STEAM Charades: COVID-19 Edition

Date: 4th September 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
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This pack of 30 cards are designed for primary school teachers to facilitate a game of charades that can help children discuss, learn, and share experiences of the Coronavirus pandemic in a safe, fun and educational way.

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Virtual assistant launched to answer COVID-19 questions

Date: 4th September 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
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‘Hannah’ a new virtual assistance to answer questions about COVID-19 and child protection has been launched by The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action.

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When Mandela danced in the square: Lessons for young citizens from the Scottish anti-apartheid movement

Date: 4th September 2020
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This resource supports teachers to equip young people with an understanding of the context of apartheid South Africa, the life of Nelson Mandela and the connections to the Scottish anti-apartheid movement. It also draws links to modern day injustices and racism and helps to develop young people’s capacity to campaign and create speeches.

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Building back equal: Girls’ back to school guide

Date: 4th September 2020
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
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This guide provides ideas to ensure continuity of learning during school closures. It also offers comprehensive, timely and evidence-based plans for reopening schools in a way that is safe, gender-responsive and child-friendly, whilst also meeting the needs of the most marginalised girls.

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COVID-19: Global responses to education recovery

Date: 21st August 2020
Category: Education, including vocational education
Author: Education Scotland

This resource for leaders and educators includes a non-exhaustive list of international, national and local level responses which have been used to adapt to the new ways of working in education in light of COVID-19.

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COVID-19: Scientists answer young people’s questions

Date: 21st August 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People

Listen to a question and answer session between young people from all four nations’ commissioners’ offices and three scientists from the UK’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).

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COVID-19: Heids Together

Date: 21st August 2020
Category: Health and health services, Mental health
Author: Youthlink Scotland

Staff at YouthLink Scotland have put their ‘heids together’ with leading mental health charities Penumbra and See Me Scotland to create a collection of free, online resources for youth workers to help reduce the impact of COVID-19 on the health and wellbeing of young people in Scotland.

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COVID-19: Back to School resource for school staff

Date: 21st August 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Children's Parliament

Back to School is an online resource to support schools take a rights-based approach as COVID-19 restrictions relax and schools reopen. This resource is filled with practical activities to support conversations between children, children and adults in school, designed to help school staff to understand children’s experiences of lockdown and their wellbeing needs in the current context.

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Children in Scotland’s latest magazine issue: ‘The Road to Renewal’

Date: 21st August 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author: Children in Scotland

In the August/September 2020 edition, Children in Scotland reflects on some of the lessons learned from the last few months and how these lessons can help shape society as Scotland recovers from COVID-19.

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Act for Girls toolkit

Date: 21st August 2020
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This toolkit is designed to empower young people to create change on issues which matter to them, by offering support through each phase of youth activism.

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