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Woman cools down on a hot day with a bottle of water

Keeping cool science activity

Age: 7+

Type: Practical activity

Subjects: Science

Learn how to protect your health during soaring temperatures. Experiment with clothing materials and colours to see how they can help you keep cool.

  • Disasters and emergencies
  • Home learning resources
Bee pollenates flower

Connect with nature activity

Age: 7+

Type: Practical activity

Subjects: Science

Struggling with eco-anxiety? Discover ways to connect with nature. Learn how to immerse yourself in natural surroundings, promote biodiversity and create habitats.

  • Disasters and emergencies
A fire engine and a British Red Cross emergency vehicle drive through a flooded road.

Rain and flooding activity

Age: 7+

Type: Practical activity

Subjects: Science

Learn why climate scientists monitor changing rainfall patterns to prepare for floods. Build your own rain gauge to measure rainfall and monitor changes in the weather in your area.

  • Disasters and emergencies
A thermostat in a window during a blazing hot day.

Newsthink: Heatwaves

Age: 10-19

Type: Quick activity

Subjects: Geography, Tutor time, PSHE

Learn about the impact of heatwaves – in the UK and around the world – with this Newsthink resource. Explore how extreme heat affects individuals and communities.

  • Disasters and emergencies
  • First aid and the bystander effect
  • Humanitarianism and the Red Cross
A graphic showing cartoon people and a drawing of a cloud with rain and a lightening bolt and weather together text

Weather Together teaching resources

Age: 10-16

Type: Teaching resources

Subjects: PSHE, Geography, Tutor time

A toolkit for teachers to help students learn about weather and climate change impact. Equip learners with the skills and knowledge they need to prepare for and cope with extreme weather.

  • Disasters and emergencies

In the news (Newsthink)

In South Sudan, a medical team runs with a patient on a stretcher with a Red Cross plane in the background

Newsthink: Refugee week

Age: 10-19

Type: Quick activity

Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time

Learn about the UK’s annual awareness event – Refugee Week – through a humanitarian lens using this Newsthink resource.

  • Humanitarianism and the Red Cross
  • Refugees and migration
  • Newsthink

In the news (Newsthink)

Volunteers and Sudanese people gather in a thin material tent

Newsthink: Conflict in Sudan

Age: 10-19

Type: Quick activity

Subjects: Tutor time, PSHE

A teaching resource to explore the current crisis in Sudan through a humanitarian lens. Suitable for the top year of Primary and all of Secondary (10-19 years old)

  • Conflict
  • Humanitarianism and the Red Cross
  • Newsthink
SOK calendar

Summer of kindness calendar

Age: 7-18

Type: Activities

Keep children and young people entertained during the summer holidays with the summer of kindness calendar.

  • Kindness
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Spring kindness calendar

Age: 5 - 11

Type: Quick activity

Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time

Filled with wellbeing activities and ideas, the Spring kindness calendar teaches the power of kindness and promotes wellbeing. It is suitable for primary school children, aged 5 to 11

  • Kindness
Compilation of artwork for the art of kindness campaign

Free kindness activity pack

Age: 5-14

Type: Quick activity

Subjects: PSHE

A free kindness learning pack including activities around kindness, coping, recognising feelings and learning new skills.

  • Kindness
  • Home learning resources