Spring Conference 2025: Full workshop details announced

Choose two workshops to attend on the day, from a range of options, including: 

• Brave new world? Teaching about AI risks and opportunities (with The Alan Turing Institute, key stages 3-5)
  Based on our work with The Alan Turing Institute, this workshop will explore the risks and opportunities for young people engaging with AI tools. With research and insights shared by The Alan Turing Institute, themes raised by young people, and practical classroom examples from our subject specialists, this workshop has everything you need to build your confidence in addressing this emerging challenge. 
  
  
• What works in mental health education: laying the foundations of wellbeing using latest evidence (reception to key stage 2)
  Our ground-breaking, research-led mental health and emotional wellbeing programme for primary schools – Foundations for Wellbeing – launches this Spring. This workshop will explore the research that supported our lesson design, give you a sneak preview of the programme, some ideas to use straight away, and an opportunity to consider how to embed the programme in your school as a central plank of your whole-school approach to mental wellbeing
  
  
• The key to comprehensive careers education (key stages 1-4)
  Careers education is crucial to children and young people’s future success and sense of purpose, yet it is sometimes an area of the PSHE curriculum that gets overlooked. This session explores a range of practical strategies for challenging stereotypes which may limit young peoples’ aspirations, and draws on research into what strong careers education can look like – from primary school through to entering higher education.
  
  
• Teaching effective, inclusive sexual health education: solutions in the face of rising STIs (key stages 3-5)
  With rising STI rates across the country amongst young people, teaching about sexual health has never been more important. This workshop will explore national health data and barriers to accessing good quality sexual health education and services, with solutions across a range of lessons and activities. Crucially, it will give advice and strategies to ensure teaching about sexual health is delivered in an inclusive way for all.
  
  
• Ripped off generation: protecting young people from fraud, scams and other online financial harms (key stages 2-5)
  As a member of the Child Financial Harms Consortium, we have been defining and researching the range of financial harms young people can encounter when online. From targeted adverts to loot boxes, and extortion to scams, young people are bombarded with more and more reasons and pressure to spend money online. Help them navigate these emerging issues through your PSHE teaching. 
  
  
• Taking the reins: Getting started as a new PSHE lead (key stages 1-5)
  As a new PSHE lead, there can be lots to learn – from meeting statutory RSHE requirements to developing an effective curriculum and supporting your teaching team. This workshop will share top tips for anyone new to leading PSHE education, including how to embed effective use of assessment and monitoring of the subject.
  
  
• Teaching pupils with SEND about bodies and puberty (key stages 1-4)
  This workshop is suitable for anyone working with pupils with SEND, in both mainstream and special school settings. It will explore how to adapt lessons and activities on some of the more challenging topics in PSHE to meet pupils’ different learning needs, including understanding our bodies, personal boundaries and managing puberty.
  
  
• A fresh look at health education: from UPFs to healthy sleep (key stages 1-4)
  This workshop takes a fresh look at health education, and how we can reframe our teaching to make it impactful for children and young people. It provides practical strategies for how you can build the skills your pupils need to make empowered, informed decisions about their health, across a range of areas — from nutrition and exercise to sleep. We will also be exploring our new food for thought lessons materials, launched on the day, which cover nutrition and food choices.

See all workshops and  book your place now.