Thank a Teacher Day - 18th June
Thank a Teacher Day is just around the corner! On Wednesday 18 June, we'll be celebrating Thank a Teacher Day - a special opportunity to recognise the extraordinary difference you all make to your students every single day.
This day is about appreciating the hard work of all of you who help create an impact to children and young people across early years, schools, and colleges. The work you all do is vital to opening up opportunities for children and young people.
Celebrate your education heroes this Thank a Teacher Day
Show your appreciation for your colleagues and team who make a difference in education every day. From teaching assistants to school leaders, nursery staff, to FE lecturers, every educator deserves recognition for their dedication and impact. If you’re a headteacher, please encourage your students and parents to get involved, too.
Send a free personalised e-card to express your gratitude. It's a simple way to make someone's day and acknowledge the vital work happening in education across the country.
Plan your Thank a Teacher Day
Celebrate your teaching team with a dedicated Thank a Teacher Day toolkit. Access age-appropriate resources including complete lesson plans, assembly guides, colourful thank you card templates, and interactive puzzles designed for pupils across all key stages.
Get involved on social media
Share photos of your celebrations on X, Instagram, and Facebook using the hashtag #ThankaTeacherDay. Don’t forget to tag @educationgovuk and @UKThankATeacher to your posts!
Give a shoutout to a member of staff who has had a positive impact on your life.
Thank you to our school and trust governance volunteers
Volunteers' Week is a voluntary sector initiative to celebrate and promote volunteering and is held on 2-8 June this year.
This Volunteers’ Week, Catherine McKinnell, the Minister for School Standards, would like to acknowledge the incredible contribution of school governors and trustees across the country.
Updated Change, Loss and Grief Lesson Plans from PSHE
Children will have experienced an average of 15 significant losses before adulthood, and may also encounter depictions of death in the media and social media, which are often explicit. The recent Covid-19 pandemic further highlighted change, loss and death, and
children and their families may have experienced loss during this time.
This makes it essential for young people to recognise how change, loss (including bereavement) and grief affect people, the different responses people can have to grief, strategies to help manage grief and how and where to access support services.
PSHE updated ‘Change, loss and grief’ lesson packs for KS1, KS2 (lower and upper), KS3 and KS4 will help you to cover these topics safely, effectively and sensitively. You will need a PSHE account to access these.
The lessons – complete with accompanying guidance, resources and PowerPoints – will help your pupils explore and understand:
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how change, loss (including bereavement) and grief affect people
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the different responses people can have when grieving
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strategies to help manage change loss and grief
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sources of support and how to access them
Download the resources here.
Gloucestershire Children’s Services Front Door – New Professional Advice Line is Live!
Gloucestershire Children’s Services Front Door – New Professional Advice Line is Live!
📞 New Professional Advice Line Now Open - 01452 427070
We are delighted to announce that as of Monday 2nd June our new professional advice and guidance line is open!
Our dedicated advice line is available Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 3:30pm, and offers support with:
- Understanding thresholds for Early Help and Social Care
- Talking through concerns to determine if a MARF is needed
- Guidance on completing the MARFs
- Advice on supporting families under MyPlans including signposting to services and support and advice on best approaches to addressing concerns
This line replaces the Community Social Worker, ECHO, and FIS advice lines which are now closed meaning professionals have a single point of contact for advice.
Excitingly we are in the final stages of testing our new online MARF. This will become available in the next few days for all professionals to begin utilising. Keep an eye out for our communication on this. We will accept paper MARFs for the rest of June whilst we support practitioners to be familiarised with the new system.
These changes are designed to improve equity and access to support, making it easier for professionals to navigate the system and help families more effectively.
Gov.uk Blog - Supporting students in crisis
A new post 'Supporting students in crisis: how we're supporting students with their mental health and suicide prevention' has just been published by GOV.UK on The Education Hub blog. Read the full story here.
New poll reveals mental health crisis for Headteachers
School leaders are facing a mental health crisis, with the majority reporting a negative impact on their well-being in the past year and some even resigning from their positions, according to a recent poll.
Gloucestershire Healthy Living and Learning
Welcome to Gloucestershire Healthy Living and Learning. This is an umbrella organisation for Gloucestershire Healthy Schools and Gloucestershire Healthy FE (Further Education).
GHLL was launched in July 2012 for schools and colleges across Gloucestershire, supported by Leading Teachers.
Funding is through Public Health and by Gloucestershire County Council. Schools and colleges are offered this supported intervention at no cost.
