EAL Resources
The Bell Foundation offers a range of free resources to support EAL teaching and development within schools: Free EAL Teaching Resources - The Bell Foundation
Empathy Week
Home | Empathy Week 2025 (empathy-week.com). Empathy Week 2025: an annual festival of films, storytelling and events that develop the skill of empathy in students aged 5-18 years old.
Schools of Sanctuary
Fun welcome back activity, exploring your school's migration stories to underline that migration is something with which we are all intimately connected. The start of the new school year brings a perfect opportunity to develop classroom or whole-school activities for children to get to know one another and get to know their teachers. Exploring migration histories is a fantastic way to do this
Further resources
The BBC Bitesize ‘Other Side of The Story’ has videos, articles and guides for you to use in your classroom to help students reflect on what they heard and saw online about the riots in August 2024.
The Education Hub blog brings together support on how to speak to children and young people about violent disorder in August 2024.
Addressing unrest, disinformation and violence: This is a list of links to resources to help us all support young people and our communities following civil unrest, discrimination and violence. It has been sourced from a network of youth organisations across the UK. Download the PDF.
Educate Against Hate published a blog in August 2024 and supporting FAQ to help settings access appropriate advice, resources and support.
Stop Hate UK's Response to Incidents August 2024 - Stop Hate UK
PSHE Association Resource: Discussing Terrorist Attacks with Pupils - Discussing terrorist attacks with pupils.
Parents' Guide to Black Lives Matter - Resources, Activities, and Tips for Families to empower children to work towards racial equality
BBC Black History Month Resources (can be used at any time of the year).
National Youth Agency Speak Out Toolkit. This toolkit is designed to be used with young people aged 11+ to stimulate discussion, thought and reflection around key themes such as identity, belonging, diversity and community.It includes activities including the Guess Who Gameshow - Looking Beyond Your Bias and several activity handouts.
Challenging racism through PSHE education (pshe-association.org.uk)
Talking to Children about the war in Ukraine
Anti-Bullying Alliance: Bystanders Bystanders (anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk)
