Supporting the child living in poverty

"I’m hungry. I’m cold. My coat doesn’t fit. My clean shirt is damp. I’m tired. I had to rush my homework, and it wasn’t easy, all squashed into one room. Mum was angry, then tearful, last night. I’m worried about her. She’s been getting lots of final demand, red letters. I wish I could go to the club the others go to. "

With an estimated 9 children in every 30 living in poverty, the need for teachers to understand the difficulties they may experience, and the ways of supporting them, is crucial. Ofsted looks to see how the Pupil Premium is used in schools, and this resource may help to provide some answers to those questions.

Education is the main way of enabling children to move out of poverty. This resource identifies ways of promoting the emotional well-being of the child, as well as considering ways of limiting the impact of their situation.
With artistic prompts to highlight the causes, types and effects of poverty, as well as one identifying the support which can be given to these children, the resource provides easily shared, but detailed, information, with links to many available documents.

Lists of books dealing with issues such as food poverty, down-sizing, being mocked for being different, dreams of a better life, plus activities and resources, which can be used with children, are included. An account of one child’s life in in a low-income home, is also included, to demonstrate some of the emotional struggles, which can come with being a child in a low income family.

Many practical, and thought-provoking ideas are available in one small document.