This teacher video explores how to approach the topic of the changing adolescent body within the RSE curriculum. It offers practical advice on progression across year groups, inclusive teaching strategies, and the importance of establishing ground rules. Topics include puberty, menstruation, conception, and how to address sensitive areas like same-sex relationships and contraception in a respectful and age-appropriate way.
year: Year 2
Teacher video: Healthy & safe relationships
This RSE teacher guidance video explores how to support pupils in learning about healthy and safe relationships. The discussion includes practical advice on teaching about personal boundaries, consent, and recognising appropriate and inappropriate behaviours. Kate provides suggestions for handling sensitive topics, including abuse, and highlights the importance of safeguarding, correct terminology, and effective ground rules.
Teacher video: Digital safety
This teacher guidance video explores how to help children navigate digital safety as part of the RSE curriculum. The discussion covers how to strike a balance between caution and confidence, the importance of reporting concerns, and why digital safety should be taught in both RSE and computing. Kat also shares practical advice on discussing age-appropriate content, parental involvement, and the emotional impact of online experiences.
Implementing Kapow Primary Computing
This Computing onboarding video supports subject leaders in implementing Kapow Primary’s computing scheme. It outlines key documents, long-term planning options, and how to adapt the scheme for your school’s hardware and curriculum needs. The video also explains assessment tools, online safety integration, and how the scheme aligns with national guidance, offering a clear path to lead and deliver computing from EYFS to Year 6 confidently.
Getting started with Kapow Primary
This onboarding video helps you get started with Kapow Primary. It walks you through logging in, navigating the site, accessing lesson plans and teaching resources, and using assessment tools. You’ll also find tips on planning, downloading editable content, and staying up to date with the latest updates, webinars, and CPD opportunities.
Webinar recording: How to use sketchbooks in primary Art and design – 26th January 2022
This video explores how to make the most of sketchbooks in primary Art and Design lessons. It offers practical tips for integrating sketchbooks into the creative process, encouraging experimentation, reflection, and personal expression. Perfect for boosting confidence in both teachers and pupils, the video highlights sketchbooks as an essential tool for developing artistic skills and documenting progress over time.
Presented by Lucy Roff. Find the accompanying slides here.
Webinar recording: How to lead a Music staff meeting with Dr Liz Stafford
In this helpful video, Dr. Elizabeth Stafford shares practical advice for leading an effective music staff meeting. She offers tips on setting clear goals, encouraging participation, and boosting staff confidence in delivering high-quality music lessons across the school.
Music: Structure in music (all key stages)
This Music video introduces the concept of musical structure, or form, and how it organises sections within a piece of music. It explains common structures such as verse-chorus, binary, ternary, and rondo, helping teachers support pupils in identifying and composing with clear musical forms.
Music: Tempo (all key stages)
This Music video explores tempo—the speed of the music—and how to introduce it to pupils. It includes strategies for helping children recognise, describe, and respond to different tempi using movement, listening activities, and Italian terminology. The video also explains how tempo changes can be spotted and described easily.
