Team Margot Foundation and NHS Blodo and Transplant have added a wonderful comprehensive lesson plan for Year 6 on blood & the circulatory system to their ‘Giving to help others’ website of primary school suite of educational resources. These free curriculum-linked resources are easily downloadable directly from the ‘Giving to help others’ website. They comprise of activity sheets, a 4.5 minute video, PowerPoint slides and comprehensive teacher notes, so no pre-work is required. These materials fit in with the STEM Statutory National Curriculum as well as touching on the PSHE KS2 Association Programme of Study. They also encourage pupils’ reading stamina and comprehension skills with a SATs-style activity by including a question sheet for pupils and an answer sheet for teachers. If you would like to encourage your pupils to do more on this subject, then please check out our Create a Campaign Extension activity here on Tes or on the givingtohelpothers . org website. We are very proud to announce that this lesson resource has been rigorously assessed by the PSHE Association and awarded their Quality Mark, assuring teachers that they meet the ten principles of effective PSHE education.

The ‘Giving to help others’ website includes a primary school assembly pack that is an age appropriate presentation developed by teachers for teachers and it is linked to the KS1 and KS2 PSHE curriculum. Founded by charity Team Margot Foundation in partnership with NHS Blood and Transplant, ‘Giving to help others’ introduces primary school children to the concept of giving blood, platelets, bone marrow, stem cells and ultimately organs so that this type of conversation becomes the ‘norm’ rather than the exception. Although the children are too young to donate, the hope is that they go home and tell their adult loved ones at home and within their communities that they are able to help others now. The assembly pack is free and easily downloadable from the givingtohelpothers website itself or from Tes. No pre-work is required because the PowerPoint presentation includes teacher notes to compliment the short animated video alongside a series of questions to help the children’s understanding. There is also text available that can be sent to parents / carers either before the assembly or afterwards in a newsletter. If preferred, the ‘Giving to help others’ assembly pack can also be given within the classroom. The delivery of ‘Giving to help others’ takes approximate 20 minutes. Please note that a new module on Blood is currently being developed for Year 6 and it will fit in with the STEM Statutory National Curriculum, as well as touching on the PSHE KS2 Association Programme of Study. It will also have strong links to the English Curriculum as well as Science and PSHE. New modules will be added annually to the ‘Giving to help others’ education programme.

Designed for KS2 (ages 7-11) students with curriculum links to science (animals, including humans) and also suitable for PSHE lessons. This module also meets the RSE Curriculum to learn about the science relating to organ donation. Learn about the organs in the human body and their function and find out about the power of organ donation. These free curriculum-linked resources are easily downloaded directly from the Giving to help Others .org website. They comprise of PowerPoint slides with comprehensive teacher notes, so no pre-work is required. In addition materials include organ donation word games, a homework sheet, scenario cards, a FAQ family information sheet and a useful ‘how to have the talk at home’ sheet for parents and carers. These resources have been created by Team Margot Foundation in partnership with the Orgamites and NHS Blood and Transplant. These materials have added to the wonderful suite of free and comprehensive primary educational resources on the 'Giving to help others’ website.

Team Margot Foundation and NHS Blood and Transplant have added a new comprehensive lesson plan for KS2 pupils on blood and stem cell donation. Explore why and how people can help each other in more depth, and that donation is one way adults can help each other. This lesson plan further adds to the whole primary school assembly and is an additional module to their ‘Giving to help others’ website of free primary school suite of educational resources. These curriculum-linked resources are easily downloadable directly from the givingtohelpothers.org website. They comprise of a card sorting activity sheet and PowerPoint slides comprising of a 2 minute animated video and comprehensive teacher notes, so no pre-work is required. We are very proud to announce that this lesson resource has been rigorously assessed by the PSHE Association and it was awarded their Quality Mark, assuring teachers that they meet the ten principles of effective PSHE education.

Team Margot Foundation and NHS Blood and Transplant’s suite of primary school educational resources on GivingtoHelpOthers.org currently have educational materials on blood, the circulatory system and stem cell and bone marrow donation for KS1 and KS2. This Create a Campaign extension activity can be used to follow up on any of their other resources. This curriculum-linked free activity helps pupils to spread the word about donation with a simple poster or bigger campaign. We are very proud to announce that this lesson resource has been rigorously assessed by the PSHE Association and it was awarded their Quality Mark, assuring teachers that they meet the ten principles of effective PSHE education.