Young people are growing up with overlapping crises: climate change, conflict, displacement, cost-of-living pressures and rising anxiety about the future. Many bring these questions and worries into the classroom, and teachers are often left to hold complex conversations without feeling fully equipped.
This webinar will explore two elements of the citizenship curriculum. First, how do we teach children about resilience? And second, how do we work with young people to discuss the climate debate?

Learning outcomes
By the end of this webinar, attendees will:
• Will have explored ideas for teaching resilience with young people
• Will have more confidence for leading and teaching a curriculum which looks at climate issues and sustainability

We will discuss:
• Which elements of citizenship or personal development are most engaging for students?
• Approaches in schools to build belonging and resilience in students
• Approaches which are effective in teaching students about the climate crisis
• How can we evaluate the impact of our teaching in these areas?
• What lessons can we learn from the British Red Cross Humankind programme?
• Given that the curriculum review intends to embed climate and sustainability education throughout England’s school curriculum, what are the key challenges schools face in teaching about these issues and how can we overcome them?
• Top tips in leading a citizenship and personal development curriculum.

About our webinar partner
The British Red Cross is one of the most trusted charities in the UK, providing life-saving support during emergencies, disasters and humanitarian crises. As a global charity and UK NGO (non-governmental organisation), they work alongside communities before, during and after crisis, whether through first aid, community education, refugee support or emergency response. The Humankind programme draws on this experience to support schools and youth settings to engage with humanitarian issues in thoughtful, practical ways.

About SecEd
Launched in April 2003, SecEd offers an open access website, weekly ebulletins, an award-winning & in-depth podcast, half-termly webinars, and regular best practice events. SecEd prides itself on being a positive and constructive voice for teachers and school leaders working in secondary education across the UK.

Meet our experts
This webinar will be hosted by Paul K Ainsworth, a school improvement advisor and author. Paul first became a secondary school senior leader in 2002 and has been a system leader across six trusts since 2015. He is the author of the popular No Silver Bullets books and a regular contributor to SecEd. His guests will include:
• Anisa Hay and Clare Stevenson, Education Content Developers working on the British Red Cross Humankind programme.
• Helen Blachford is curriculum leader for citizenship & PSHE at Priory School and trust subject director of personal development at Bohunt Education Trust.
• Steven Humphrys, a citizenship teacher at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls and co-chair of the Association for Citizenship Teaching Council.