Clare Lissaman BBC News, West Midlands Nue People who attend a wellbeing and cancer support centre made a mural for its walls after working with two artists Two artists have worked with children and users of a wellbeing and cancer support centre to create new murals in a Staffordshire town. Local artists Kate O and … Read more
Sam Read BBC News, Northamptonshire Sam Read/BBC All sorts of activities were laid on for the children to help them learn ways of building resilience More than 300 children from a number of primary schools have taken part in a mental health day at a rugby club. The BBC Radio Northampton Headfest event offered children … Read more
The school proved abuse, but staff are still teaching and haven’t been barred from working with children. Source link
When teacher Angela Ratcliffe started treatment for breast cancer, she started wearing funny wigs to help her children come to terms with her hair loss. She hoped to raise a smile and raise cash for the Breast Cancer Now campaign. And now her school, Chorley All Saints, have held their own “crazy hair day” in … Read more
Pupils are sometimes in agony but unable to access an NHS dentist, the Sowerby Bridge school says. Source link
The official figures also show a quarter of schools with teachers and leaders’ absence rates above 15%. Source link
Chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency, Dr Jenny Harries, said: “I am calling on all children to help themselves and each other by getting tested before going back to the classroom, so that we can stop the infection in its tracks and keep as many children in the classroom as possible, continuing their … Read more
Sex education is compulsory in England’s secondary schools, while primary schools teach about relationships. Source link
Schools open their classrooms to millions of pupils in England and Wales with hopes and fears. Source link
Lee was born with severe haemophilia, a rare condition in which the blood does not clot properly. It mostly affects men. His council in Hounslow, west London, wouldn’t let him join his local secondary school – the risk of a severe bleed was too great. So, in 1980, aged 11, he was sent to the … Read more