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Welcome back after the summer break! We hope you had a restful time and are ready for the new school year.

With the new academic year underway, it’s the perfect time to start planning for Anti-Bullying Week this November.

We’ve put together a short video: “5 Steps to Plan an Impactful Anti-Bullying Week”.

Watch the video and download your free checklist here: https://www.openvieweducation.co.uk/anti-bullying-week-checklist/

🎥 Planning Anti-Bullying Week 2025? Don’t miss this.

Here are 5 quick tips to help you make Anti-Bullying Week truly meaningful in your school, not just a tick-box activity.

Whether you're a teacher, SLT or pastoral lead, this video gives you simple, effective ways to make a lasting impact.

https://www.openvieweducation.co.uk/anti-bullying-week-tips/

We supported 114 schools last November — and we’re already taking bookings for 2025.

Let’s make this Anti-Bullying Week the most powerful one yet. 💙

Anti-Bullying Week | 5 Tips for Schools | OpenView Education Discover 5 tips to make Anti-Bullying Week a success at your school. Find out how OpenView Education’s Anti-Bullying Workshops can help.

To mark the beginning of Knife Crime Awareness Week 2025, we’ve created a short video where James from OpenView Education shares 3 key evidence-based principles behind our knife crime prevention workshops, and why early intervention matters.

In just a few minutes, you’ll discover:

✅ Why scare tactics don’t change behaviour
✅ The importance of a skills-based approach
✅ The role of confidence and community

Watch the video here: https://www.openvieweducation.co.uk/knife-crime-education/

🟦 Anti-Bullying Week 2025: Power for Good 🌟

The theme for Anti-Bullying Week 2025 has just been announced, it's all about harnessing the Power for Good in every pupil, teacher and classroom.

We've written a new blog that breaks down:

✅ What the theme means for your school
✅ Easy classroom activities to get involved
✅ Evidence on what really works to reduce bullying
✅ A video & real school story from our visit to Putney High School

📖 Read the blog here: https://www.openvieweducation.co.uk/anti-bullying-week-2025-power-for-good/

✉️ Share with your team to help them start planning ahead.

🗓️ Knife Crime Awareness Week: 19th – 25th May 2025

At OpenView Education, we believe knife crime education should empower, not frighten. That’s why we’ve created a free evidence-based guide and checklist to help schools focus on what really works.

✅ Discover what the Youth Endowment Fund says about effective approaches
✅ Learn why scare tactics fall short
✅ Access a free, printable checklist for schools and safeguarding teams

💡 Perfect for PSHE, RSE and SLT planning ahead of

👉 Read the full article & download the checklist here:
🔗 https://www.openvieweducation.co.uk/knife-crime-education-what-works/

SATs are coming up, and it’s totally normal for pupils to feel the pressure.

To help, we’ve put together a free printable poster, Ways to Stay Calm for SATs:

✔️ Includes a calming visualisation script
✔️ Perfect for classroom walls or morning routines

📥 Download it here: https://bit.ly/4lvzKf3

Let’s help our pupils feel calm, focused and ready to shine.

With Knife Crime Awareness Week 2025 coming up from 19th–25th May, I wanted to share something that might help as you plan your PSHE and safeguarding work this term.


We’ve just published a new blog:

👉 Knife Crime Awareness Week 2025: Age-Appropriate PSHE Ideas for Primary Schools: https://www.openvieweducation.co.uk/knife-crime-awareness-week-2025/

World Book Day is celebrated every year on the first Thursday in March, it is an important day that’s dedicated to promoting reading for pleasure among children and young people.

To support schools in celebrating World Book Day, OpenView Education is pleased to offer a new World Book Day Poster, available for free download. This resource is designed to highlight the benefits of reading, so why not display it in your classroom this World Book Day? - https://bit.ly/41vHPbw

At OpenView Education, we're focused on providing engaging, early intervention education on knife crime.

That’s why we’ve created a free video explaining the legal concept of Joint Enterprise, this is a great resource to use as part of PSHE lessons or to start a discussion about peer pressure: https://www.openvieweducation.co.uk/knife-crime-awareness-joint-enterprise/

With Safer Internet Day just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to focus on making the online world a safer place for your students.


To help, we’ve created a free poster to raise awarenss about The Four Cs of Online Safety: https://bit.ly/40QRskG