Uncovering the reality of the pandemic on schools

Episode 29,   Jun 22, 2020, 08:15 AM

Schools have been at the frontline in supporting the wellbeing of vulnerable children since the lockdown began in March 2020. From remote learning and online platforms to taking on a more active pastoral role, how have schools responded to the challenges?

In this episode, we speak to Shirley Dunn, a form tutor and head of department at a secondary school about measures her school has taken to safeguard children including:

  • remote teaching and how pupils have responded to this
  • supporting children’s mental health and wellbeing
  • the pastoral aspect to teaching
  • how concerns have been dealt with
  • pupils’ resilience to changes.
Read the podcast transcript on the NSPCC Learning website.

💬 About the speaker

Shirley Dunn has 18 years of teaching experience and is currently the head of department at a large secondary school and a form tutor.

📚 Related resources

> Listen to our episode on enquiries we’ve received from the education sector recently


> Learn more about how you can support children and young people’s mental health


Intro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros