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This year marks the 11th anniversary of Children’s Mental Health Week – a campaign led by mental health charity, Place2Be. This year’s theme is Know Yourself, Grow Yourself and is focused around the theme of self-awareness and building resilience.
The need to support our young people is pressing; 15-year-olds in the UK report the lowest life satisfaction scores of all the countries across Europe. Helping them face the pressures of modern life means working on personal resilience, as well as learning how to listen well to their peers when they are in need.
We’ve put together a range of resources to help pupils become more self-aware and develop personal strategies to nurture their own wellbeing, or to work on their emotional regulation.
We all have things in our lives that absorb a lot of our mental energy. Our brains need recharging sometimes – just like a battery does.
This resource looks at some of the things most likely to be impacting children in Year 5 and 6, helping them build self-awareness and develop personal re-charging strategies to improve their mental wellbeing.
Includes: Worksheets, activities and a battery-charging weekly planner.
This resource helps teens build awareness of things that drain their emotional, social, cognitive and sensory battery.
It provides tips for managing stress as well as encouraging teens to think about different strategies to restore their mental and emotional energy. It also includes a basic energy accounting tracker which neurodiverse students might find especially helpful.
Includes: Teacher guidance notes, worksheets, battery charging weekly planner and energy accounting tracker.
The Incredible 5-Point Scale was originally developed by Kari Dunn Buron and Mitzi Curtis to help autistic pupils with self-regulation.
It can, however, be used to support any pupil who is struggling with emotional self-regulation leading to feelings of overwhelm and challenging behaviour.
Includes: Guidance notes and downloadable pdf examples, including scales for anger and social anxiety.
Teachwire are showcasing a range of great free resources on their dedicated round-up page.
Visit the Place2Be website to download free assembly guides, activities and top tips for primary and secondary schools. This year they have partnered with Disney to bring you resources using Inside Out characters!
The National Literacy Trust has some great resources for children’s mental health week based around Charlie Mackesy’s book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, including an assembly, lesson plan and KS1/P2-3 and KS2/P4-P7 activities
Info 7 have a great selection of free films that deal with the topic of mental health that are free to stream in your classroom. They are also offering resources including short videos and lesson plans that cover everything from anxiety and bereavement to social exclusion and mindfulness for a broad age range.
Premier League Stars are offering this Building Self-Esteem resource which helps pupils think about their identity and how it relates to self-esteem.
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Jill Eaton - co-director at our sister company, Educational and Sporting Futures, has been awarded an MBE in recognition of her exceptional contribution to raising the profile of apprenticeships in Further Education and the skills sector.
The theme for Dyslexia Awareness Week 2024 is “What’s Your Story?” We caught up with Luke Hearne-Brown to hear more about his experience of dyslexia. Luke is a successful young filmmaker and co-founder of Imprint Films. He was diagnosed with dyslexia when he was in Year 3 and told us his story.
This event provided a valuable platform to explore current trends and expert insights in literacy and dyslexia/SpLD. We would like to express our gratitude to the speakers and panellists for their insightful presentations and engaging discussions and a huge thank you to everyone who attended and helped make this event such a success!
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