Date: 12th October 2020
Category: Awareness-raising
Author: Children in Scotland

‘Activate your rights’ is a resource pack that aims to  raise children and young people’s awareness of their rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Its launch comes as Scotland moves to incorporate the UNCRC into Scots law.

Date: 12th October 2020
Category: Health and health services
Author:

ROSPA has released a series of webinar recordings on preventing accidents at home. These cover a range of safety-related topics including how to keep a child safe around water, fire safety, Halloween and firework safety, discussions about inequalities and unintentional injuries.

Date: 12th October 2020
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:

Children’s University (CU) Scotland has created hundreds of free home learning activities and sheets sparking ideas for wellbeing-boosting learning at home. With a range of topics to choose from, from sport to STEM, history to creative arts, they are designed for leisure and learning outside of school lesson time. Minimal technology and other resources are needed to take part, and whether you’ve got 30 minutes or a few days, they’re full of boredom-busting fun!

Date: 12th October 2020
Category: Education, including vocational education, Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:

When learning is taken outdoors it can improve children’s behaviour and children can become more engaged with their learning. These resources range from play ideas to do at home to outdoor lesson ideas for school.

Date: 22nd September 2020
Category: Training, Incorporation, Awareness-raising
Author:

Licketyspit has created some Lickety-tips for adults working with children which highlight the importance of children being included in decisions which affect them and adults engaging with children in a meaningful way.

Date: 22nd September 2020
Category: General measures of implementation, Awareness-raising, Training, Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:

Starcatchers has developed a suite of resources and online events to help early years professionals put arts and creativity at the heart of practice.

Date: 22nd September 2020
Category: Access to appropriate information, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author:

YouthLink Scotland has created a resource hub for youth workers and young people to advance climate emergency issues in communities across Scotland.

Date: 4th September 2020
Category: Health and health services, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People

This resource answers commonly asked questions in relation to Scottish Government’s new face coverings guidance, that has been implemented from 31st August 2020.

Date: 4th September 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author:

Within this toolkit are new ways for parents and carers to promote wellbeing, health, and respect in both themselves and their children. The toolkit is intended to help all parents and carers with children of all ages, cultures, backgrounds or beliefs.

Date: 4th September 2020
Category:
Author: Human Rights Consortium Scotland

The first episode of new podcast series #HumanRights2020 has been launched by the Human Rights Consortium Scotland. The first episode features a discussion from Susie Fitton from Inclusion Scotland and Andrew Strong from the Health and Social Care ALLIANCE on the impact of Brexit on social care.

Date: 4th September 2020
Category: Domestic Abuse
Author: Education Scotland

This resource is suitable for all staff in early learning and childcare; community learning and development settings; and school staff including senior leadership teams. It outlines the nature of domestic abuse, the indicators and impact on children and young people, and how to respond to potential cases of domestic abuse.

Date: 4th September 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author:

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.

Date: 4th September 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author:

‘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.

Date: 4th September 2020
Category:
Author:

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.

Date: 4th September 2020
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author:

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.