World Mental Health Day (10th Oct)
World Mental Health Day is an opportunity to talk about mental health, how we need to look after it, and how important it is to talk about things and get help if you are struggling. It is important that children feel comfortable to start to understand their own mental health. We are sharing a range of different texts which consider different emotions in an age-appropriate way. We are also delighted to share some resources and activities that will encourage children to talk about their own mental health.
How to Improve Your Mental Wellbeing and Decrease Your Anxiety Levels – by a School Mental Health Champion
When a good friend asked if I would like to write about wellbeing and give tips and ideas for teachers, I immediately said YES. It wasn’t until the next day that I started to panic. What did I know about wellbeing, that hadn’t already been written, said, or preached about?
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Key Stage 1
Youth Mental Health Day - Carousel of Activities
This resource is made up of a carousel of four different activities, all of which encourage the discussion of different emotions and feelings.
Key Stage 1
Reading Skills – The Day the Crayons Quit
This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by Drew Daywalt. The questions are organised into content domains.
Key Stage 1
Reading Skills – Beegu
This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘Beegu’ by Alexis Deacon. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills.
Key Stage 1
Reading Skills – The Pirate Who Lost His ‘Arrrr’
Reading Skills - The Pirate Who Lost His 'Arrrr' resource contains a short story about a young pirate who is looking for his 'arrr', along with a range of questions covering each content domain.
Key Stage 1
Reading Skills – Random Acts of Kindness
Reading Skills - Random Acts of Kindness resource contains a short poem about the different ways a young girl finds to be kind to others along with a range of questions covering each content domain.
Lower Key Stage 2
Reading Skills – The Lost Friend
Reading Skills - The Lost Friend resource contains an exciting adventure story set in a woodland habitat involving danger, courage and overcoming fear along with a range of questions.
Lower Key Stage 2
Reading Skills – Kindness Is Catching
Reading Skills - Kindness Is Catching resource contains a newspaper article about Random Acts of Kindness Day and the joy of helping others, along with a range of questions.
Upper Key Stage 2
Making Meaningful Connections Discussion Activitiy
Making Meaningful Connections Discussion Activities' resource gives children the opportunity to explore the term 'meaningful connections' and how to make them through discussions and activities.
Upper Key Stage 2
Reading Skills – The Last Wild – Chapter 1
This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 1 from ‘The Last Wild’ by Piers Torday. The questions are organised into content domains.
Upper Key Stage 2
Reading Skills – Ella of the Tree
Reading Skills - Ella of the Tree resource contains a moving story about a girl and her family secretly living in a Swedish forest along with a range of questions covering each content domain.
