The focus of this ‘Natural and calming Autumn display pack’ is on being happy or feeling BLISS. Use Autumn as the topic focus. What makes them feel happy about Autumn? What makes them feel relaxed? Calm? Serene? Radiant? Lots of lovely discussion on different positive emotions. There are lots of resources in this pack I recommend a calming background colour or hessian. Included in the pack: 1 banner 8 calming idea posters The poem by Emily Bronte 20 Circles with happy/calming words Writing and drawing paper in portrait Writing and drawing circles Leaves for cutting out Printing the banner You can print the banner as large as you like by using Adobe to open the PDF and then choosing poster. You can then make the banner fit over as many pages as you like. You can then piece it together on the wall.

This is a families display pack which looks at different families and how we belong with our families. A great conversation starter for children to understand that all families are different. Included in the pack: 5 different banners 14 display words – mum, dad, step mum, step dad, foster mum, foster dad, younger brother, younger sister, older brother, older sister, baby brother, baby sister, grandma and grandad 14 A4 posters showing different families

Strength cards for older pupils. This is a huge set of cards displaying over 100 different strengths and talents. Perfect for work on self esteem. There is also a list of 30 ways on how to use them along with some useful questions on the cards and on the back of the cards. Choose one or two questions to ask the pupil. Strength cards are an amazing tool for self esteem. You don’t have to use all of the cards but I would suggest you get them all printed, laminated and use a handful you think are relevant to the pupil(s) you are working with.

Being a good sport social skills workbook will help pupils to understand sportsmanship. This looks at skill, luck, feelings around winning and losing, cheating, poor sport and will cumulate to make a ‘Losing plan’ This will enable pupils to think about how they will act if faced with a situation where they haven’t won a game, competition or sport. There are 20 pages in the workbook, the second sheet being blank if you want to print duplex. This workbook is suitable for KS2 upwards.

Growth mindset natural and calming posters- This is a set of posters to inspire children to try hard and understand that it is ok to make mistakes. Mistakes help us learn. These have nature backgrounds. These print beautifully on A3 paper so are great to display. Use each quote as a lesson plan and display one each week in the classroom. There are 19 different quotes altogether. These are useful in so many ways: Use them during circle-time to open up discussion. Display one each week in your classroom and discuss. Refer to the poster often to reinforce how important it is to try your best. Create lesson plans around one of the posters.

This emotions bus resource is for pupils who have an special interest in buses. It is colourful, bright and engaging. You can use this as an emotional register perhaps tracking throughout the day. You could use it as a talking point and teach emotions by placing different faces in each window. Can the pupil identify and label the facial expressions? There are lots of words included so the pupil can learn new vocabulary for the facial expressions that they can see. Ill could be sick, poorly and so on. The bus template could be used just for drawing or writing in the windows. If laminated the pupil could use a whiteboard pen. What is included in the emotions bus? A bus template 25 emoji faces to cut out 88 Small feeling word cards Examples of how to use Can you label the feeling each person on the bus has? The driver looks upset. What is the reason? Why is one of the people angry? Which person is sad? Which feeling do you have? Where are you sitting on the bus? Can you point? Can you put a happy face on the bus? Can you put a sad face on the bus? What other words could you use for the word sad? Benefits of the emotions bus It is fun and engaging Pupils can learn to recognise facial expressions They can learn to label their feelings and learn new vocabulary Pupils will be able to identify and express why they feel like they do Other uses for this resource Print the PDF larger and make it up as a wall display, all the pupils who visit your room could add their facial expression to the bus.

This is a worry train express, a way for younger pupils or pupils with an interest in trains to manage their worries. It consists of a train with two carriages. The train has a window and some emojis that the pupil can stick into the window to represent how worried they are. One carriage is for the pupil’s worries. They can write or draw on the tickets. The other carriage has calming strategies. There are six to try and there are tickets for pupils to come up with their own. There are two stations to visit. The first station is where worries are talked about and decisions made on whether this worry is in their control or not in their control. They can make a plan if it is in their control(there is a sheet available for writing or drawing). If the worry is not in their control they continue to the next station where they can leave their worry at the station. The emoji can be changed at this point to perhaps a ‘happy face’. Benefits of the worry train express It is fun and engaging Pupils can offload their worries They can learn some calming strategies They can learn about control and planning They can learn to let go of their worries Pupils will learn facial expressions and some vocabulary around worries Other uses for this resource Print the PDF larger and make it up as a wall display, all the pupils in your group could add their worries to the carriage.

These emotion apples can be used for an apple tree. Great for the Autumn term. They all print on A4 paper ready for you to cut out and add to your tree. There are also a variety of coloured leaves to add to your tree and a black and white blank apple for pupils to colour and draw their own emotion if you want to make this an emotional register. They can draw the face on the apple and write the emotion on the leaf. Tree is not included. Paint a simple tree shape on your display board or use brown paper to cut one out. Better still ask the pupils to help you paint or make it. Included in the Apple Emotions Pack: 16 Red apples with emotions – happy, sad, angry, scared, surprised, disgusted, worried, confused, shy, calm, tired, bored, proud, frustrated, excited, and upset A variety of coloured leaves for autumn Blank apple for drawing an emotion face and writing the emotion 19 sheets in the pack

This teen emotions pack are all hand drawn by me. I get so many people wanting things for older students and the clipart available is very limited. I have drawn 12 different emotions and used colourful teen characters. They are bright and cheerful and will hopefully be appealing to use. Included in the pack are 12 Teen boy emotion face cards with a suggested emotion word 12 Teen boy emotion face cards without any words 12 Teen girl emotion face cards with a suggested emotion word 12 Teen girl emotion face cards without any words 1 x Teen boy emotion wheel with suggested emotion words 1 x Teen boy emotion wheel without any words 1 x Teen girl emotion wheel with suggested emotion words 1 x Teen girl emotion wheel without any words 12 Teen boy comic strip worksheets 12 Teen girl comic strip worksheets 1 x Teen girl blank for drawing facial expressions/colouring 1 x Teen boy blank for drawing facial expressions/colouring 12 x Teen boy face colouring sheets 12 x Teen girl face colouring sheets Emotional register girl in colour and black and white Emotional register boy in colour and black and white Using the teen emotions pack you can begin to explore the facial expressions and bring in other vocabulary when using the emotion cards without words. For example the ‘angry boy’ could be livid, furious, mad, annoyed, frustrated, raging, irritated or outraged. There are so many wonderful words out there that can really help a pupil’s emotional literacy so do explore them. The more words they know they better they will be able to explain themselves.

This resource can be used in many different ways. Laminate the ‘face sheet’ and then laminate all the expression and vocabulary cards. Cut out the expression and vocabulary cards. Use a blob of bluetac to stick items onto the face. Add a whiteboard pen, a mirror and some playdough to extend the use of this resource. All images have been drawn by myself. I have also included different skin colours.

This is a Primary School Memory Book for Year 6 children to work on independently. This year children probably won’t get the chance to do transition work like they normally do so this booklet may help to remember the good times at Primary before moving onto Secondary School. There are 69 pages in the book which is in colour and in black and white. So many areas covered. You might want to choose the pages to print off or you might want to print them all out.

Growth mindset posters- This is a set of posters to inspire children to try hard and understand that it is ok to make mistakes. Mistakes help us learn. These print beautifully on A3 paper so are great to display. Use each quote as a lesson plan and display one each week in the classroom. There are 19 different quotes altogether. These are useful in so many ways: Use them during circle-time to open up discussion. Display one each week in your classroom and discuss. Refer to the poster often to reinforce how important it is to try your best. Create lesson plans around one of the posters.

The Emotions game - is a game to help teach emotional awareness. It will help with emotions vocabulary, recognising facial expressions and give an understanding of how the child may feel in certain situations. The game could be played on a one to one basis or a group basis. My suggestion is no more than four children. To make the game Photocopy or print the game board onto A3 paper then laminate Print all the cards, laminate and cut into separate cards The game consists of: ‘How would you feel if’ cards ‘Act it’ cards A game board A bingo board You will also need counters and a die How to play Choose the person to go first by each throwing the die and the highest number thrown goes first. Go clockwise from that person. The first person throws the die and moves their counter that number of spaces. If they land on an emotion face then they must say what that emotion is. If they land on a ‘How would you feel if’ space then they must pick a card and answer the question. If they land on an ‘Act it’ space then they must pick a card and act out the emotion with facial expression and gestures. You could even encourage them to say a sentence or phrase which someone who feels that emotion might say. If they answer the questions or act out the emotion then they get a counter to fill in their bingo board. The first person to fill their board is the winner so you may need to continue going around the board again. Each person must name two facial expressions, two ‘act it’ cards and two ‘how would you feel if’ cards to win the game.

This is an emotions poster set with 20 bright and colourful posters all set up for A3 Printing. The quality is excellent so you could make them bigger with your ADOBE print settings. These are useful in so many ways: Use them during circle-time to open up discussion. Display one each week in your classroom and discuss. Refer to the poster often to reinforce how important it is to try your best. Create lesson plans around one of the posters.

A set of 20 self esteem posters aimed at self-esteem. They are all set to print as A3 but of course you could make them print smaller if you want to using ADOBE print settings. The print quality is excellent so you can really blow them up if you want to using poster settings on Adobe. Great for discussion during circle-time or just have them up in your room to remind children of how wonderful they are.

The Cool it game - is a game about managing anger. The game will promote discussion on anger management and the recognition of anger. Anger affirmations are used along with cool it cards which give lots of ideas for calming down. The game could be played on a one to one basis or a group basis. My suggestion is no more than four children. To make the game Photocopy or print the game board onto A3 paper then laminate Print all the cards, laminate and cut into separate cards Print the ‘my choices board with either the 3 boxes or 6 boxes’ depending on the children you are working with (one for each child) The game consists of: 40 Affirmation cards 40 Cool it cards 2 types My choices board A game board You will also need counters, dry wipe pens and a die to play. How to play Choose the person to go first by each throwing the die and the highest number thrown goes first. Go clockwise from that person. The first person throws the die and moves their counter that number of spaces. They must answer the question they land on; however, if they land on affirmation then they must read this out to the rest of the group. Ask the child if they agree with the statement. They may or may not. If they land on a ‘cool it ’ they must read it out and explain what it means. If they cannot explain it then ask if anyone else can help? If they think they would like to try this ‘cool it’ they can write it on their ‘My choices board’. The aim is for each child to have either 3 or 6 choices to try when they start to become angry. Continue going round the board until each child has filled their board with ideas. There isn’t a winner as such with this game as the aim is for the children to learn about their anger You can photocopy the ‘My choices’ card at the end of the session for the child to take away.

The feel good game – is a game about self-esteem. The game will promote discussion on positive aspects of the child’s life and will use affirmations and character traits to reinforce self-esteem. The game could be played on a one to one basis or a group basis. My suggestion is no more than four children. To make the game Photocopy or print the game board onto A3 paper then laminate Print all the cards, laminate and cut into separate cards Print the ‘I am board’ and laminate, print 4 of each so that you have enough for girls or boys. The game consists of: Affirmation cards Character trait cards ‘I am’ boards A game board You will also need counters, dry wipe pens and a die to play. How to play Choose the person to go first by each throwing the die and the highest number thrown goes first. Go clockwise from that person. The first person throws the die and moves their counter that number of spaces. They must answer the question they land on, however, if they land on affirmation then they must read this out to the rest of the group. Ask the child if they agree with the statement. They may or may not. If they land on a ‘character trait’ they must read it out and explain what it means. If they cannot explain it then ask if anyone else can help? If they think they have this character trait they can write it on their ‘I am board’. The aim is for each child to have 5 character traits on their board at the end of the game. Continue going round the board until each child has their five character traits. There isn’t a winner as such with this game as the aim is for the children to learn about their positive traits When they have all filled their ‘I am’ board then they are all winners! You can photocopy each ‘I am board’ before erasing the writing for the next game.

This is a booklet which could be used with a child who has lost a pet. It is the one thing that I have dealt with many times in my role as ELSA. It is probably the first time the child has dealt with death and they are understandably very upset. It is really important that you get permission from their family before working on bereavement with a child. Most parents are very happy for you to help their child come to terms with their loss. I have included ‘The Rainbow Bridge’ poem which is a lovely poem to discuss with the child. I know it gives me comfort with the loss of my pet cat.

Name – child writes their name in a colourful way – they could write in bubble writing or decorate it anyway they wish. Why do they like their name? How did they get their name? Do they know of anyone they admire with the same name? Do they have a nickname? Picture– either take a photo of the child to stick here or ask them to draw themselves. What do they like about their body? Is there anything they don’t like? What amazing things can they do with their bodies? How do they take care of their bodies? Talk about exercise, eating, drinking, washing, going to doctors if ill etc. What about their minds? How do they keep themselves happy? Content? Relaxed etc.? Front cover title – What is self esteem? Do they know? Have a discussion about what having a healthy self esteem is. Make sure they are aware that the things you are going to be working on will help their self esteem. Family pocket and hearts – think about their family members and write one on each heart shape. Reinforce that sense of belonging to the child. They belong to their family. They are part of a family. That family maybe an adopted family but they still BELONG. Keep all the family members safe in the little pocket. ‘I can’ can – think about all the things the child ‘CAN’ do. Focus on the positive with this activity. What can they do? Think about their school work, their homes, their friends, and anything at all that they can do. It could be the tiniest thing but if they can do it then it is written on the little cards and put into the ‘I can’ can. This can be added to over the time you are working with the child. Tell the teacher to help the child realise what they ‘CAN’ do. Reinforce this at all times. Thank you for – Being grateful and thankful can really boost happiness and self esteem so this activity is about thinking of all the things the child is thankful for. Each day there will be something, no matter how small, Are they thankful for family? friends? that they are a fast runner? that they have a lovely home? that they get food everyday? that they are in good health? Focus on being thankful at all times. Write all these things on the little strips and pop into the pocket. Keep adding to this over your sessions. Treasure chest – This has several sheets which fold up like a little booklet. The child can decorate their face at the top and you can choose which one to do – there is ‘Things I am proud of’, ‘Things I have achieved’, ‘Things I like about me’, ‘Things I tried hard to do’. You could put anything in the treasure chest that is special and is something to keep safe. Wheel – you could use this with strength cards Look through the strength cards together and ask the child to pick 8 things they are good at. 8 strengths. Obviously they may come up with ones that are not in the pack and that is fine. Write one strength on each section of the wheel. Glue the bottom section to the top of the lapbook and

Snakes is a game where children must make as many snakes as they can. The aim of the game is to read a card and if correct keep it. Make as many snakes as you can. The person who has the most full snakes at the end of the session is the winner.