Children's Mental Health Week

This week is Children's Mental Health Week and the theme is Express Yourself!

It is important that we all identify and express our feelings so that we can manage them and feel positive.

Click on the clicks below to access some useful resources:

(1) Pupil Assembly on the theme of Express Yourself, with a few famous faces appearing:

https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/news/watch-our-children-s-mental-health-week-assembly-with-bafta-kids-and-oak-national-academy/

(2) Games from the Childline website for children to help them feel calm:

https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/calm-zone/

https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/games/balloon/

https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/games/build-your-happy-place/

https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/games/tower-of-confidence/

https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/games/wall-of-expression/

(3) Advice video for Parents on managing during the coronavirus pandemic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnANLAcpRZ4&feature=youtu.be

(4) Advice for staff and parents on managing anxiety:

https://www.educationsupport.org.uk/resources/video/7-strategies-manage-anxiety

(5) NHS 5 steps to positive mental health discussed through 5 videos:

www.madeformorei.co.uk/5steps

Hopefully some of these strategies will prove useful! We need to all look after ourselves!