Race Equality Week 2025
Celebrating Diversity and Unity: Race Equality Week In a world often divided by differences, celebrating unity in diversity is a beacon of hope and progress. Race Equality Week 2025 (3rd – 9th February) is a significant annual event that encapsulates this spirit by fostering understanding, challenging prejudices, and promoting inclusivity. This week serves as a…
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National Storytelling Week: Celebrating diversity
National Storytelling Week is taking place in the UK from Saturday 1 February to Sunday 9 February 2025. This is a fantastic opportunity to promote storytelling and literacy while fostering cultural pride and multilingualism. Schools can create a rich, inclusive environment that celebrates diversity and strengthens community bonds by involving parents and students in reading…
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Empowering EAL Parents for Inclusive Education
Inclusive education aims to create an environment where every child feels welcome, supported, and able to participate in all aspects of learning. Inclusive classrooms celebrate diversity, and parents can contribute by sharing cultural or familial insights that enrich the learning environment. Schools must fully understand these families’ life experiences, allowing the implementation of targeted interventions…
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The benefits of being bilingual
Bilingualism is defined as fluency in or use of two languages. Being bilingual, or even multilingual, has many health, social, and cultural benefits. Cognitive Benefits Bilingual learners often present better cognitive abilities, such as problem-solving skills, attention control, multitasking, switching between tasks and thus contributing to improved academic performance. Language and Communication Skills Language…
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Addressing the gender imbalance in STEM subjects
Still only 24% of people working in the Tech Industry are women. The underrepresentation of women and girls in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects remains a significant challenge in the UK. Despite some progress, females continue to be outnumbered by males in both STEM education and careers. UK Exam results 2024 This year,…
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North Tyneside Headteacher Conference 2025
We are delighted to announce that our 2025 North Tyneside Headteacher Conference 14th February 2025 is now open for booking. Headteachers, deputies and other senior leaders from secondary and primary schools and academies are warmly invited to join us for a day of reflection and networking with colleagues from our borough and around the region.…
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Support the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2024
Our team at Education North Tyneside work closely with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) to deliver FIRST® LEGO® League programmes across the North East. The IET are a fantastic non-profit organisation who strive to inspire young people to pursue STEM learning and careers and hopefully become the next generation of engineers, and this…
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The government’s wraparound care offer for families
The government has an aspiration that all primary school aged children (4 – 11 years) in England, will be able to access wraparound care from 8 am to 6 pm. What would this wraparound care look like? It would be during term time. It would be provision such as breakfast clubs and regular after school…
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Embracing Inclusivity: The School of Sanctuary Award
In a world often fraught with division and discord, the concept of sanctuary holds a profound significance. It evokes notions of safety, acceptance, and refuge. In educational settings, creating a sanctuary goes beyond mere physical structures; it encompasses fostering an environment where every individual feels valued, respected, and included. The School of Sanctuary Award finds…
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Supporting Staff Through Perimenopause
Introduction Perimenopause is a transitional phase that typically * occurs in women between the ages of 40 and 50, leading up to menopause. During this time, those born with ovaries may experience a range of physical, emotional, and mental symptoms due to fluctuating hormone levels. Symptoms can include hot flushes, fatigue, mood swings, brain fog,…
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Mental health and well-being of new arrivals
What is mental health? Mental health is a state that enables children to cope with the stresses of life, realise their abilities to learn well, work well, and contribute to their community. It is heart-wrenching to consider the immense challenges and losses that many new arrivals have faced before reaching the UK. Mental health plays…
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