with local stores and distribution centres that have quality surplus to give, for free. We’ve supported the donation of millions of meals and thousands of tonnes of products from companies like M&S, Lidl, Aldi, Sainsbury's and B&Q.

(free)

Bradford Food Banks

Emergency food parcels and low-cost food markets

Find out more information on:
• Emergency food
• Low-cost food
• An emergency meal

(free or low-cost)

HABIT

A guide for looking after your baby's teeth

Find out more information on:
• Your baby’s teeth are important
• Visiting the dentist
• Eating and drinking
• Brushing your baby’s teeth
• Maming brushing easier
• Family or friends

(free)


BRUSH

The Supervised Toothbrushing Toolkit

Optimising toothbrushing programmes in nurseries and schools. Supporting supervised toothbrushing programmes to reduce tooth decay in young children. This toolkit was developed to bring together new and existing resources to help support the implementation of supervised toothbrushing programmes and clubs.

(free)

Veg Power Campaigns

Veg Power

Our mission is to inspire kids to love vegetables and to share that joy with their parents today and their own children tomorrow.

Our campaigns to get involved in:
Eat Them to Defeat Them
(whole school - community sponsor)
Growing to Love
(classroom - community sponsor)
Eat The Rainbow
(classroom/HAF - cost)
Simply Veg
(parents/carers - free)

CONNECTS-Food

Supporting Whole School Approaches to Food

A free resource to help busy primary schools develop their whole school approach to food policy. Try out their free self-review tool for you to measure your current level of implementation, with generated text that you can use on your school website.

(Free)

Rethink Food – Food Education

A revolution in food education, teaching the next generation about food, health and sustainability. A game-changing programme designed for KS1, KS2 AND KS3. Short films designed for teachers by teachers to cultivate a lifelong understanding of food and nutrition in young minds.

(Cost)

Chefs In Schools

Useful resources and practical tools for schools produced by the School Food Plan team on behalf of the Department for Education. These resources and tools contain public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (as the same may be updated and/or amended from time to time).

Resources include:
• School Food Standards
• Food Education Toolkit
• Universal FSM Toolbox & FSM Evidence Pack
• The School Food Plan
• Checklist for School Lunches/Food
• Ofsted and School Governor Guidance
• Training Resources
• The Importance of a Good School Food Culture

(Free)

School Food Standards: resources for schools

Department for Education

Resources to help schools plan and provide healthy food in schools and practical guidance on how to apply the school food standards.

The resources include:
• School food standards poster
• School food: guidance for governors
• Advice on creating a culture of healthy eating
• Headteacher and school lunch/food checklists
• Guidance on food groups, portion sizes and allergies
• Preparing varied and tasty menus

(Free)

School Food Plan

A selection of practical tools and key resources for schools produced by the School Food Plan team on behalf of the Department for Education.

Resources include:

• School Food Standards
- Guidance
- Summary/Poster
- Checklist for school lunch
- Checklist for school food other than lunch
- Portion sizes and food groups
• Checklist for Headteachers
• Ofsted and School Governor Guidance
• Training Resources: The Importance of a Good School Food Culture
• ‘What Works Well’ Recipe Hub
• Small Schools Toolkit
• The School Food Plan

(Free)

Grant - Chances for Children

Buttle UK

Giving children in crisis a chance for change.
Apply for essential resources for pupils living in poverty who have recently been impacted by a traumatic event.

For additional advice on applications please contact:
pauliinak@buttleuk.org

0203 0066882

Standards for School Food in England

Department for Education

Guidance on the standards for planning and providing food in schools.

It includes information on:
• Planning and provision of school food
• The school food plan
• The provision of milk
• The free fruit and vegetables scheme

(Free)

Food Teaching in Primary Schools: knowledge and skills framework

Public Health England

Support for primary schools to implement the requirements for food teaching within the new National Curriculum for Design and Technology (D&T) in England and the Core Competences for Children and Young People.

(Free)

School Zone

Department of Health & Social Care

Welcome to the new home for School Zone. Our look has changed but you can still find our flexible teaching resources for both primary and secondary schools. They cover a range of topics including nutrition, physical activity and mental wellbeing.

You will need to register for an account and sign in to download School Zone resources.

(Free)

Toolkit - Addressing Poverty Through Leadership and Governance in Schools

Living Well Schools

Supporting all children with a view though the perspective of the poorest child in school though leadership and governance. A document providing guidance and case studies around Bradford practice on leadership.

For this document in a "Word" format please contact:
schools@mylivingwell.co.uk

(Free)

Toolkit - Addressing Poverty Through Pupil Support in Schools

Living Well Schools

Supporting all children with a view though the perspective of the poorest child in school. A document providing guidance and case studies around Bradford practice on pupil support.

For this document in a "Word" format please contact:
schools@mylivingwell.co.uk

(Free)

Toolkit - Addressing Poverty Through Action on Curriculum and Ability Groups

Living Well Schools

Seeing the curriculum and ability groups though the perspective of the poorest child in school. A document providing guidance and case studies around Bradford practice on curriculum and ability groups.

For this document in a "Word" format please contact:
schools@mylivingwell.co.uk

(Free)

Toolkit - Addressing Poverty Through Additional Opportunities in School

Living Well Schools

Seeing additional opportunities though the perspective of the poorest child in school. A document providing guidance and case studies around Bradford practice on additional opportunities.

For this document in a "Word" format please contact:
schools@mylivingwell.co.uk

(Free)

Toolkit - Addressing Poverty Through Action on Bullying in School

Living Well Schools

Addressing bulyling though the perspective of the poorest child in school. A document providing guidance and case studies around Bradford practice on bullying.

For this document in a "Word" format please contact:
schools@mylivingwell.co.uk

(Free)

Toolkit - Addressing Poverty Through Action on Homework

Living Well Schools

Seeing homework though the perspective of the poorest child in school. A document providing guidance and case studies around Bradford practice on homework.

For this document in a "Word" format please contact:
schools@mylivingwell.co.uk

(Free)

Toolkit - Addressing Poverty Through School Food

Living Well Schools

Seeing school food though the perspective of the poorest child in school. A document providing guidance and case studies around Bradford practice on school food.

For this document in a "Word" format please contact:
schools@mylivingwell.co.uk

(Free)

Toolkit - Addressing Poverty by Supporting Parents and Families in Schools

Living Well Schools

Understand how you can supporting parents and families can support the poorest child in school. A document providing guidance and case studies around Bradford practice on how to support parents and families.

For this document in a "Word" format please contact:
schools@mylivingwell.co.uk

(Free)

Toolkit - Addressing Poverty Through Pupil Voice In Schools

Living Well Schools

Ensuring pupil voice that is captured represents the poorest child in school. A document providing guidance and case studies around Bradford practice on pupil voice.

For this document in a "Word" format please contact:
schools@mylivingwell.co.uk

(Free)

Toolkit - Addressing Poverty Through Uniform

Living Well Schools

Seeing school uniform though the perspective of the poorest child in school. A document providing guidance and case studies around Bradford practice on school uniform.

For this document in a "Word" format please contact:
schools@mylivingwell.co.uk

(Free)

Local Councillors Workshop

Living Well Schools

A step-by-step process to support your school council or pupil representatives to write to their local ward Councillors and invite them to a meeting. The guide includes an example meeting template that will enable children to share what is important to children both in your school as well as in the local community.

(Free)

School Governors Tea Party Guide

Living Well Schools

A guide to enable children on your school council or pupil voice body to invite representatives from your schools’ governing body to attend a meeting to discuss children’s ideas on what would make your school a better place for everyone.

(Free)

Health and Well-being Survey

Living Well Schools

The pupil voice survey is designed to gather pupil perceptions and insights across three key elements of health and well-being: physical activity, eating well, and emotional well-being.

For this document in a "Word" format please contact:
schools@mylivingwell.co.uk

(Free)

Pupil Voice Policy

Living Well Schools

A model whole-school Pupil Voice policy that can be adapted for your school, in partnership with children. It has been designed to give you a framework to build from, to generate ideas and to demonstrate a whole-school approach to giving your pupils a voice and influence.

For this document in a "Word" format please contact:
schools@mylivingwell.co.uk

(Free)

Turning the Page on Poverty

National Education Union, Child Poverty Action Group & Children North East

A practical guide for education staff to help tackle poverty and the cost of the school day, including:

• How to talk about poverty
• Supporting families
• Communications with parents - templates
• Costs of your school day exercise

(Free)

Case Study - Uniform Swap Shop

Holme Wood, TFD centre

A volunteer-run "swap shop" aimed at helping families struggling with the cost of school uniforms open in Bradford in Holme Wood at the TFD centre.

(Free)

Talking about Costs and Money at School: A Cost of the School Day

Child Poverty Action Group In Scotland

This document covers how to talk to families about money and includes case studies.

• Page 9-10 - Talking about Costs and Money at School
• Page 22-30 - Make no assumptions and let everyone know (includes poverty statement for letters)
• Page 34, 36 & 37 - Tackling the Cost of the School Day
• Page 41-43 - Making space for conversations

(Free)

CotN Report: A Country that Works for all Children and Young People

Child for the North, N8 Research Partnership, Health Equity North & Centre for Young Lives

A Country that Works for all Children and Young People – An evidence-based plan for addressing poverty with and through education settings

This report explores the evidence behind the impact of poverty on education and interaction with health, including national data.

(Free)

The Cost of the School Day in England: Pupils' Perspectives

Child Poverty Action Group & Children North East 2022

A report focusing on research carried out in England. It highlights ways pupils from low-income families face exclusion and stigma.
The report includes key recommendations for schools to ensure that opportunities are affordable and inclusive.

(Free)

The Cost of the School Day – Toolkit

Child Poverty Action Group Scotland & The Scottish Attainment Challenge

This toolkit provides a range of resources to support schools, including:

• Why the ‘Cost of the School Day’ matters
• What works
• Cost of the School Day in the curriculum
• Gathering community and pupils' voice
• The cost of the school day clock

(Free)

Cost of the School Day - Survey for Parents and Carers

Child Poverty Action Group

The survey will help schools check whether school costs are causing concern for their families and children and will help determine how schools can help.

(Free)

Cost of the School Day - Survey for school staff

Child Poverty Action Group

This survey is a chance for staff members to contribute their thoughts on costs, highlight any good practices in school, and address additional support needed.

(Free)

Cost of the School Day - Survey for children and young people

Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland

A tool to capture the voice of children and young people around how finance impacts their experience of education.
This survey asks questions about costs at school and what would happen if a pupil wasn’t able to afford some costs.

(Free)

Bradford People Library

Bradford for Everyone

Collection of ‘human books’ in the form of short videos highlighting people who live in all parts of the district. The videos cover a range of topics from LGBTQ+ to refugees.

(Free)

Working Group Guide

Child Poverty Action Group & Children North East

Information includes what a working group is and how to set one up in your school.

(Free)

Cost of the School Day Calendar 2024/2025

Child Poverty Action Group

A calendar of possible financial barriers during the academic year. To allow you to think about cost-conscious alternatives to mark important dates and events so that all children and young people can take part.

(Free)

Bradford District Anti-Poverty Strategy 2022-2027

Bradford Council

This strategy explores the impacts of poverty and gives a comprehensive overview of poverty across the Bradford District. It includes the challenges faced by residents who live in poverty and details the approach to tackling poverty in Bradford.

(Free)

Affordable School Uniforms: A Guide

The Children’s Society, Child Poverty Action Group & Children North East

The document includes ideas and examples of good practice from schools around uniform provision and support on how to:

• Update your uniform policy
• Set up pre-loved uniform provision
• Reduce stigma around accessing pre-loved uniform

(Free)

Talking about Costs and Money at School: A Cost of the School Day Resource

National Education Union, Child Poverty Action Group & Children North East

A practical guide for education staff to help tackle poverty and the cost of the school day.
Includes:
• How to talk about poverty
• Supporting families
• Communications with parents - templates
• Costs of your school day exercise

(Free)

Free Schools e-learning Type 1 Diabetes

Breakthrough T1D

Take our free e-learning module for schools to learn more about supporting pupils with type 1 diabetes in educational settings. Free to register and CPD-certified
Both courses are available FREE of charge, and take about an hour to complete and are CPD certified.
On successful completion learners can download and print a certificate.

(Free)

Young Epilepsy Training

Young Epilepsy

Gain a better understanding of the impact epilepsy can have on a young person’s ability to learn, their psychological, social and emotional wellbeing. Epilepsy awareness for schools This course provides valuable information about how primary, secondary or special schools can support pupils with epilepsy. It is suitable for all school staff as part of their CPD.

(Free)

Guidance: Period product scheme for schools and colleges

Department for Education

The period product scheme provides free period products.

This guidance contains information on:

• choosing and ordering period products
• distributing products within institutions
• tackling stigma

(Free)

Asthma Friendly Schools

West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

Introducing the Asthma Friendly Schools initiative, a comprehensive programme to create a safe and supportive environment for pupils with asthma. This initiative focuses on eight simple steps to ensure schools are equipped to manage asthma-related issues effectively.

(Free)

Mentally Healthy Schools

Anna Freud

Mentally Healthy Schools brings together quality-assured mental health resources, information & advice for schools and further education settings in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

(Free)

Online Safety Teaching Resources

Internet Matters

Online safety teaching resources to help educators guide children and parents to stay safe online in their daily lives.

The resources can be used in the classroom to help encourage pupils to take ownership of their digital safety.

(Free)

Safety of Women and Girls

Skills 4 Bradford

This page is a ‘one-stop-shop’ dedicated to fostering a safe environment for women and girls, using a range of valuable tools and information tailored for schools, young people, governors, Senior Leadership Teams, parents and carers. The page is updated on regular basis with new content.

(Free)

Vaping Education for Schools

Step 2

Free workshops to schools for staff and young people to increase their understanding of vaping.

Workshops will look at topics including:
- The reason people might choose to vape
- Potential consequences and the impact of vaping
- Marketing techniques used by vaping companies and how they target young people
For more information or to book a session, please get in touch with Liz Robinson –
Liz@step2.org.uk

(Free)

Give Up Loving Pop

Food Active

GULP is a campaign from Food Active which aims to raise awareness of the health harms associated with consuming too many sugary drinks, and promote milk and water as the best sources of hydration. As part of the campaign, a range of free resources are available for schools to use to promote these messages to KS2 and KS3 pupils including assemblies, activities, games, posters and policy toolkits.

For more information please contact: info@foodactive.org.uk

(Free)

Education Staff Wellbeing Charter

GOV.UK

The education staff wellbeing charter is a declaration of support for, and set of commitments to, the wellbeing and mental health of everyone working in education.

All state funded schools and colleges are invited to familiarise themselves with the charter, and to sign up when it is available in the autumn, as a shared commitment to protect, promote and enhance the wellbeing of their staff.

It is voluntary and there is no deadline to sign up.

(Free)

Stonewall: Best Practice Toolkits and Resources

Stonewall

Free resources to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in education environments and help create more inclusive spaces. Stonewall is a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights charity in the United Kingdom.

(Free)

Unicef – In Search of Safety. Explaining the Refugee and Migrant Crisis

Unicef

This resource aims to allow teachers to help their students – primary (age seven upwards) and secondary – make sense of the current refugee and migrant crisis in Europe, within a children’s rights framework. A range of films, images and information is provided to help you explore this topic with children and to bring the activities in this resource to life.

(Free)

Primary School Physical Literacy Framework

Youth Sport Trust

Physical Literacy can be described as the motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge and understanding that provides children with the movement foundation for lifelong participation in physical activity. Enabling them to be physically literate supports their development as competent, confident and healthy movers.

(Free)

Healthy lives for young people - Sexual Health

Brook.org

Free & confidential sexual health and wellbeing experts for young people. Offering information on: contraception, STIs, pregnancy, sex, gender, sexuality, my body, abuse, relationships, wellbeing, staying safe online and vaginas &amp vulvas.

(Free)

20 Minute Movement Toolkit

Living Well

The 20 Minute Movement is about making a promise to yourself to be active every day.

An activation pack is available with free resources for schools to make it easier to support their staff and pupils to be more active.

Please visit the website below for more details.

(Free)

Mental health resources for children, students, parents, carers and school/college staff

We have put together some useful links and sources of mental health support so that children and young people, parents, carers, and school and college staff can get the advice and help they need.

Bradford People Library

Bradford for Everyone.

Bradford’s People Library is a collection of ‘human books’ highlighting the many things we have in common as human beings, as well as celebrating our differences. It features inspiring stories from people born and bred or newly arrived and who live in all parts of our wonderful district. Demonstrating that there is always more to a human ‘book’ than just its cover.

Visit the website to watch the stories from people across Bradford.

(Free)

Bradford For Everyone

Bradford for Everyone brings you critical thinking resources. Your school will be constantly doing lots of work on Internet Safety, and hopefully you will know how to be online in the safest way possible. Critical thinking workshops aren’t designed to be an online safety course. They are designed to help you think about the information delivered to you each day, and how to think about things from a different perspective. It’s not always about checking if something is “TRUE” or “FALSE”, as often, it’s not that straightforward. It’s about thinking what information is being presented to you, thinking about where it came from, how it makes you feel and learning to take a moment to pause and think about what you want to do with it.

Bradford Healthy Minds Chartermark

Support and advice to guide schools through the process of self-evaluation and action planning in order to achieve chartermark status. Schools can put themselves forward for this award programme.The focus of the Bradford Healthy Minds Chartermark is to provide an opportunity for schools and settings to showcase the development of their whole school approach to emotional health and wellbeing. The outcome will ensure a school ethos of attunement, relationships and connection alongside limits, safety, structure and high expectations. The Chartermark is based on eight key principles for mental health and wellbeing as recognised by Public Health England as is the DfE Mental Health Senior Lead Training. Bradford schools undertaking the Chartermark will benefit from accessing the DfE Mental Health Senior Lead Training.

Moving More!

A physical activity partnership from across the Yorkshire and the Humber region is excited to announce the launch of a new resource for schools to help further integrate ‘moving more’ into regular school life.

“If physical activity were a drug, we would refer to it as a miracle cure, due to the great many illnesses it can prevent and help treat.” UK Chief Medical Officer
This new one-minute guide will help bring to life some of the many benefits that schools could achieve through moving more and sitting less. The resource focuses on 4 key themes:

1) Academic achievement
2) Behaviour and social development
3) Sleep
4) Emotional wellbeing (mental health)

We hope that this new resource will help further the health and wellbeing of your pupils (and staff!) and support you with achieving wider school objectives.

50 Things To Do ages five to eleven

Tick-off 50 fantastic things for you and your child to experience together.
50 Things To Do ages five to eleven gives you 50 activities that parents and carers can support their children to try out and repeat. We have made sure that children with special education needs are included and that each of the 50 Things means something across our culturally diverse communities.

Skills 4 Bradford

Skills 4 Bradford is the Traded Services Hub of Bradford Council bringing together a comprehensive range of services for schools and early years providers in Bradford and beyond. These teams of professionals have significant experience and expertise working in Education and Early Years for Bradford Council. We can cover all your school's / provider's needs in a professional and cost-effective manner.

For general queries please email: Info@skills4bradford.co.uk

The School Games

The School Games aims to provide every child with a positive experience in an environment where the young person’s motivation, competence and confidence are at the centre of the competition. The toolkit is designed to support teachers of all children (i.e. primary, secondary, special and alternative provision settings) to carefully consider their part in reducing the risk of a negative experience in sports competitions. It is intended to help you to select, prepare and support more young people to have a positive experience of competition. The toolkit can be accessed on the link below.

Trauma-informed practice in early child development

These Programme Insights aim to collate and share the learning emerging from A Better Start (ABS) on a range of key programme outcome areas in order to inform the work of others in improving outcomes for young children.

This issue is number four in the series. It provides a summary of emerging evidence in the area of childhood trauma and adversity, and shares the learning on how ABS partnerships have embedded an awareness of the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) within their work, and how they are supporting the development of trauma informed practice, within and outside of their partnerships.

Healthy Minds Wellbeing Resources

The Healthy Minds website is a place for everyone in Bradford and Craven to access local mental health and wellbeing support services, resources and information. The Wellbeing Resources cover a range of topics and provide self-help materials to help people understand and improve their thoughts and feelings.

Mentally Healthy Schools Resource Library

Mentally Healthy Schools brings together quality-assured mental health resources, information & advice for schools and further education settings in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

PHSE Association

We are the national body for PSHE education. PHSE Association has lesson plans, slides, accompanying resources and teacher guidance covering:

• Physical Health (includes food choices, physical activity, balanced lifestyles, drugs & alcohol education, first aid, sleep and dental health).
• Mental Health
• Growing and Changing
• Personal Safety
• Relationships and Sex Education
• Bullying and Discrimination
• Media and Digital Literacy
• Money and Careers
• Community and Responsibility

Black History Resources

Mentally Healthy Schools have put together some resources around Black history. The resources shared here are split into sections for primary schools and secondary and FE settings. There is also a section sharing whole-school approach resources.

All the resources included focus on mental health themes, helping schools to explore ideas around diversity, self-belief, identity and the impact of racism on those who experience it.