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Living Well Schools Autumn Newletter
Living Well Schools Pupil Voice Focus
Article 1: PHSE Association Free staff Training Days
Article 2:Eco Councils Through an Eating Well Lens
Article 3: Pupil Voice Resources: Putting Pupils at the heart of school improvement
Article 4: Introducing A practical Approach to Engaging Parents and Carers
Article 5: Living Well Schools Poverty Workshop
Article 6: Youth Vaping Toolkit
Article 7:: Anti Youth Vaping Campaign: Catch Your Breath
Article 8:Student Voice SEND Hot Topics
Article 9: Let's Move- New Moves Club!
Article 10: Pupil Voice in Nearly New School Resources
Article 11: 1000 Young Voices Bradford 2026
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Free Staff Training Days from the PSHE Association |
Book your place on the in-person training to support the use of the free PSHE Association resources
Living Well Schools have commissioned the PSHE Association School Plus membership for your school until 31st August 2027.
To support this offer we have planned an in-person training day. This is an opportunity to receive training from the PSHE Association as well as meet and network with other PSHE Leads from across the district.
The training will:
- Explore key components of effective leadership in PSHE education and the role of the PSHE lead in developing and supporting high-quality provision
- Explain the requirements of PSHE education (including the 2026 RSHE statutory guidance), and how to strengthen curriculum and delivery, and demonstrate impact
- Evaluate your existing PSHE programme, including approaches to monitoring impact and identifying priorities for improvement
- Plan practical next steps to strengthen and develop PSHE education in your school, as well as refine your broader whole-school approach to promoting the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people
Primary PSHE staff - Tuesday 3rd November 2026, 10am-4pm
Secondary PSHE staff - Thursday 12th November 2026, 10am-4pm
To secure your place
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Eco Councils Through an Eating Well Lens
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Inspire pupils to lead the conversation on healthy eating, sustainability and positive food culture across your school.
Looking to strengthen pupil voice while promoting healthy, sustainable lifestyles? Our Living Well Schools Eco Council resource helps schools explore climate change, sustainability and food through engaging, discussion-based activities linked to the Eating Well and Pupil Voice priorities.
Could your pupils play a bigger role in shaping your school's food culture?
The resource encourages schools to establish a School Nutrition Action Group (SNAG) or similar pupil forum to gather views on school meals, dining experiences and sustainability. It also highlights opportunities for pupils to take on food leadership roles, helping them develop confidence, influence positive change and champion healthy eating across the school community.
Free to access, simple to deliver and designed to inspire action. To download this document
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Living Well Schools Pupil Voice Resources: Putting Pupils at the Heart of School Improvement
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Supporting schools to listen to pupils and co-produce positive change to health and wellbeing.
Pupil voice and influence is more than asking children and young people what they think. It is about creating meaningful opportunities for pupils to share their experiences, influence decisions and see their views lead to positive change.
The Living Well Schools Pupil Voice resources support schools to embed pupil voice within their whole-school approach to health and wellbeing. They provide practical ways to start conversations, explore what is working well and identify changes that could improve pupils’ school experience. Scroll to the bottom of the page to access the resources for a whole-school approach to pupil voice.
Schools can use the resources flexibly to explore health and wellbeing priorities, gather insight and involve pupils in developing solutions.
Whether you are developing pupil voice for the first time or strengthening your existing approach, our resources and dedicated Living Well Schools Leads are here to help you turn pupil insight into action.
Ready to put pupil voice into action?
Your Living Well Schools Lead can support you to use the resources, gather pupil views, understand the findings and identify meaningful next steps that work for your school.
BDAT are using the LWS pupil voice resources to help shape their approach across the academy trust, including both primary and secondary schools “Your pupil voice resources fit our needs so well. They help us understand the data better and give us greater insight.” Johnathan Kennedy, Student Experience and Enrichment.
Support from Living Well Schools Leads is free for schools, email us at
Schools@mylivingwell.co.uk
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Introducing Kitchen Table Conversations: A Practical Approach to Engaging Parents and Carers |
Kitchen Table Conversations provide schools with a flexible, relationship-based model for supporting parents and carers to engage confidently in their children's learning, health and well-being.
Kitchen Table Conversations are informal, welcoming sessions designed to help schools strengthen relationships with parents and carers while supporting children's educational attainment, health and well-being.
The approach encourages school staff to create a warm, judgement-free environment where families feel respected, valued and able to contribute. Recognising parents and carers as key partners in learning is central to the model, with sessions focused on building confidence and celebrating the strengths families already bring.
The content can be tailored to local needs and interests, covering topics such as supporting literacy and numeracy at home, understanding the curriculum, healthy lifestyles and emotional well-being. Facilitators are encouraged to use practical, hands-on activities and authentic classroom resources to make learning accessible and relevant. For example, families may explore nutritional labels together, use school learning materials or discuss simple strategies that support learning at home.
Flexibility is key. Sessions should respond to the needs and interests of participants, encouraging discussion, peer support and shared problem-solving. Schools are also encouraged to consider accessibility, including support for families with English as an additional language through translation apps, visual prompts and peer support.
Ultimately, Kitchen Table Conversations are about more than learning outcomes. They help build trust, strengthen school-family relationships, foster belonging and create supportive networks that benefit children, families and the wider school community.
To access the guidance click here
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40% of Children in Bradford are Living Below the Poverty Line.
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A free one hour workshop session delivered by Living Well Schools covering the Bradford context of poverty and how poverty impacts education and health.
Contact us for the workshop to be delivered in your school (available for all staff)
Workshop Aims & Objectives:
Defining poverty To look at the Bradford context of poverty To consider how poverty impacts education and health To understand the impact that poverty has on the school day To look at the current support your school provides to help alleviate the impact of poverty on the school day.
To look at what further support your school could potentially do or provide to help alleviate the impact of poverty further on the school day.
One of the outcomes of the workshop will be an opportunity for your school to work closely with your Living Well Schools Lead to action plan and ultimately implement some of the recommendations highlighted in the workshop.
What teaching staff have said they learned from accessing the workshop:
“How poverty can have an impact on a child’s school day”
“Different things schools can do to help children suffering from poverty”
“How much we already do as a school!”
“What more we could do that would be simple to implement but very effective”
To book your workshop email: Schools@mylivingwell.co.uk
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Youth Vaping Toolkit |
New vaping toolkit launched to help school staff have confident, consistent conversations with young people.
This toolkit has been created as a central source of information to support adults who work with young people. It aims to help the workforce feel confident having informed and consistent conversations about vaping whenever the opportunity arises.
There are mixed messages about vaping and its potential harms. Vaping is a relatively new product, and the long-term health effects of vaping are not fully understood.
What we do know is that nicotine is highly addictive and that many young people who vape are exposed to regular nicotine use at an early age. There is also a risk that some vapes may contain substances that are not regulated or are more harmful than nicotine.
There isn’t a specific vaping cessation service for young people available in Bradford district, so it’s important that people working with young people have the correct information to support and guide them to good healthier choices.
This toolkit aims to give factual information and consistent messages on why young people should not start vaping or if a young person has started vaping, offer early help so they can stop. To access the toolkit
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Phase 2 of Anti Youth-Vaping Campaign
"Catch Your Breath"
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Free Resources to Help Prevent Youth Vaping
Schools can now access Phase 2 of the Catch Your Breath youth vaping prevention campaign, launched at Oasis Academy Lister Park in partnership with Bradford City FC Community Foundation and Talk Your Walk.
Building on the success of the first phase, the new campaign explores how vaping and nicotine addiction can affect young people’s everyday lives. The key message, “Own a Vape? It Owns You”, highlights the impact of nicotine dependency on mood, irritability, concentration and mental wellbeing while young people’s brains are still developing.
A standout feature of the campaign is the involvement of young people throughout its development. Pupils helped shape the campaign messages and starred in the campaign film, ensuring the content is relevant, authentic and engaging for their peers.
Since its launch, the campaign has received positive feedback from schools, young people and partners, alongside coverage in local and national media.
Schools are encouraged to use the free resources to support PSHE, health education and wider wellbeing work. The campaign can help stimulate discussion around vaping, nicotine addiction and informed decision-making.
For links to the campaign film, media coverage and supporting resources
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Student Voice SEND Hot Topics:
Have Your Say!
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Student Councils across the Bradford District are invited to share their views through our latest Student Voice SEND Hot Topic activities.
Every term, BradStarz, Bradford's SEND Youth Forum, work with local services to choose a topic they want to hear more about. Hot Topic questions and activities are designed to help gather views of students, particularly those with SEND and/or who are neurodivergent. Students can share their views through questions and short activities, helping to shape services and create positive change
Hot Topics are primarily aimed at secondary/college and primary school councils, but we welcome responses from any groups, organisation or setting that works with children and young people with SEND.
By taking part, children and young people can help improve the support and opportunities available to them and others. They can also build confidence while learning valuable democratic skills. Schools can also use the feedback to support school improvement and evidence pupil voice and inclusion for Ofsted. For more information, please contact SENDYouthVoice@bradford.gov.uk
To access Hot Topic questions and resources
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Let’s Move – New Moves Club! |
Did you know over half of children aged 7–11 in England aren't getting their NHS recommended 60 minutes of daily physical activity?
To help children reach the NHS-recommended amount of daily physical activity, the government’s Let's Move! Campaign is inviting families to take part in the New Moves Club and discover the fun of trying something new together. Because getting active isn't about being the best, it's about having a go. Schools are one of the strongest ways to reach families, so we've created a Teacher Toolkit packed with ready-to-use assets for your school's:
● Newsletter content
● Social media posts
● WhatsApp messages
Simply download the Teacher Toolkit, encourage your staff to share and help families discover that getting active can be fun – especially when they're trying something new together.
We've also created four fun, curriculum-linked activities that your staff can use to build excitement their classrooms, and are perfect for pupils to continue the fun at home with their loved ones:
🤝 The swap move
🔎 The movement memory game
🎵 Soundtrack statues
📚 Story movers
Once pupils have had a go in class, teachers can send them home with our printable take-home activity sheet – a fun, badge-based sheet with six activities families can work through together, and pupils earn and colour in badges for every activity they try!
For more information on how to get involved
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Pupil Voice in Nearly New School Resources Provision |
Involving pupils in the planning and promotion of your second-hand school resources provision can increase engagement, improve accessibility and develop valuable leadership skills.
Setting up a nearly new school resources provision can be a fantastic project for your School Eco Council or Pupil Leadership Team to lead on with support from school staff and the Living Well Schools team.
Encouraging pupil voice helps ensure the provision is accessible, appealing and relevant to the needs of your school community. It also provides valuable opportunities for pupils to develop leadership, communication and organisational skills.
Pupils could be involved in:
- Gathering views from their peers about what would make the provision useful and welcoming, and working with staff to create an action plan.
- Choosing a name and identity for the provision to make it engaging and recognisable.
- Exploring messages that encourage donations and explain the positive impact they can have.
- Helping to decide what items should be included, such as coats, stationery, or other school essentials.
- Raising awareness of the provision through assemblies, posters and school campaigns.
For resources to support pupil leadership with a whole school approach
If you would like support or ideas on how to involve your pupils in planning and promoting nearly new school resources provision, please contact schools@mylivingwell.co.uk
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1000 Young Voices Bradford 2026 |
1000 Young Voices research captures the perspectives and insights of young people (11 – 19 years) from Bradford households, sharing their concerns, priorities, role models and inspirations relating to sport and physical activity!
1,000 Young Voices Bradford is a community-led research project created to hear directly from young people across Bradford about sport and physical activity.
We have opportunities for up to 10 participating secondary schools to have their own data set, analysis and supporting infographic.
By listening to young people’s thoughts, feelings and ideas, we want to ensure they have a genuine voice in shaping the future of physical activity opportunities in their lives. Their insights could help to:
- Highlight the issues that matter most to them
- Influence local decisions around funding and resources
- Shape a more inclusive Active Bradford that reflects the needs, experiences and ambitions of young people and their communities
There are lots of FREE resources available to download
If you would like to be involved, we would love to hear from you! Please get in touch email: alison.spaul@streetgames.org
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