Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has issued guidance to teachers on teaching pupils about the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and what steps his Department is taking to help protect young people from disinformation about the conflict in that country.
The situation in Ukraine and Russia will continue to change over the coming days/weeks and children and young people may have questions or be seeking reassurance. The department knows that schools are well equipped to talk to pupils about images they are seeing and help navigate the concepts and issues this brings up.
On 25 February 2022, the department posted on ‘The Education Hub’, providing help for teachers and families to talk to pupils about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and how to help them avoid misinformation. This post is available here: https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2022/02/25/help-for-teachers-and-families-to-talk-to-pupils-about-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-and-how-to-help-them-avoid-misinformation/?utm_source=1%20March%202022%20C19&utm_medium=Daily%20Email%20C19&utm_campaign=DfE%20C19.