Monday News Issue 176- 2nd June 2025
- Matthew Paminter
- Jun 2
- 8 min read
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Events this week:
June 1st- June 30th- Pride Month 2025
June 1st- June 7th- Anaphylaxis Awareness Month 2025
June 3rd- June 9th- Child Safety Week 2025
June 3rd- June 9th- UK Clothing Poverty Awareness Week 2025
June 5th- World Environment Day 2025
June 7th- Tourette’s Awareness Day 2025
Legislation/Regulation of the week
Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice (2015)
The SEND Code of Practice 2015 refers to the Special Educational Needs and Disability framework, which provides guidance to organisations working with, and providing support to, children and young people (0 to 25 years old) with special educational needs and disabilities.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 30 mins)
Please remember to review this in your policy/legislation review workbook)
Videos of the week
Brain Hacks
How do we keep our brains healthy? And is there anything we can do to help strengthen crucial connections and keep our minds younger in the process? In this film, science journalist Melissa Hogenboom sets out to understand more about the brain's capacity to respond to change, helping us to learn and to heal. She looks at the most cutting-edge scientific research and has her own brain scanned and analysed, with intriguing results.
Watching this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 60 mins)
Event of the week/month
Pride Month 2025
Pride is celebrated in the month of June, as that was the month when the Stonewall riots took place.
The Stonewall riots were important protests that took place in 1969 in the US, that changed gay rights for a lot of people in America and around the world.
Pride is a celebration of people coming together in love and friendship, to show how far LGBTQ+ rights have come, and how in some places there's still work to be done.
Pride month is about acceptance, equality, celebrating the work of LGBTQ+ people, education in LGBTQ+ history and raising awareness of issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 30 mins)
Safeguarding & ED & I
(Podcast) Domestic abuse support in the workplace
NSPCC Learning has published a podcast episode on domestic abuse and how support in the workplace can help keep children safe. The episode features experts from the NSPCC Helpline and looks at what professionals can do to support and safeguard colleagues who experience domestic abuse.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 50 mins)
Exploring racial disparity in diversion from the youth justice system
This project will investigate racial disparities in diversion from the youth justice system (YJS). Children from minority ethnic backgrounds are overrepresented in the YJS. This is partly explained by decisions about whether children who come to police attention are diverted through informal measures, or receive formal outcomes (charge or caution).
The number of children entering the YJS has reduced significantly in recent years. This has been supported by the adoption of the ‘Child First’ approach by the Youth Justice Board (YJB). ‘Child First’ seeks to prevent the unnecessary criminalisation of children by taking a more progressive and inclusive approach to youth justice. This includes an emphasis on diversion from prosecution. However, the number of children from minority ethnic backgrounds entering the YJS has decreased less than the number of white children entering the YJS. More research is needed to explain the decisions driving racial disparities, why those decisions are made, and who makes the decisions.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 20 mins)
Child Safeguarding Learning Support and Capability Project
Commissioned by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, this report is about learning from incidents where children have died or been seriously harmed because of abuse or neglect.
Undertaken by Research in Practice, the University of East Anglia, and the Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme, the project explored learning and improvement from serious child safeguarding incidents and the local child safeguarding practice review process.
The report makes recommendations for the panel and government on how to improve the system of learning from serious child safeguarding incidents.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 60 mins)
What Parents & Educators Need to Know about Ofcom Media Report 2025
This edition of #WakeUpWednesday takes a closer look at Ofcom’s latest Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report. With children embracing social platforms and livestreaming from increasingly younger ages, the guide highlights some critical areas of concern for educators and families – including online exposure, peer interactions and content-sharing habits.
Whether it's the rise in unsupervised screen time, the popularity of gaming with strangers, or the emotional toll of negative online exchanges, the 2025 findings are a timely reminder of the risks that continue to evolve in children's digital spaces. We've highlighted the key statistics to help you navigate this complex landscape, stay on top of emerging trends, and identify where to focus your online safety efforts.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 30 mins)
Number of reported child deaths or serious harm cases down by a quarter in two years
There has been a 25% fall in the number of child death or serious harm cases involving suspected abuse or neglect or related to looked-after children reported by English councils annually, Department for Education figures show.
Authorities made 338 serious incident notifications, down from 405 in 2023-24 and 456 in 2022-23, meaning the number has fallen by 25% over the past two years.
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Health & Safety
Mental Health- Free Online Learning
Explore the impact of anxiety, depression, and stress as you learn to identify some common signs of mental ill-health.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 40 mins)
Mental health A&E centres to open across England
Specialist mental health crisis centres will be opened across England over the next decade in an attempt to reduce crowding in accident and emergency (A&E) departments, the NHS has confirmed.
Ten hospital trusts have been piloting new assessment centres to deal with people experiencing a mental health crisis.
The aim is to get these patients into appropriate care in a calm environment, avoiding long waits in A&E.
NHS England said the new units would reduce overcrowding in hospitals and relieve pressure on emergency services, including the police.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 20 mins)
What are weight loss injections and are they safe?
Weight loss injections have been used by celebrities like Amy Schumer, Meghan Trainor, and Rebel Wilson - but are they really an option for everyone?
The UK government is expanding access to weight loss jabs to some people to reduce obesity-related illnesses. This would mean that some so-called skinny-jabs - such as Wegovy - could be given at your local doctor's clinic rather than at a hospital.
Here we look at which weight loss injections are already available, which may soon be, and what having the jabs entails.
(Watching this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 20 mins)
Wider Curriculum
When and why are disposable vapes being banned?
A disposable vape ban came into force in the UK on Sunday, causing vapers to panic-buy the products.
As of June 1, it is illegal to buy the colourful e-cigarettes over the counter. After this date, only reusable devices (that have a rechargeable battery, a replaceable coil and are refillable), will be legal. Around 30 per cent of vapers prefer to use a disposable vape, according to the BBC.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 30 mins)
Compliance & Regulations for a New School-Based Nursery- Webinar
This webinar covers the essential legal and regulatory requirements that schools must follow when establishing a nursery. This includes understanding Ofsted standards, staff-to-child ratios, health and safety protocols, safeguarding guidelines and relevant early years legislation. Our expert offers practical guidance on navigating the regulatory landscape to ensure your school’s nursery provision is fully compliant, safe and effective from day one.
(Watching this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 20 mins)
What Is Personal Development and Why Is It Important?
Personal development is a catchphrase often used by scholars, mentors, colleagues, or even family members, but what exactly does it mean in a daily setting? Personal development is a phrase that refers to activities designed to improve talents, potential, employability, and even wealth.
Any time you are consciously making an effort to improve yourself, you are participating in personal development. The importance of personal growth cannot be understated, as it allows individuals to become the best versions of themselves, giving them the skills and confidence necessary to navigate any situation.
(Watching this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 20 mins)
Sustainability
From TikTok to Policy Change: How Gen Z Is Disrupting Climate Action
When you hear about Gen Z and climate action, the usual story goes something like this: young people want a seat at the table. But what if we told you Gen Z isn’t just asking for a seat—we’re building our own tables, flipping the old ones, and inviting the world to do better?
This generation isn’t waiting for permission. We’re leveraging creativity, connectivity, and community to push forward climate solutions right now. From viral content to grassroots movements, Gen Z is showing the world that you don’t need to be in a boardroom to shape the future, you just need to get started.
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The Worlds Greatest Unpaid Debt?
There have been a huge number of deadly weather events in 2024. Floods, heatwaves, droughts, storms and wildfires have wreaked havoc on climate vulnerable countries including India, Brazil, Nigeria, the Philippines, and through much of West and Central Africa, claiming lives and destroying homes and livelihoods.
Climate change is making severe events more frequent. Another country to face huge climate damage in recent years: Pakistan. In August 2022, the country was devastated by catastrophic flooding.
The unprecedented monsoon rains killed more than 1,500 people and left the inundated country with economic damages exceeding $30bn (£27bn). Within a month, a scientific study had concluded the high rainfall was "likely increased" by climate change.
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An Idiot’s guide to change the world- Refugees: Poor Soil means we have 50 harvest left
Hunger is the biggest single risk to global health, so why does one-third of food produced go to waste? In episode 3, find out the main causes of world hunger and why sustainable food production is crucial to avoid food waste.
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