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#LiveSkills is a package of resources for 8-18 year olds focusing on live streaming, one of the most popular online activities for children and young people.
Category: Online Safety
Audience: KS2
Developed by: CEOP
Duration (minutes): 20-30 x3
Keywords: live streaming, confidence, self-esteem, negative attention, abuse
It explores the features of live streaming and the specific risks children and young people can face, including:
Three 20 minute activities for 8-11 year olds on building confidence and self-esteem in children, and knowing who to trust online
Three 20 minute activities for 8-11 year olds exploring positive and negative attention
A live streaming case study for young people aged 13+ looking at an example of online sexual abuse of a young person via live streaming
Article for young people aged 11-18 focusing on identifying and responding safely to pressure online
A 30 minute presentation for parents/carers explaining live streaming, the risks for young people and tips to support their child to stay safe. This can also be adapted to deliver to professionals
While the chances of being caught up in an attack are rare, these free lessons — developed these lessons in collaboration with the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) as part of the Action Counters Terrorism (ACT) for YOUTH campaign — provide vital guidance which can be applied to many places and situations.
Category: Prevent
Audience: KS3, KS4
Developed by: PSHE Association/NaCTSO
Duration (minutes): 2×60
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The two lessons cover: the three steps of RUN HIDE TELL and when it would be appropriate to use them; the importance of not using a mobile phone to take photos or film in the event of a knife or gun attack; how to identify suspicious behavior and/or items, and the appropriate actions to take.
Experiencing racism has significant mental health consequences for young people. That’s why all schools need to consider anti-racism as part of their whole-school approach to mental health.
Category: Bullying, Diversity, Wellbeing
Audience: KS2, KS3, KS4
Developed by: Anna Freud
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This set of 10 resources is designed around our 5 Steps framework, which supports educators to create a whole-school approach to mental health and wellbeing. There are resources for reviewing and writing policies, improving staff knowledge and confidence, and supporting students and staff who experience racism. The resources can be worked through as a full set, but they can also be used individually, depending on which areas are current priorities for your school.
Gender based violence
Category: Domestic Violence, Healthy Relationships, Violence
Audience: KS3, KS4
Developed by: Bold Voices
Duration (minutes): 10-30
Keywords: gender, harassment
An engaging introductory lesson exploring the definition of gender based violence and highlighting some key experiences including public sexual harassment, upskirting and victim blaming.
Learning about different types of bullying (including online) is now a statutory RSHE requirement.
Category: Bullying
Audience: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, Staff
Developed by: PSHE Association
Duration (minutes): 30-60
Keywords: bullying, kindness
This includes the impact of bullying, responsibilities of bystanders to report bullying and how and where to get help. This also crosses over with how you can teach about abuse, harassment and discrimination within your PSHE education curriculum. Read our guidance on addressing sexual harassment through PSHE and scroll down to see relevant resources and lesson plans.
KS3 and KS4 lesson plan
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Audience: KS3, KS4
Developed by: NHS/Gov.UK
Duration (minutes): 30-60 mins
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Developed with teachers and NHS-approved, this lesson helps students explore the meaning and impact of bullying and cyberbullying, what they can do and how they can find support and advice.
Catch On is a free educational resource about Child Exploitation aimed at pupils in Years 7 and 8 (aged 11-13), with additional activities for pupils with special educational needs.
Category: Exploitation
Audience: KS3, SEND
Developed by: Catch-22
Duration (minutes): <60
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The Catch On resources support the Child Exploitation (CE) Lesson for KS3 with links to curriculum outcomes from the PSHE Association Programme of Study for PSHE Education (Key Stages 1–5). Catch On contains a suite of options for a single lesson or series of lessons exploring the topic of grooming and exploitation. (Parent’s pack also available)
CEOP Talks Relationships is a 6 week campaign helping teachers to educate and support young people in building healthy relationships.
Category: Healthy Relationships, Online Safety
Audience: KS3
Developed by: CEOP
Duration (minutes): 60 x 6
Keywords: Rights, healthy relationships, Nudes (Sexting), law, consent
Week 1 – Starting new relationships
Week 2 – Rights in relationships
Week 3 – Healthy sexual experiences
Week 4 – Sharing nudes and semi-nudes
Week 5 – The internet’s impact on relationships
Week 6 – Creating positive attitudes and cultures
It will also signpost you to a range of our free resources that you can use with young people, parents and carers, and colleagues, that will help to promote healthy relationships and tackle online sexual harassment, online sexual abuse and non-consensual nude image sharing amongst secondary aged young people.
These lessons and guidance will give teachers and schools the confidence to teach about consent effectively from key stage 1 right through to key stage 5/post-16, and cover everything from the law on consent to key considerations for safe, effective teaching.
Category: Healthy Relationships
Audience: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5
Developed by: PSHE Association
Duration (minutes): 30-60
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Accompanying teacher guidance covers everything from the law on consent to key considerations for safe, effective teaching. These materials will give you everything you need to plan, sequence and teach this statutory RSHE content within a PSHE education programme tailored to your pupils’ needs.
Developed in collaboration with the National Cyber Security Centre, this pack supports an interactive video resource to develop students’ key knowledge, skills and behaviours — to help them navigate the risks of online life.
Category: Online Safety
Audience: KS3
Developed by: National Cyber Security Centre/PSHE Association
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There are 3 new lessons available in total, covering:
Lesson 1 – Cyber security and the implications/threats
Students will learn about the risks to personal information online, and how to protect personal information
Lesson 2 – Managing devices and accounts
Students will learn how to keep accounts and devices safe, and what to do if security is breached
Lesson 3 – Identifying scams and sources of support
Students will learn how to identify signs of online scams, where to report cyber security incidents and what happens when reporting
A lesson plan to help young people aged 11-14 manage their online lives and build their digital resilience.
Category: Online Safety
Audience: KS3
Developed by: Childnet
Duration (minutes): 45-60
Keywords: resilience, experiences, strategies
Digital resilience is a key skill that we want young people to develop. Whilst going online can be incredibly fun and enjoyable there can also be times when a young person can feel upset, not good enough or left out.
These are the occasions when young people will need strategies to help themselves and also to help their friends if they are having a difficult time online.
This lesson aims to look at the positive and negative experiences young people have online, consider the impact they may have and devise ways to build digital resilience.
The PSHE Association have put together these practical suggestions for ways you can structure questioning, discussion or further learning.
Category: Prevent
Audience: KS1, KS2
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Although the PSHE Association normally advise that teaching and learning in PSHE education is built into a planned progressive programme, there are times when teachers need to respond immediately to unforeseen events, such as terrorist attacks.
They have put together these practical suggestions for ways you can structure questioning, discussion or further learning.
When a terrorist attack occurs, pupils will hear about it in a number of ways — some of which may be inaccurate, untrue, or based on rumour or speculation. Wherever they occur, events may create feelings of personal anxiety and fear that children can find hard to articulate. Giving them a context to discuss, question and express their thoughts and feelings will help them to process what has happened in a safe environment with a trusted adult.
Although the PSHE Association normally advise that teaching and learning in PSHE education is built into a planned progressive programme, there are times when you may need to respond immediately to unforeseen events, such as terrorist attacks.
Category: Prevent
Audience: KS3, KS4
Developed by: PSHE Association
Duration (minutes): N/A
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Terrorist attacks can create a variety of feelings, including curiosity, excitement, anxiety or fear. This discussion framework can be adapted to a range of situations, and provides a framework for young people to discuss such events and process what has happened in the safety of a classroom.
Cover the statutory Health Education requirements with our drug and alcohol lesson packs
Category: Drugs
Audience: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5
Developed by: PSHE Association
Duration (minutes): 30+
Keywords: drugs, county lines, alcohol
The PSHE Association drug and alcohol schemes of work for key stages 1-4 have been developed for Public Health England. This pack includes lesson plans and resources for each key stage — with knowledge organisers included — as well as a comprehensive teacher guidance document, a briefing on the evidence base underpinning effective drug and alcohol education, and governors’ briefing. Interactive PowerPoint lesson plans are also available, for members of the Association.
Support pupils with SEND to explore the facts, laws, risks and consequences associated with drug and alcohol use, as well as the dangers of household products and prescribed medications.
Category: Drugs
Audience: SEND
Developed by: PSHE Association
Duration (minutes): <60
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These lesson plans and slides are designed to be used flexibly, and can be adapted to meet the needs and abilities of your pupils. Each lesson provides several main activities for you to choose from, which are based on the progression stages outlined in our Planning Framework for Pupils with SEND.
Understanding healthy and mutually respectful relationships
Category: Exploitation, Healthy Relationships, Online Safety
Audience: KS3, KS4
Developed by: CEOP/NCA
Duration (minutes): 3 x 60
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The Exploited film and accompanying lessons aim to help young people understand healthy and mutually respectful relationships; including what healthy and unhealthy features look like in both online and offline contexts and how to report concerns of abuse.
In partnership with the PSHE Association
Category: Gambling
Audience: KS2
Developed by: PSHE Association/Gamble Aware
Duration (minutes): 60
Keywords: gamble, online, risk, scenarios
GambleAware supports other organisations to develop and produce materials for teachers and youth workers to help young people understand more about the risks of gambling. These are regularly reviewed to ensure we achieve maximum impact and social benefit. Previous materials are available to view on this page.
Support KS2 and KS3 pupils to engage in safe celebrations during events such as Bonfire Night, Lunar New Year, Diwali and New Year’s Eve.
Category: Personal Safety
Audience: KS2, KS3
Developed by: PSHE Association
Duration (minutes): 45-60
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These lessons will help to raise awareness of the firework related risks and injuries, and support pupils to reflect on how they can positively influence the actions and behaviour of their peers.
These lessons help students explore how young people might be recruited into a gang, and consider the choices, risks, and potential consequences for this type of scenario, and ways to get support with gang-related issues.
Category: Crime and ASB
Audience: KS3, KS4
Developed by: Medway/PSHE Association
Duration (minutes): 3×45
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The lessons have been developed for Medway schools in partnership with Medway Public Health Directorate, as an update to the original 2018 pack.
Jessie & Friends is a three-episode animated series which aims to equip 4-7 year olds with the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to help them stay safe from sexual abuse and other risks they may encounter online.
Category: Online Safety
Audience: KS1
Developed by: CEOP
Duration (minutes): 20-30 x3
Keywords: abuse, online behaviour, safety, rights, sharing
Jessie & Friends follows the adventures of Jessie, Tia and Mo as they begin to navigate the online world. They learn that while the internet can be an exciting place where they can learn and have fun, sometimes they may encounter things online which make them feel worried, scared or sad.
The films are accompanied by a comprehensive resource pack for professionals, with session plans for each episode and guidance on safe and effective delivery. Also available are subtitled versions of the animations, storybooks, and posters for parents/carers and children.
(CEOP membership required)
A free lesson pack to help upper KS2 pupils make safe cyber choices and prevent them from unknowingly committing cybercrime, as defined under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
Category: Crime and ASB, Online Safety
Audience: KS2
Developed by: NCA/PSHE Association
Duration (minutes): 2 x 30
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Making the right #CyberChoices features a series of fictional characters and real-life, age-appropriate scenarios to encourage pupils to think about why young people commit cybercrime, and the potential consequences — for themselves and others. There are also opportunities for pupils to consider how the same skills being used to commit cybercrime could be used in a more positive way.
Defining a healthy relationship
Category: Healthy Relationships
Audience: KS4
Developed by: PSHE Association
Duration (minutes): 4 x 60
Keywords: healthy, unsafe, family, abuse
A resource for schools preparing for statutory RSE from September, the lessons will support your students to recognise the qualities of healthy relationships, exhibit healthy relationship behaviours, identify the features of unhealthy or unsafe relationships/family situations and know how to seek help if they or others are facing abusive circumstances. (Requires log in)
Online pornography, healthy relationships and body image
Category: Healthy Relationships, Online Safety
Audience: KS3
Developed by: Childnet
Duration (minutes): 3 x 45
Keywords: body image, healthy, pornography
With Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) becoming statutory in all schools from September 2020, schools need practical, thoughtful and helpful resources to help them teach RSE. Myth vs Reality, our new PSHE Toolkit for 11-14s explores the topics of online pornography, healthy relationships and body image. This toolkit is an extension of our hugely successful practical PSHE toolkit ‘Crossing the Line,’ which aims to generate discussions amongst young people aged 11-14 about their experiences online.
14 free lesson plans developed by the NSPCC and PSHE Association. With comprehensive teacher guidance, full lesson plans, resource sheets and a slide deck for each lesson, you'll have everything you need to address these vitally important topics with confidence.
Category: Healthy Relationships
Audience: KS3, KS4
Developed by: NSPCC/PSHE Association
Duration (minutes): 14 x 45-60
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Through relevant, age-appropriate content, these lessons help young people to: grow up understanding healthy and harmful relationships; recognise their right to be safe, heard and respected; and know how to get help if they need it.
KS3 and KS4 lesson plan
Category: Wellbeing
Audience: KS3, KS4
Developed by: Gov.UK
Duration (minutes): -60 mins
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Developed with teachers and NHS approved, this lesson explores how looking after our physical health can have a positive impact on our mental wellbeing. A “true or false” quiz addresses common misconceptions while a short video prompts students to consider the importance of physical activity.
KS3 and KS4 lesson plan pack
Category: Healthy Relationships, Wellbeing
Audience: KS3, KS4
Developed by: Gov.UK/NHS
Duration (minutes): -60
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Developed with teachers and NHS-approved, this lesson helps students describe the qualities of positive friendships, practise skills to be a good friend and learn how they can find support and advice. Includes a short video to prompt discussion.
The lesson plans from the Home Office are designed to prevent young people becoming involved in serious and organised crime.
Category: Crime and ASB, Drugs
Audience: KS3
Developed by: Home Office
Duration (minutes): 2×60
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The Year 7 lesson will help students recognise unsafe or coercive friendships. The Year 9 lesson explores the impact of serious and organised crime directly, including the example of young people involved in drugs supply with a focus on county lines (transporting drugs across counties).
Better understanding of healthy relationships, and how to challenge unhealthy behaviours
Category: Healthy Relationships
Audience: KS3
Developed by: CEOP
Duration (minutes): 8 x 60
Keywords: values, rights, stereotypes, bystander
The resource aims to help young people develop a better understanding of healthy relationships, and how to challenge unhealthy behaviours and social norms, to better protect them from harm through child on child abuse, both off and online. The resource is designed to be delivered through structured sessions in education settings. In schools, the lesson plans should be embedded into the Relationships and Sex Education curriculum. The lessons can be delivered in consecutive weeks, or separately to fit within a wider scheme of work on healthy, respectful relationships. (PSHE Association approved)
This lesson pack supports young people to understand how to keep themselves safe around roads and railways. Pupils explore potential hazards, identify risks and develop the skills to make safe decisions while travelling and as they develop independence.
Category: Travel Safety
Audience: KS1, KS2
Developed by: PSHE Association
Duration (minutes): 4 x 30
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Many of the key travel milestones (e.g. walking to school, travelling without adult supervision) take place during primary school, so PSHE education plays an important role in incident prevention for this age group — supporting pupils to learn the necessary knowledge and skills to assess risk and keep themselves safe in these contexts.
Lawyer-led workshops
Category: Healthy Relationships
Audience: KS3, KS4
Developed by: Integrate UK
Duration (minutes): 60
Keywords: consent, rights
“We deliver hour-long lawyer-led workshops to 11-18-year-olds on consent, including the legal definition of consent, how to identify consent, the ages of consent, bystander intervention, the offences of rape, sexual assault and ‘sexting’, responding to disclosures and ways to obtain help.”
KS3 and KS4 form time activities
Category: Wellbeing
Audience: KS3, KS4
Developed by: Gov.UK/NHS
Duration (minutes): -30mins
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Developed with teachers and NHS approved, these flexible sessions explore the meaning of self-care. Students explore a range of self-care strategies, including connecting with others, being physically active and learning something new. 5 short videos are embedded in the PowerPoint.
An online safety teaching toolkit for educators to deliver with young people aged 11-16 with special educational needs and disabilities.
Category: Bullying, Online Safety
Audience: SEND
Developed by: Childnet
Duration (minutes): 60+
Keywords: Safe, Trust, Action, Respect, Friendship, Cyberbullying
An extensive teaching toolkit to equip, enable and empower educators with the relevant knowledge they need to support young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND).
Uninsured driving is a problem that seriously affects the lives of those involved in road accidents and costs the UK economy millions of pounds every year.
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Audience: KS3, KS4, KS5
Developed by: Motor Insurers’ Bureau/PSHE Association
Duration (minutes): 3×60
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The PSHE Association have worked with the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) to produce three lessons on road safety (KS3), responsible driving (KS4-5) and motor insurance (KS4-5). These free-to-download lessons will help students to: recognise their responsibilities as road users, know what actions they can take to ensure they drive responsibly, and understand how to spot fraud and scams related to buying motor insurance.
This lesson pack explores how young people can recognise unsafe situations when in public spaces, take care of their peers on nights out, and challenge attitudes which may lead to unsafe decisions.
Category: Domestic Violence, Healthy Relationships
Audience: KS4, KS5
Developed by: Thames Valley Police
Duration (minutes): 60
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The content has been informed by focus groups made up of young people aged 14-16 and mirrors the broader three pillars of the Thames Valley campaign:
Developed with teachers
Category: Wellbeing
Audience: KS2
Developed by: Gov.UK
Duration (minutes): -60 mins
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Developed with teachers, this PowerPoint helps you explore with your class the challenges that can arise with the transition from primary to secondary school, and help pupils identify strategies for managing the change.
Focuses on inaccurate and pervasive information online and opens up discussions to develop critical thinking skills.
Category: Online Safety
Audience: KS2, KS3
Developed by: Childnet
Duration (minutes): 60
Keywords: Grooming, Online reliability
This resources aims to educate young people on inaccurate and pervasive information that they might come across online. Developed in partnership with the London Grid for Learning (LGfL) Safeguarding Board, the resource contains lesson plans for both primary and secondary level that discuss how to think critically around the areas of content, contact, and propaganda material that may seek to persuade or change young people’s views.
KS3 form time activities
Category: Drugs
Audience: KS3
Developed by: Gov.UK
Duration (minutes): -30 mins
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In these 3 form time sessions, students learn about social pressures around vaping, its impact, and the effects of nicotine on the adolescent brain.
Consequences of vaping and challenging the influences that might encourage young people to vape
Category: Drugs
Audience: KS3
Developed by: PSHE Association
Duration (minutes): 60
Keywords: vaping, consequences, harm
A year 9 lesson exploring the consequences of vaping and challenging the influences that might encourage young people to vape. Designed to follow on from the Year 9 lessons in our existing suite of drug and alcohol education lessons, this lesson will help students understand the impact of influences, influencers and marketing on vaping-related choices and behaviours, explain the consequences of vaping, including the environmental cost of e-cigarettes, analyse ways to challenge influences and misconceptions about vaping
Produced in partnership with the Environment Agency, both lessons in the pack provide an age-appropriate understanding of potential hazards, how to manage emergency situations and keep safe.
Category: Travel Safety
Audience: KS2
Developed by: Environment Agency
Duration (minutes): 2×30
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Supporting pupils to keep safe in the environment is an important element of the PSHE education curriculum and contributes to safeguarding pupils from harm.
‘Canals and rivers’ lesson
By the end of the lessons, pupils will be able to: identify hazards and hidden dangers near canals and rivers; explain how to keep safe near canals and rivers; demonstrate what to do if there is an incident or emergency
‘Flood alert’ lesson
With the increased likelihood of flooding in the UK, this ‘flood alert’ lesson is particularly timely. By the end of the lessons, pupils will be able to: identify what a flood is and what causes a flood; explain the role of the Environment Agency in flood prevention and keeping people safe when floods occur; recognise flood hazards and warning signs; identify how to keep safe in the event of a flood; explain the steps people can take to be prepared for a flood.
This PowerPoint features a young person sharing their story and explores the impact of mental health stigma on young people.
Category: Wellbeing
Audience: KS3, KS4
Developed by: Anna Freud
Duration (minutes): -60 mins
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This resource was created by the Time to Change campaign to end mental health discrimination. It introduces young people to the concept of mental health stigma and discrimination, sharing examples they may have come across in everyday life. It then looks at the impact this may have on those with mental health issues.
Suite of mental wellbeing lesson plans for primary school pupils with teachers
Category: Wellbeing
Audience: KS2
Developed by: NHS/Gov.UK
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Across a range of lesson plans covering self-care, kindness and emotions, pupils will learn habit-forming techniques to support their mental wellbeing, while also helping you to deliver the Health Education and PSHE curriculums.