The Barney & Echo series has been developed to support parents and teachers in addressing personal, social and health education (PSHE) at key stage 1-2. The books follow the adventures of Barney Eagle and Echo Squirrel who live in Treetop Forest. Each book has a story relating to a PSHE subject area with activities to reinforce the learning goals. There are five books in the series that cover a range of topics including: the environment, drugs, tobacco and alcohol, personal safety, anti-social behaviour, internet safety and cyber bullying.

LifewithArt is proud to join other motivated sponsors who want to help educate young children on these important issues. LifewithArt has provided enough funding to sponsor educational resources for 60 pupils. Included in the programme are Ofsted-approved teacher-friendly lesson plans and teacher guides, a selection of posters for the classroom which highlights key messages to serve as a daily reminder to the children. There is also a drama play script that the children can reenact to parents and fellow students and also a new smart phone application called ‘Dizzy Heights’ – a fun interaction game that we have developed to support the children and parents at home.

Visit: www.barneyecho.co.uk  for an overview of the resources for local school projects

What others have to say:

Shaftesbury Junior School –  My name is Neil Mawby and I teach year 4 at Shaftesbury Junior School in Leicester. We are a small junior school with 240 children. Presently we are 73% international children and we have 28 different languages represented. The year 4 group decided to take the ‘Caught in the Web’ script and incorporate it into our ‘play scripts’ unit of work. This has been made into a DVD and we have invited the local business that funded it and our local police officer and PCSO. They will attend the assembly and screening along with parents of the 15 children that acted in the film. Thank you.

Debbie Cook: Education Support Manager – Beckstone Primary School “I am currently running a rolling programme throughout our primary school with the local PCSO using your “Caught in the Web” book. We were lucky to receive 35 copies which were very kindly sponsored by a local business.”