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A Round of Applause for Our Pilgrim Guides

Home category Secondary A Round of Applause for Our Pilgrim Guides Writer: Anna Bailey There were so many enthusiastic teachers who applied for their children to have the opportunity to be Pilgrim Guides for our Ten Ten Year of Pilgrimage - but only three could be chosen… Here at Ten Ten Resources, we were overwhelmed at the volume of wonderful applications we received from teachers in England and Wales who were eager to welcome us to their school to film for the Ten Ten Year of Pilgrimage. After spending time reading the applications and considering the practicality of different filming locations, we contacted teachers from Our Lady and St John’s RC Primary School (Brentford), St Anne’s Catholic Primary School (Solihull) and St Mary’s and St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School (Maesteg) who were all delighted to welcome us to their school. We had three fantastic filming days and we have been ...Read More

Iron Sharpens Iron

Home category Secondary Iron Sharpens Iron Writer: Anna Bailey A skills sharing forum for teachers of Life to the Full. Now that the Summer Term is upon us, we’re reflecting on the past year and looking ahead to the 2022 - 23 academic year. We want to continue doing what we do best, and also make further developments and improvements to the Life to the Full programme. We’d love for teachers of ‘Life to the Full’ to join us in this process With this in mind, we are hosting two, free, 60-minute webinars for teachers of the Life to the Full programme to dedicate time to listening to experiences of what worked really well and what teachers feel they will do better next time. There will also be an opportunity for attendees to contribute and share their own experiences and feedback too, including comments about how they would like to ...Read More

The Ongoing Value of Ten Ten Resources

Home category Secondary The Ongoing Value of Ten Ten Resources Writer: Allison Highton Life to the Full (secondary) subscribersLife to the Full (Primary) subscribersCollective Worship subscribers Many of you will have heard of The Golden Triangle… …this is the interconnection of a school’s three key stakeholders - staff, parents and pupils. Successful relationships between all three stakeholders can lead to a happy and purposeful whole. Throughout all of our programmes, Ten Ten Resources aims to involve and support not just pupils who are taught by the resources but also staff and parents. We want to share with you some of ways we do this across our two main programmes, Life to the Full and Collective Worship, so you can reflect on the ongoing value of subscribing to Ten Ten. Pupils Life to the Full is a spiral curriculum, introducing concepts rooted in the core tenet that we are created by ...Read More

Natural Family Planning

Home category Secondary Natural Family Planning: Myths and Misconceptions Writers: Anna Bailey and Isabel Willmott What might a Catholic say to the argument that Natural Family Planning (NFP) is still a couple ‘playing God’, albeit in a more natural way than using contraception? In our Year 11 Life to the Full session entitled ‘Birth Control’, pupils are invited to discuss artificial and non-artificial methods of family planning, which can give rise to some heated debates! Appendix 4 of that session offers a deep dive into the main question: Why NFP instead of artificial contraception? This article does not intend to give comprehensive answers, but instead offers some simple principles to consider. So let’s dive in… The Main Question: Why NFP instead of artificial contraception? Since both are ways of a couple avoiding becoming pregnant, what’s the difference? Surely if they love each other, then isn’t how they plan their family ...Read More

Deaf Awareness Week and Beyond

Home category Secondary Deaf Awareness Week and Beyond Writer: Isabel Willmott ‘Deaf Awareness Week’ and how we’re working to remove barriers to access across our programmes… Popular Culture D/deaf Awareness In recent months, D/deaf people have featured prominently in the news. Actress Rose Ayling-Ellis won the 2021 series of Strictly Come Dancing, despite not being able to fully hear the music. Instead, she kept time partly by feeling the vibrations through the floor. Even if you’re not a Strictly fan, watch this incredible moment mid-dance where the music cuts out and Rose and professional partner Giovanni Pernice dance in silence as a tribute to the D/deaf community. In surely the most talked about Oscars ceremony in recent years following the Smith - Rock debacle, one moment that should be talked about far more is the Best Picture win for CODA. A common acronym for ‘Child Of D/deaf Adults’, the film, ...Read More

Many Routes, One Destination

Home category Secondary Many Routes, One Destination: Our Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela Writer: Josephine Stow Holy smoke! It’s a long way to Santiago de Compostela! For some, the thought of taking a month to reach a destination on foot, might be off-putting. But yet many choose to leave everything behind, to challenge themselves, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. The Camino de Santiago (or ‘The Way of St James’) can be walked or cycled by anyone, whether or not they share the same faith beliefs as the Catholics who began the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage tradition. The Camino is made up of a network of routes, all leading to the same destination. Some people choose to travel the Camino in stages over a period of years, others complete it in one trip. The Camino in the Spotlight The Camino de Santiago gained popularity in recent years due to publicity from ...Read More

A Prayer for SATs Season

Home category Secondary A Prayer for SATs Season Writer: Isabel Willmott PANIC STATIONS! The SATs are here! As you will no doubt be aware, during May, KS1 and KS2 SATs take place. For many children, these Statutory Assessment Tests may be the first time they have sat an exam in this way, which can bring up a variety of feelings and emotions. Particularly across KS2 where greater emphasis is placed on preparing for SATs throughout the school year, some pupils can tend towards anxiety and worry. We have created a prayer resource for home and school use, which helps explore and validate children’s emotional responses, whilst encouraging them to prepare for and pray about their SATs with a distinct focus on Jesus who is with us and gives us peace. This prayer is part of our Collective Worship subscription, but we have made it freely available for all schools so ...Read More

Template for The Hub

Home category Secondary Title Writer: Text Text Latest posts: May 2022: Resource: A Prayer for SATs Season Article: Our Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela: Many Routes, One Destination Resource: Deaf Awareness Week and Beyond Deep Dive: Natural Family Planning: Myths and Misconceptions CPD: Iron Sharpens Iron Article: A Round of Applause for Our Pilgrim Guides April 2022: Deep Dive: Our Pilgrimage to Jerusalem CPD: Communicating with Parents About RSHE CPD: It Is Love That Has Explained Everything To Me Resource: Film Your Eastertide Alleluia Resource: Sculptures, Dragons and Planets: Other Resources in April Deep Dive: The Law and DIY Abortions Article: Local Pilgrimage March 2022: Article: Keeping Children Safe in Education - Secondary Schools Resource: #PrayforUkraine Deep Dive: Our Pilgrimage to the Cross Resource: Other Resources: Does What It Says On The Tin Resource: Choose The World You Want: Fairtrade Fortnight February 2022: Article: Warning Children About Pornography Resource: Spot ...Read More

Local Pilgrimages

Home category Secondary Local Pilgrimages Writer: Anna Bailey Collective Worship subscribers What holy sites, shrines and inspiration are on your doorstep? For the first 18 years of my life, I lived in the North East of England. I have vivid memories of regular journeys into nearby Durham and my mam exclaiming (every single time!), “Can you see it? Can you see the Cathedral?” She nevers tires of the view of the Gothic cathedral peaking through the trees. Trips to this local holy place were often a holiday treat for us as a family, moments of exploring and prayer punctuated with trips to the cafe for a slice of cake! As I got older, I realised I was spoilt for choice in the northeast for places to make a local pilgrimage. As a student I discovered that in the midst of student-land in Newcastle there’s a shrine to Our Lady in ...Read More

The Law and DIY Abortions

Home category Secondary The Law and DIY Abortions Writers: Isobel Wilmot Life to the Full (secondary) subscribers The phrase ‘DIY abortion’ might conjure up tragic images from times before abortion was legalised; characterised by fear, judgement of ‘unfeeling’ or ‘promiscuous’ women and a lack of understanding or communication about changing attitudes towards sex. A particularly harrowing episode of ‘Call the Midwife’ involving a backstreet abortion springs to mind. Now, more than 50 years on, have things changed? Please note that this article discusses abortion which some readers may find upsetting. The Morning After-Pill and DIY Abortions: A Brief History Let’s take a look at a brief history… The 1967 Family Planning Act made contraception readily available through the NHS for the first time, whereas previously these services were limited to women whose health was put at risk by pregnancy. The first licensed ‘morning-after pill’ was launched in Britain in 1984, ...Read More

Sculptures, Dragons and Planets: Other Resources in April

Home category Secondary Sculptures, Dragons and Planets: Other Resources in April Writer: Isobel Wilmot Collective Worship subscribers April might be disrupted by the school holidays, but we still have lots of ‘Other Resources’ to share with you… Stations of the Cross The Stations of the Cross – or the Way of the Cross – is a Lenten devotion which helps us to reflect prayerfully on Jesus’ final steps on the way to His crucifixion and death. It marks 14 different stages of Christ’s Passion from the moment He was condemned to death, to receiving the Cross and then the events on the walk to His crucifixion. Christians throughout the world follow these stations as part of their Lenten practice because they can help us to grow in relationship with Jesus. In particular, children can, in an age-appropriate way, use their senses and imagination to prayerfully reflect on the Passion of ...Read More

Film Your Eastertide Alleluias!

Home category Secondary Film Your Eastertide “Alleluias!” Writer: Isobel Wilmot Collective Worship subscribers ‘We are an Easter people and “Alleluia” is our song!’ No ‘A’ word in Lent The Liturgical Year is punctuated with seasons of feasting and fasting. Lent is, of course, a long season of fasting, but it’s not just physical goods that we fast from, for example, certain foods or social media. During the formal liturgies of the Catholic Church we fast from saying or singing the joyous word ‘Alleluia!’ and then in Eastertide we say and sing it during the liturgies with even greater gusto! The absence of singing ‘Alleluia’ during Lent reminds us poignantly that Jesus’ great victory over death at Easter is something great to shout about by the time the Easter Vigil arrives on Holy Saturday! School Eastertide Filming Project During the season of Eastertide (50 days of rejoicing and celebration), our Collective ...Read More

TOB CPD Course 2022

Home category Secondary ‘It is love that has explained everything to me’ Writer: Anna Bailey ‘It is love that has explained everything to me,’ is a quotation from St John Paul II, but what did teachers from around the country think about learning about his Theology of the Body? This academic year here at Ten Ten Resources, we launched a new online CPD programme. Our most recent CPD webinars have been a three part series titled, ‘An Introduction to Theology of the Body for Teachers’. Over 90 teachers signed up to attend these sessions to learn about Pope St John Paul’s Theology of the Body. What is Theology of the Body? The phrase, ‘Theology of the Body’, refers to a body of work written by St John Paul II. You may well know that each Wednesday in Rome, there is an event called ‘The General Audience’. Each week, anyone can ...Read More

Communicating with Parents About RSHE

Home category Secondary Communicating with Parents About RSHE Writer: Anna Bailey Life to the Full (Primary) subscribersLife to the Full (secondary) subscribers What does the Government and the Church say about engaging with parents about RSHE and how does Ten Ten Resources enable schools to support parents? Knowing that the Government has statutory requirements for Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE), but that faith schools are able to teach RSHE in line with their faith’s beliefs can sometimes feel a bit confusing and overwhelming, especially when schools want to communicate clearly with parents. What is covered by statutory RSHE? There are distinct differences between primary and secondary schools and the curriculum they are required to cover for RSHE. In primary schools, the subject is entitled ‘Relationship and Health Education’. There is no compulsory mention of the word ‘sex’ in the subject for primary schools. This means that ‘sex education’ is ...Read More

Our Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

Home category Secondary Our Pilgrimage to Jerusalem Writer: Josephine Stow During our Ten Ten Year of Pilgrimage there will be many experiences and encounters but perhaps none so dramatic as Holy Week: Our Pilgrimage to Jerusalem – the final leg of Our Pilgrimage to the Cross. To use a fairground analogy, it’s a rollercoaster! Imagine the scene at the time of Jesus: pilgrims gathering for the Jewish festival of Passover, large groups of family and friends converging on the roads outside Jerusalem and joyfully making their way through the gates in the city walls. The hustle and bustle, laughter, crying children, celebratory music and the loud conversation of reunited friends. For the Church, Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday. In Catholic churches all over the world, the Gospel story of Jesus’ Triumphal Entry to Jerusalem is retold and enacted. Palm leaves are waved, and hosannas are sung. In some parts ...Read More

Keeping Children Safe in Education – Secondary Schools

Home category Secondary Keeping Children Safe in Education - Secondary Schools Secondary / Catholic / Church of England / RSHE Curriculum Writer: Anna Bailey In January we shared an article for primary schools on ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’. We've since had requests for an article for our secondary school colleagues, so here it is… How do the secondary Life to the Full programme resources support the September 2021 ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ updates, particularly the updates concerning ‘Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment between children’? It’s worth noting that the main concerns of the document updates are very much linked to the safeguarding procedures, documentation and recording of incidents in schools, and training for staff. If you haven’t looked at the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ updates yet, then you might find it useful to read in order to clarify more specifically what is being asked of schools. How ...Read More

Choose the World You Want: Fairtrade Fortnight

Home category Secondary Choose the World You Want: Fairtrade Fortnight Primary / Secondary / Catholic / Collective Worship Writer: Isabel Willmott It can make us feel really angry when we are treated unfairly. But what about when WE are the ones treating other people badly? ‘Do for other people what you want them to do for you.’ (Luke 6: 13) The Fairtrade Foundation works to protect workers around the world and make sure they are treated fairly - because so often, workers are treated UN-fairly. We, the consumer, often don’t think twice about what we’re buying, where it comes from or who made it. It’s so easy for adults and children alike not to think about the people behind the products. Using a film produced by Fairtrade Schools, we’ve put together a prayer resource which shares the main aims of Fairtrade, encourages children to consider how their own choices can ...Read More

Other Resources: Does What It Says On The Tin

Home category Secondary Other Resources: Does What It Says On The Tin Primary / Catholic / Church of England / Collective Worship Writer: Isabel Willmott In March, we have a plethora of ‘Other Resources’ to share with you… Wales is the land of dragons, bards, bara brith, hymns and arias, - but how much do you actually know about St David, patron saint of Wales? Find out in our Patron Saint Prayer for St David’s Day on March 1st. Given Wales is famous for its storytelling heritage, it seems fitting that World Book Day comes shortly after on March 3rd! On World Book Day we celebrate the richness of literature and the power of stories to exhilarate and inspire. We’ve produced a special assembly which holds up God’s word, the Bible, as ‘the greatest story ever told’ and uncovers a treasure trove of wisdom, comfort and advice which is as ...Read More

Our Pilgrimage to the Cross

Home category Secondary Our Pilgrimage to the Cross Primary / Secondary / Catholic / Collective Worship Writer: Josephine Stow Making the most of the season of Lent… This month, our Ten Ten Year of Pilgrimage takes us into the wilderness. Imagine the scene. A dry, rocky landscape, largely uninhabited, where rainfall is minimal. With bright sun and little shelter, the days are hot and the nights, cold. On occasion, there are sandstorms, and visibility can be poor. Where are we? We are with Jesus in the desert – it’s the season of Lent. After His baptism, Jesus, like a first century Bear Grylls, was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. It would have been a testing time, roughing it in the worst conditions, alone and with little in the way of supplies. ‘Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for ...Read More

#PrayforUkraine

Home category Secondary #PrayforUkraine Primary / Secondary / Catholic / Church of England / Collective Worship Writer: Isabel Willmott EYFS PrayerKS1 and KS2 PrayerSecondary Prayer In response to the ongoing situation in Ukraine, we have created a prayer resource freely available for use in schools across the country. News of war in Europe is everywhere, and children and young people have access to more news streams than ever before. Save the Children have produced some useful guidance on How to Talk with Children About the Conflict in Ukraine, as they realise that ‘children around the world might not fully understand what is happening in Ukraine and may have questions about the images, stories and conversations they are exposed to.’ Time and time again in the Bible we are called on to pray. Jesus models this through His life and teachings. Paul consolidates this in his letters, including this to the ...Read More

Human Trafficking – Sixth Form Resource

Home category Secondary Human Trafficking - Sixth Form Resource Secondary / Catholic / RSHE Curriculum Writer: Anna Bailey It’s hard to believe that slavery exists in our modern world… .. and yet it’s so important for us to recognise that slavery did not end with abolition in the 19th century. Evil acts of coercion, abuse and slavery did change, but even today they continue to harm people in every country in the world. The phrase ‘the world’ can enable us to wrongly presume that modern forms of slavery aren’t a problem here on our doorstep. Yet, City Hearts, an organisation that exists ‘...to relentlessly pursue the freedom and restoration of lives torn apart by modern slavery, crime and violence, creating projects that break the cycle of vulnerability by supporting people on their journey towards recovery and independence’ tells us that around ‘... 40.3 million people around the world are being ...Read More

Warning Children About Pornography

Home category Secondary Warning Children About Pornography Primary / Secondary / Catholic / Church of England / RSHE Curriculum / RSHE Deep Dive Writer: Anna Bailey How young is too young to warn children about pornography? You might think this is a question being suggested by those with a particularly religious agenda, but pornography is fast becoming recognised across society as the most dangerous 'new drug' around. Indeed, Billie Eilish recently opened up about how watching porn as a child ‘destroyed [her] brain’, and a recent BBC article said that, ‘studies suggest half of under-11s have seen pornography’. Following research with young people, the same article reports that Dame Rachel de Souza has ‘advised parents and carers to create a safe, judgement-free space to talk about such issues before a crisis emerges….It's better to do that before you hit a problem rather than trying to create that mood while you're ...Read More

Map Your Journey

Home category Secondary Map Your Journey Primary / Catholic / Collective Worship Writer: Anna Bailey Do you know where we’re travelling to on our virtual Ten Ten Year of Pilgrimage? Like the Blue Peter totalisers of old which lit up as each landmark was reached, we have produced a Pilgrimage Map to help children mark their progress on the journey! Maps for the Pilgrimage Journey Last month, we launched the Ten Ten Year of Pilgrimage within our primary school Collective Worship subscription. Watch the video below to see more about the exciting spiritual journey that thousands of children will be going on over the coming months. Pilgrimage Prayer Journals and Pilgrimage Stamps If you’ve ever walked or cycled part of the Camino de Santiago, you’ll know that collecting ‘stamps’ at each place you stop is a huge part of marking physical progress on the journey. Or perhaps you remember the ...Read More

Spot the Difference: Two Versions of our Daily Prayers!

Home category Secondary Spot the Difference: Two Versions of our Daily Prayers! Primary / Catholic / Church of England / Collective Worship Writer: Isabel Willmott Hint: There are 5 differences in the pictures above. Can you spot them all? But we have just one change to our Daily Prayers that we want to tell you about, perhaps you’ve noticed… Since January, we’ve produced two versions of the prayers: A version with text on screen to be read out either by Prayer Leaders or by the whole class. This version is intended for KS1/KS2 classes. A version with images only (and occasional key words/phrases), where the text is included in the Speaker Notes so teachers can adapt the content as they wish. This version is intended for EYFS classes. We’ve provided this additional resource in response to feedback from schools, and hope it will help class teachers to facilitate our daily ...Read More

Packing for Pilgrimage

Home category Secondary Packing for Pilgrimage Primary / Secondary / Catholic / Collective Worship Writer: Josephine Stow What would you pack if you were going on a pilgrimage? Your luggage would probably contain many of the things you would pack for a holiday, but with a few additions. Perhaps, like me, you might pack everything ‘just in case!’ Let’s have a closer look at the concept of going on a pilgrimage to see what extras might be required as we pack our bags! Going on Pilgrimage: Not a New Concept Going on pilgrimage is an ancient practice. Taken from the Latin ‘peregrinus’, it means wandering or journeying over a distance. It’s about going somewhere new with a purpose. There is evidence of Christian pilgrimage as early as the 4th century, but it was the Middle Ages that saw a huge rise in the popularity of pilgrimage. In fact, four of ...Read More

Parents Year 11: Session Seven

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Home Learning with Ten Ten Resources

Home category Secondary Home Learning with Ten Ten Resources RSHE Curriculum / Collective Worship / Primary / Secondary / Catholic / Church of England Writer: Anna Bailey In order to support schools as they respond to the potential need for another season of online Home Learning, from the week commencing 10th January 2022, schools that subscribe to Ten Ten Resources will be able to access a Home Learning Add-On to their current subscription for no extra cost. What will be included in the Home Learning Add-On? Life to the Full - Primary Schools Schools will be given access to links for lessons that they can share with parents as and when a lesson will be taught via Home Learning. A draft letter for schools to send to parents explaining how they can access the lesson and guidance on how to facilitate the lesson with their child(ren) Collective Worship Schools will ...Read More

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Religion Is Booming On Social Media

Home category Secondary Religion Is Booming On Social Media Primary / Secondary / Catholic / Church of England Writer: Anna Bailey Two thousand years before social media was a ‘thing’... ... Jesus was trend setting and getting people to follow Him! Today, there are millions of people following religious channels on social media. The recent BBC News feature, ‘NunTok: How Religion is Booming on TikTok and Instagram’, shares a little more about how the ‘#medianuns’ (The Daughters of St Paul) and other religious communities see this online mission. You can watch the video here and see links to follow Ten Ten Resources on social media below. Did you know that you can follow Ten Ten on social media? Check us out on: Instagram - @tenten_uk Twitter - @TenTen_UK Facebook - @TenTenUK Latest posts: May 2022: Resource: A Prayer for SATs Season Article: Our Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela: Many Routes, ...Read More

The Forgotten Feast of Christmastide

Home category Secondary The Forgotten Feast of Christmastide Collective Worship / Primary / Secondary / Catholic Writer: Angela Wood A Feast Definitely Worth Celebrating! By the time that the Feast of Epiphany arrives on January 6th, it can feel like Christmas is well and truly over. For many of us, the decorations and the presents are packed away, the sales have passed, and a new term has begun. So, there doesn’t feel like much to celebrate at this point, right? This may be true for many people, however, in my home decorations only come down after Epiphany has been celebrated. The truth is that the Feast of Epiphany is definitely worth celebrating! Let me share with you why… The ‘Lightbulb’ Moment! An epiphany is often understood as having a revelation, a ‘got it!’ or ‘lightbulb’ moment. According to St Matthew, the Magi (kings or wise men from the East), made ...Read More

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Year of Pilgrimage Launch

Home category Secondary Ten Ten Year of Pilgrimage Primary / Catholic / Collective Worship Writer: Anna Bailey Over the past 18 months, the journeys that we might normally have made have often been thwarted... ... but nevertheless our spiritual journey continues. A ‘pilgrimage’ is often described as a holy or spiritual journey, and, ultimately, each of us is on a life-long pilgrimage journey to heaven. The Ten Ten Year of Pilgrimage We have lots of exciting plans for Collective Worship this year, but something we’re particularly excited about is the Ten Ten Year of Pilgrimage. This is a series of assemblies within our regular Collective Worship programme which will take children on an exciting virtual pilgrimage journey from the comfort of their very own schools throughout January - December 2022. Aside from Lent and Advent which are entirely pilgrimage themed, one Collective Worship assembly per month will be a Ten ...Read More

The Unexpected Guest

Home category Secondary The Unexpected Guest Collective Worship / Primary / Secondary / Catholic / Church of England Writer: Anna Bailey You all know that Advent is a season of waiting and preparation… … but what is it exactly that you’re waiting for? The anticipation (or perhaps anxiety!) of the lead up to Christmas is real. Perhaps you’re aware that, over the past few years, John Lewis has created a stir with the tradition of their Christmas advert. For many people, it has become an additional moment of anticipation in the annual build up to Christmas. If you’ve not seen this year’s advert yet, you can check it out here: I have to admit that I think this year’s advert, ‘Unexpected Guest’ is not really to my taste and I do find it a little bit weird. Having said that, in many ways, their theme of an ‘unexpected guest’ is ...Read More

The Pope’s Sex Education

Home category Secondary (The Pope's) Sex Education RSHE Deep Dive / Primary / Secondary / Catholic Writer: Anna Bailey No, this isn't the Pope's exclusive review of the popular Netflix series 'Sex Education'. Although in the same way that the Netflix series tries to reclaim the concept of sex education for a 21st Century secular audience, so too did Pope John Paul II revolutionise Church teaching on sex. But before we get to that, let's go back...What was your sex education like in school? When we ask teachers to think back about their experiences of sex education in school, we inevitably hear a mixture of horror stories, tales of awkward teenage moments of angst and also occasionally beautiful stories of when and how sex education was led well by parents or teachers. My own experiences of sex education as a teenager certainly cover the spectrum from bad (bananas on condoms) ...Read More

Saints and Sinners

Home category Secondary Saints and Sinners RSHE Curriculum / Secondary / Catholic / Church of England Writer: Anna Bailey “The only difference between the saint and the sinner … … is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.” Oscar Wilde There is a potential danger when educating young people in matters of Relationships, Sex and Health; the danger of instilling unnecessary fear if we simply give them a huge, negative list of things that could potentially go wrong in their lives in the area of relationship, sex and health. At Ten Ten Resources, we believe that Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) can be shared in a positive and encouraging way. Afterall, our bodies and our sexuality are a gift from God and surely any gift from God has to be good news, right? However, we also know that we don’t always use God’s gifts ...Read More

A Time To Be Born And A Time To Die

Home category Secondary A Time To Be Born And A Time To Die Collective Worship / RSHE Curriculum / Primary / Catholic / Church of England Writer: Isabel Willmott To coincide with 'National Grief Awareness Week' (2 - 8 December) ... ... we are releasing two new bereavement resources for use in primary schools. It seems that there's a prevalent societal fear of death and dying. It doesn't take long to spot the signs of a cultural Peter Pan phenomena. We buy lotions and potions to help us stay young. We often habitually numb our minds and our bodies to avoid emotional and physical pain and ultimately, to avoid the one thing that is inevitable for all of us, death. However, the Bible is unabashed on this topic. In Ecclesiastes 3: 1 – 8, we read that ‘There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under ...Read More

Keeping Children Safe in Education

Home category Secondary Keeping Children Safe in Education Collective Worship / RSHE Curriculum / Secondary / Primary / Catholic / Church of England Writer: Anna Bailey Many of our colleagues in primary schools have been keen to know ... ... how our resources support the September 2021 ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ updates, particularly the updates concerning ‘Sexual Violence and Sexual Harrassment between children’. It’s worth noting that the main concerns of the document updates are very much linked to the safeguarding procedures, documentation and recording of incidents in schools, and training for staff. If you haven't looked at the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ updates yet, then you might find it useful to read in order to clarify more specifically what is being asked of schools. How can Ten Ten Resources help you in this area? As you'll be aware, sex education is not statutory in primary schools. However, ...Read More

A Day for Everything: International Day for Persons of Disability

Home category Secondary A Day for Everything: International Day for Persons of Disability Primary / Catholic / Church of England Writer: Isabel Willmott Did you know that 15th November is ‘Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day’? Or that 25th August is ‘Kiss and Make Up Day’? Or that the whole of April is dedicated to ‘Straw Hat Month’?! Nope, neither did I. Sometimes, rightly, these ‘designated days’ can seem a little contrived. But sometimes, they can really help to shine a light on issues that need our attention: issues that, perhaps in the day to day, pass us by. December 3rd is the International Day of Disabled Persons, founded in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly, to raise awareness and promote the rights and perspectives of persons with disabilities around the world. For each one of us, our immediate reality is understandably our own version of ‘normal’. But that differs ...Read More

Standard vs Super

Home category Secondary Standard vs Super RSHE Curriculum / Collective Worship / Secondary / Primary / Catholic / Church of England Writer: Anna Bailey If you came here expecting... ...an in-depth character analysis of Clark Kent and Superman across the entire franchise, I'm afraid you'll be sorely disappointed. (Sorry-not-sorry about the deliberately misleading picture and title). However, we are often asked, ‘What’s the difference between Standard and Super Users in Life to the Full?’ and ‘Am I the Account Administrator?’ So here’s a quick and simple guide to understanding the differences between the various types of user access for your Life to the Full subscription. The Account Administrator Each Life to the Full subscription can have only one Account Administrator. Through their login on the Ten Ten Resources website, your Account Administrator is the only person in your school who can: Add and remove users Renew the subscription on behalf ...Read More

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Guidance on Protected Characteristics

Home category Secondary Guidance on Protected Characteristics RSHE for Catholic secondary schools HomeSubscriber Home Programme of Study Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 & 13 Cinema-in-Education One-Page Overview Teacher Training *NEW* CPD Courses 2021/22 (Coming soon) Why ‘Life to the Full’? (video) E-Learning Course on statutory RSHE (DFE Accredited) Teacher Training Tool Ten Ten’s 10 Principles (video) Cinema-in-Education session training Deep Dive Planning Programme Coordinator Manual* Scheme of Work 2021/22 Curriculum Mapping Documents Policy Guidance for Catholic Schools Parents Parent Consultation Tool Online Parent Portal Account Your Account Add/Remove Users* Technical Information Change your password FAQ How do my staff log in? What are the log in details for our Online Parent Portal? Who are the Ten Ten Team? (Coming Soon) This guidance provides a summary of the expectation on schools to teach about the Protected Characteristics and guidance on how Ten Ten supports Catholic ...Read More

Finding the ‘Hallow’ in Halloween

Home category Secondary Finding the 'Hallow' in Halloween Collective Worship / Secondary / Primary / Catholic Writer: Angela Wood On the eve of All Hallows... ...or as most of us know it, Halloween - children and adults dress in skeleton, witch or ghoul costumes, surrounded by cobwebs, images of graveyards and terrifying accessories to celebrate the seasonal trick or treat fest with sugar highs and scary frights! This imagery echoes something from a zombie or apocalypse movie, and definitely doesn’t echo the beautiful Solemnity of All Saints and the Feast of All Souls: these are, in fact, far removed from celebrating darkness or thinking of the dead in a scary way. Instead, the Church celebrates, honours and prays for those who have died. All Saints’ Day All Saints’ Day is the day set aside to remember all those throughout history who have been ‘models of faith’ (CCC, paragraph 828); those ...Read More

One Kind Word

Home category Secondary One Kind Word Collective Worship / RSHE Curriculum / Secondary / Primary / Catholic / Church of England Writer: Isabel Willmott Bullying is not funny, I think we’d all agree on that. Therefore, I was quite surprised to find that bullying related humour is a thing! How’s this one: Gravity is such a bully... It always brings us down. In many of our resources, we reflect on the concept of the second greatest commandment that Jesus shared: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself’ (Mark 12:31) - raising the dignity of those around us rather than bringing them down, and encouraging students to treat others as they would like to be treated. This is an excellent starting point as schools approach Anti-Bullying Week. As you will no doubt be aware, Anti-Bullying Week (15 - 19 November 2021) provides a crucial opportunity for schools to confront problems, plan to make ...Read More

‘And He Saw That It Was Good’

Home category Secondary 'And He Saw That It Was Good' Collective Worship / Secondary / Primary / Catholic / Church of England Writer: Isabel Willmott Download Free Ten Ten COP26 Prayer What do you think about the sentences below? Are they fact or fiction? ‘The world’s best last chance to get runaway climate change under control.’ ‘Homes disappear underwater and crops decimated by drought.’ ‘…ultimately threatens life on earth.’ ‘Whether future generations look back at this time with admiration or despair, depends entirely on our ability to seize this moment.’ *Spoiler Alert* Although these might sound like something out of The Day After Tomorrow, these are all statements taken from the website for COP26 – a big climate change conference happening in Glasgow from 31st October – 12th November. These big conferences happen every year and are organised by the United Nations (UN). However, this year’s conference is a really ...Read More

My 3 Confessions…

Home category Secondary My 3 Confessions... Collective Worship / Secondary / Primary / Catholic / Writer: Anna Bailey My friends and family sometimes say... ...that I share too much too soon, so maybe it’s too soon to share these confessions after only working with Ten Ten Resources for four months. Or maybe it’s OK. I don’t know. You be the judge...but please don’t judge me to be a looney and please don’t call the police on me! My First Confession Whenever I walk through a tunnel, I always shout out to hear the echo. Always. It helps if I’ve got children with me to turn it into a game. But, I will also shout out if I’m on my own walking or riding my bike through a tunnel or an underpass. Usually, I’m desperately hoping no one will catch me being slightly frivolous and free! My Second Confession One of ...Read More

Published: Ten Ten’s Guidance on Protected Characteristics

Home category Secondary Published: Ten Ten’s Guidance on Protected Characteristics RSHE Curriculum / Secondary / Primary / Catholic / Church of England Writer: Martin O'Brien Ten Ten has published guidance which provides a summary of the expectation on schools to teach about the Protected Characteristics and guidance on how we support Catholic primary and secondary schools in this teaching through our programme, Life to the Full. In doing so, we are drawing together key insights from documents produced by the Department for Education, Ofsted, the Catholic Education Service, the Bishops Conference of England and Wales, and selected Church documents. By drawing on the guidance within these documents, we aim to help you provide evidence of how Life to the Full supports your holistic approach to an education which eliminates discrimination, advances equality and fosters good relations between people who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not share ...Read More

Pandemic Prayer Increase

Home category Secondary The Ten Ten Hub Pandemic Prayer Increase Collective Worship / Secondary / Primary / Catholic / Church of England Writer: Anna Bailey Parents might be more interested in prayer than you think ... Yesterday, my friend sent me a video on Whatsapp of my goddaughter praying a prayer (with actions!) that she’d learnt at school. My goddaughter has just started primary school this September and I’m so encouraged to see that her faith is being nourished in her new school. It made me wonder what some of the other parents (who perhaps aren’t so familiar with prayer) must think when their children come showing off their new prayer and actions. Common opinion is that young people are not interested in praying, however, a recent BBC article shared the results of a survey that suggested that young people in the UK are twice as likely as older people ...Read More

Gender Stereotypes

Home category Secondary Addressing Gender Stereotypes RSHE Curriculum / RSHE Deep Dive / Secondary / Primary / Catholic / Church of England Writer: Anna Bailey “Hmmm … it looks like a tampax advert!” This was the response of my male friend (on more than one occasion!) when we were discussing the colours on a poster for events we were organising at university. I knew what he meant and we laughed about it, but it always bothered me that certain colours were ‘for girls’ and others ‘for boys’. If you have ever walked down the aisles of a children’s toy shop, you’ll have seen this played out on a huge scale. For a moment, swap the aisles of a toy shop to the school doorways of Afghanistan, where we have learnt in recent weeks that female students are no longer welcome into secondary schools and we see how detrimental gender stereotyping ...Read More

Engaging Parents

Home category Secondary The Ten Ten Hub Engaging Parents RSHE Curriculum / RSHE Deep Dive / Secondary / Primary / Catholic / Church of England Writer: Anna Bailey Last month... ...we launched our exciting new CPD programme. We are delighted at the huge response we have already had to these sessions. Thank you to those early birds who have enthusiastically signed up their whole staff to join various webinars. The good news is, there are still places available on all of our webinars. To find out about all the sessions we’ve got coming up click here. The first of the webinars is coming up on Thursday 14th October, 3.30pm Online CPD How to Engage Parents with Life to the Full Thursday 14 October 2021 3.30pm - 4.30pm (60 mins) FREE OF CHARGE Book Now A 60-minute CPD webinar with guidance for teachers and Programme Coordinators on how to go beyond ...Read More

Life to the Full: Is it PSHE?

Home category Secondary The Ten Ten Hub Life to the Full: Is it PSHE? RSHE Curriculum / Primary / Catholic / Church of England Writer: Anna Bailey We are often asked... ...“Does ‘Life to the Full’ cover the national curriculum for PSHE?” This is a question which doesn’t have a simple yes/no answer! PSHE as a whole is a non-statutory subject. Life to the Full only covers the statutory requirements of RHE. In practice, this means that much of “Living in the Wider World” within PSHE is not covered in our programme. However, you can be assured that Life to the Full does aim to meet all of the statutory requirements of the new RHE curriculum. For further information about how RHE fits into PSHE, have a look at this guidance: Department for Education PSHE Association The PSHE National Curriculum itself is NOT becoming statutory. However, a fully-compliant PSHE curriculum ...Read More

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