June 2025 News 🏳️‍🌈

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Updates and Resources

New Social Justice, Rights and Equalities Videos 

These videos introduce the Social Justice, Rights and Equalities approach and the benefits it brings to Scottish education.

Main video: Social Justice, Rights and Equalities (SJRE) Animation Main (youtube.com)

ELC: (New) Social Justice, Rights and Equalities (SJRE) Animation ELC

CLD: (New) Social Justice, Rights and Equalities (SJRE) Animation CLD (youtube.com)

Primary and secondary: Social Justice, Rights and Equalities (SJRE) Animation Primary and Secondary (youtube.com)

 

Free LGBT Inclusive Primary Book for Schools

Time for Inclusive Education are offering Scottish primary schools the opportunity to receive a free copy of The Lass and The Quine for use in classroom or library.  The Lass and The Quine, an original poem by Ashley Douglas first published in TIE’s Scots Poetry Collection, has now been developed into a children’s book. This marks a milestone as the first LGBT-inclusive children’s book published in the Scots language

Originally commissioned to support teaching about diverse families and gender stereotypes, the poem has already been used by primary schools across Scotland to enrich Scots language learning and help children to engage with LGBT Inclusive Education Learning Themes.

Click here to register for your school’s free copy.

 

New sextortion resources

Fearless, the youth service of the independent charity Crimestoppers, has launched a new Scotland-wide education resource to help young people understand, recognise and respond to sextortion. Developed in response to feedback from educators and created in collaboration with young people, the resource features a short, engaging 4 minute video and facilitator notes – offering a flexible and impactful way to spark meaningful conversations in schools.

You can access this resource, along with other crucial information to share with colleagues, parents and caregivers using the following link: Fearless News | Crimestoppers (crimestoppers-uk.org)

MVP Scotland national team have launched a new scenario on sexual extortion, more commonly referred to as sextortion. This has been created in collaboration with Police Scotland, MVP trained staff and mentors, and has been piloted in schools. The new Fearless film featuring MVP mentors, will be shown as part of the scenario. This scenario can be found in the materials section of the MVP glow blog.

 

Parents and Carers Conflict Resolution Resources

Resources for parents and carers looking to know more about how the changes teenage brains go through can lead to conflict – and how to handle it.

Follow this link to access more information: SCCR (scottishconflictresolution.org.uk)

 

Report from Child Poverty Action Group: Priced out of school: how lack of money prevents young people from attending school

This new research shows that lack of money itself prevents children from attending school. It also shows that children in lower income households are more likely to face sanctions, such as being sent home from school, for not having what they need, which further impacts on the amount of time they spend learning.

Follow this link to access more information: Priced-out-of-school-CPAG-May-2025_5.pdf

 

Resource from the Scottish AI alliance on the links between AI and children’s human rights

“Why Children’s Rights Matter in AI: A Resource for Professionals” is a series of eLearning modules aimed at giving adults who work in the AI, digital, and data space an introduction to children’s human rights and how to best ensure that their work in developing, deploying or making decisions around AI technologies can respect and protect children’s rights.

Follow this link to access more information: Why Children’s Rights Matter in AI: A Resource for Professionals — Scottish AI Playbook

 

No Knives Better Lives Teacher Survey

No Knives Better Lives are developing a support package to help teachers and schools confidently run sessions on knife crime and violence prevention. Your feedback will shape the tools, resources and training created. The survey takes less than 5 minutes to complete.

Follow this link to access more information: Teacher Survey: Delivering Violence Prevention & Knife Crime Sessions (google.com)

 

And finally a quick recommendation if anyone would like to see this new Scottish film that explores trauma and healing….