FREE School Resources for Salford's Happy Facts
How to get involved
Thank you for signing up to stay in the know with Salford's Happy Facts. Here you'll find videos, worksheets, and information about key upcoming events to help you and your class discover the fun and interesting facts important to the children of Salford.
Happy Days with Emily Coxhead
The wonderful Emily Coxhead, author of Happy Days: 365 Facts to Brighten Every Day of the Year, founder of The Happy Newspaper, and inspiration behind Salford's Happy Facts, has recorded two short videos to help prompt discussion in your class around their hobbies and interests, as well as fact-finding!
Can't see this video? Watch it here on YouTube instead.
Can't see this video? Watch it here on YouTube instead.
Salford's Happy Facts worksheet
Our Schools Resources Team has developed a two-page worksheet to help pupils choose a topic, understand the structure of a fact - and how to make sure it's true!
Don't forget to share your Happy Facts with us!
Once your class has discovered their favourite facts, send them in! We’re collecting facts from children right across the city, to be collated and published as an anthology.
You can either:
Email a list of your class’ Happy Facts with their names, ages and school to salford@literacytrust.org.uk
Complete a Salford’s Happy Fact postcard through one of our local collection boxes
Submit your Happy Facts online via the link below:
Could you share our campaign with parents and carers?
We'd love if you could support our work within Salford's communities by sharing the Salford's Happy Facts campaign within your school newsletter. We know that the home learning environment is just as important as the work happening in school - so we are providing tips and advice on our Salford Facebook page for parents to try at home with their children. From encouraging trips to the library, to exploring the neighbourhood in a quest for Happy Facts, there's lots that families can do to get involved too.
We've drafted a template article which you may like to include in your newsletter - but please feel free to edit this as needed for your school.