Teach Secondary 13.8

LUNCHLY Well, it would seemYouTube’smost indefatigable content/brand creators are at it again. Not content with turning supermarket fizzy pop aisles into scenes from Assault on Precinct 13 last year with the launch of their Prime – sorry, PRIME – energy drink, KSI and Logan Paul now have designs upon da yoof’smiddaymeals.With YouTube’s reputed king of video content himself,MrBeast, along for the ride. Lunchly is ‘ Your new favouritemiddaymashup’ , apparently.More specifically, it’s a boxed ‘savoury + confectionary + drink’ lunch package, available in three variants that sound like threats – Turkey Stack ‘Ems,“The Pizza” (quotemarks theirs) and Fiesta Nachos – each containing a bottle of PRIME (obvs). If that sounds very similar to the Dairylea Lunch-Ables kits available at your local Asda, you’d be right. Lunchly kits are pitched as being a healthier alternative, andwhile they do contain real, as opposed to processed cheese, nutrition experts have questioned those claims, highlighting the kits’ overall sodiumand calorie counts. Complicatingmatters further are YouTube response videos showing freshly opened kits containingmouldy cheese slices, as well as the troubling allegations ofmurky goings-on within MrBeast’s extensivemedia operation. If you’re still keen to give Lunchly a try, it’s yet to see an official launch in the UK, but you can snag a box for between £6 and £7 froma specialist importer ofAmerican food products. Bon appetit! Thinkofanumber... ONE FOR THE WALL “Learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do” Umberto Eco Teach Secondary ’s digest of the latest goings-on in the profession... The newsletter What arewe talking about? MoneyMules Awareness: Don’t Be Fooled Who is it for? Y5-6 andY7-9 learners,with separate resources available for both age groups BEAT THE BUDGET The UNINFORMED teacher’s guide to… WHAT THEY SAID “Our state schools need teachers more than private schools need embossed stationery” X post by Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson dated 05/10/24, in reference to the government’s decision to imposeVATon private school fees 25% of secondary school pupils in 2023 had tried vaping at least once What’s on offer? A lesson plan, assembly presentation, letter for parents, posters and flyers supporting the Don’t Be Fooled campaign, aimed at raising awareness of the risks involved in becoming amoneymule. Howmight teachers use the resources? Moneymules are recruited to help launder the financial proceeds of crimes, by receiving sums ofmoney into their bank account which they then transfer to a different account,while keeping some of the funds for themselves.TheseMoney Mules Awareness resources aimto highlight howyoung people are increasingly being targeted for recruitment by criminal gangs, and what the consequences of being a moneymule can be. Where is it available? tiny.cc/ts138-NL1 13% of secondary school pupils in 2023 had taken illegal drugs at least once (compared to 18% in 2021) Source: NHS England Digital 8% of 15-year-olds in OECD countries stated in 2022 that they had gone without food for at least one day a week over the previousmonth, owing to their household’s income Source: OECD ‘How’s Life? 2024’ report 347 cybersecurity incidents were reportedwithin the education and childcare sector in 2023 – a 55% increase compared to 2022 Source: Information Commissioner’s Office “WagonWheel, anyone?” DON’T SAY DO SAY “Lunchtime fuel, bro” 06 teachwire.net/secondary