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Personal Hygiene Lessons: Teacher Guidance and Presentation

This teacher guidance accompanies the video resource “Personal Hygiene: Presentations for 11/12 Year Olds” and takes you through how to implement this video in class, step by step. It features two short lessons might be used in PSHE lessons. The first is ‘My Changing Body’, and the second focuses on self-care strategies, periods and how to clean our bodies effectively. Both presentations contain discussion points to prompt group or paired conversations in class. The second lesson is focused mainly on the female body.

November 25, 2022

How Does Speaking in Front of Others Make Me Feel?

The ability to speak well in front of an audience is an amazing skill to develop. But it can also feel very scary, especially if you haven’t had much experience. This activity can help nervous young people to reflect on how they feel about speaking in front of others and identify some things that might help them to feel more prepared and confident.

November 23, 2022

Getting Organised: My Weekly Planner

Once children start secondary school, it might become more challenging for them to keep track of the homework they have due in, prioritise their tasks effectively and remember all the things that they need for their school day. Our planner can help you child to build self-efficacy in these critical organisational skills. Print it out and encourage your child to use the traffic light system to organise their tasks in order of priority. Pin it to a noticeboard or on the fridge – somewhere they’ll see it everyday.

November 17, 2022

Making a Confident Comeback to Work After Maternity and Other Work Breaks

How do I do a good job and progress my career and still have time for family life? How do I show I’m still committed? How do I raise my visibility? These are three of the challenges that Jessica Chivers (CEO of Talent Keepers) regularly hears from coachees coming back from maternity and other types of extended leave. In this webinar, Jessica shares practical tips and brings the stories of real returners to help you make a confident comeback.

October 12, 2022

Books About Autism for Parents, School Staff, Children and Young People

This list consists predominantly of books that are written for parents, carers and school staff by leading experts in the field of autism. The first section is followed by some books that are directed at young people with autism which can be either read by themselves or together with a parent, carer, or at school.

September 13, 2022

Supporting Autistic Students as They Transition to University: A Video

University dropout is more common for autistic young people than for non-autistic young people and the change from school to university can pose many challenges. In this video, youth development researcher, Dr Kathryn Bates, and writer and researcher, Kerrie Portman, herself a young autistic person who has gone through this experience, discuss key recommendations on how we can best support autistic young people as they transition to university.

September 8, 2022

Menstrual Cycle Tracking Apps & Products for Teens

Understanding more about their menstrual cycle can help young people manage symptoms more effectively. Help your teen to tool up with this list of the best innovations in menstrual cycle tracking apps and sustainable, comfortable, confidence-boosting period products that are highly suitable for younger girls.

August 5, 2022

Helping Teens Navigate Peer Pressure: 5 Quick Tips

Teens are likely to face scenarios where they feel pressured or cajoled by friends to try something they don’t want to do. Watch this short video to learn five simple and effective ways to help them navigate peer pressure.

July 29, 2022

How to Feed Your Family Well and Save Money

Meal planner, Claire Gillies from Delicious and Real, gives us her top tips on making weekly food budgets go further and explains how meal planning can save both time and money.

June 21, 2022

A Quick Guide to Sexting (and Relevant Tooled Up Resources)

Sexting refers to the consensual or non-consensual sharing of nude or semi-nude images or videos and it’s illegal for people under the age of 18. We’ve put together a quick guide, covering key things you need to know and where you can find more advice and information in the Tooled Up library.

May 9, 2022

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