We provide a number of training courses throughout the year suitable for all staff in school . The majority of our courses are available to any school and are delivered virtually or face to face in Leeds. We also have a number of eLearning modules available. All our training is bookable via Leeds for Learning Link.
We are also able to provide some of our courses as whole staff training for your setting. Please e mail schoolwellbeing@leeds.gov.uk if you would like to discuss this option.
06 October 2020
Solving plastic pollution – Sir David Attenborough and Dame Ellen MacArthur.
Solutions to tackle plastic pollution are within reach so we can avoid a future in which there are more plastic than fish in our oceans.
02 October 2020
Attenborough smashes Jennifer Aniston's Instagram record!
Sir David Attenborough has broken Jennifer Aniston's record for the fastest time to reach a million followers on Instagram. At 94 years old, the naturalist's follower count raced to seven figures in 4 hrs 44 mins on Thursday, according to Guinness World Records.
18 September 2020
UN’s Global Biodiversity Outlook report.
The fifth edition of the UN’s Global Biodiversity Outlook report, published by the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), provides an authoritative overview of the state of nature worldwide.
18 September 2020
Extinction - the Facts
With a million species at risk of extinction, David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, including putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases.
04 August 2020
The National Food Strategy - Part 1
Last week part one of the first major review of our food system in 75 years was published, just days after the Governments Obesity Strategy. So what could this mean for schools?
28 July 2020
The Obesity Strategy
on 27th July 2020 Government published plans to tackle obesity and set out actions that will aim to help adults and children lead healthier lives. The full strategy can be read at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-obesity-government-strategy.
17 July 2020
Climate Change Lessons - Leeds DEC
To access the lessons please go to: https://leedsdec.co.uk/climate-action-vm/
08 July 2020
Leeds School Uniform Exchange
Zero Waste Leeds are launching Leeds School Uniform Exchange to open up the opportunity for people across our city to donate, buy, sell or swap school uniform.
15 June 2020
Energy Savng School challenge - Rising to the Energy Challenge.
The Energy Saving Trust has recently launched the Energy Saving Schools Challenge. This exciting new initiative aims to inform, inspire and empower secondary school students to reduce their energy use and help the UK reach Net Zero by 2050.
05 June 2020
Leeds #8for8
Leeds City Council are asking everyone to underline our solidarity with those peacefully protesting in America by joining us in #8for8
21 February 2020
Young people in care feel there are fewer opportunities for them to get involved in sport
Six out of 10 young people in care felt they did not have the same opportunities to take part in sport compared to friends who were not in care, according to a new report.
28 January 2020
Infectious diseases posters: for schools and other childcare settings
Online posters to promote Health Protection in schools and childcare settings
28 January 2020
Leeds: New Bereavement Pathway
The pathway for professionals working with children and young people in Leeds who have been bereaved has recently been updated to include new services available in the city.
27 January 2020
Climate change: Teaching the truth of natural disasters
Schools must prepare young people for the consequences of climate change, says international aid charity.
12 January 2020
How to teach online safety through (almost) any subject
With the internet taking an increasingly large role in all of our lives, it should play a part in the teaching of as many subjects as possible, argues Rebecca Mace