This is a Feeling angry story pack for helping children who might need a little help with managing their anger. Included in the Feeling angry story pack: Front cover with space for a name and an 8 page story 24 Coping cards The idea of this resource is to use the story and resources to help pupils understand how to deal with anger. The story covers: Triggers Anger volcano Body signs Vocabulary around anger Labelling the feeling Scaling the feeling Changing thoughts Looking at something from a different perspective Breathing techniques Consequences of anger It would be best to do a little at a time of the booklet so you can discuss it in detail and talk about the child’s experiences.

This is a Feeling worried story pack for helping children who might need a little help understanding worries. Included in the Feeling worried story pack: Front cover with space for a name and a three page story with images 32 coping strategy cards The idea of this resource is to use the story and resources to help pupils understand how to deal with worries.

The word affirm means to ‘state something that is true’. Affirmation cards have simple but positive messages that help to develop a person’s sense of self. When used regularly it is hoped that the positive message will be absorbed and a person will become more positive in their outlook in life. They will really begin to believe the statement that they are working on. The message needs to be realistic and very simple. Although I have called these ‘ADULT’ they really are for anyone. My other cards have characters on them and these are character free. All these cards begin with the words ‘I am’ and are very simple but achievable statements for all. Included in the pack: 25 Affirmation cards – 4 to an A4 page 25 Affirmation cards – 2 to an A4 page 25 Affirmation cards – 1 to an A4 page Blank Affirmation cards – 4 to an A4 page Tips booklet

Express yourself Art Doodling is a series of prompts for drawing and some colouring too. Children get so much from drawing. It is a way of self expression and self exploration. Children relax when drawing and are much more open to talking about their feelings. This booklet can be printed as A4 and stapled together or as A3 to give children more room for drawing. You could also just dip into the sheets and print the one you want to use. You could use the same sheet for the whole group or whole class of children. The booklet has purposely been created in black and white so as not to distract from the child’s drawings and of course to save printing costs. There are 40 activities in the booklet with a Christmas/Winter theme. I am sure children will get a lot out of the booklet and it will give you valuable information about their thoughts and feelings. It can also be used as a ready made lesson plan for one to one work or group work. Please ensure you use ADOBE to open PDFs because this will give you great options for printing.

This is a set of Emotion Dominoes for working on facial recognition, labeling emotions and general chat about emotions. You can use them as a traditional domino game or just match them as an activity. There are 90 dominoes covering 12 different emotions/feelings/conditions.

These mindset conversation cards will help pupils to learn what a growth mindset is. You could use these during circle times to discuss or use them one to one with a child who needs a bit of help with growth mindset. Turn one over and discuss, you could even focus your lesson on one of the cards. You could give them a card to take away if you feel they need a reminder or perhaps even build a keyring of cards to take away for pupils to read often to remind themselves. These are suitable for practically all age groups. There is a set with the image of the brain and a set without any clipart. There are 48 cards in the pack.

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.

This is a worry worm booklet and poster. Lots of children have worry worms. They are usually crocheted or knitted. Often there is a little poem attached. They are to help pupils let go of their worries. The pupil can talk to their worm and tell it all about their worries. The idea being that the worry worm will hold onto it,so the pupil doesn’t have to. They can let it go. To decide on which worries should be told to the worm it is helpful to look at the Worry tree My idea for this resource was to have somewhere to put those worries. The worry worm booklet is useful for them to write those worries down. Once they have written or drawn their worry they can let it go. The types of worries that the pupil should be encouraged to write down are those worries not in their control. This might be a ‘What if?’ type worry. There are some handy reminders each using ‘worry’ as a mnemonic. Included in the pack: A3 Poster in colour Booklet in colour Booklet in black and white ‘I am worried about ‘page with lines for writing ‘I am worried about’ page blank for drawing

This is a shyness resource pack requested by one of you lovely ELSAs. It is aimed at KS2 upwards. This resource pack is to help children who want to be more confident and brave. They want to overcome their shyness because they are perhaps missing out on things in life. Being braver and less socially awkward may help them have more friends, face their fears and open up new opportunities. There are a whole range of emotions that can come from being shy such as nervousness, anxiety, fear, panic, and embarrassment. Children need to be able to deal with these emotions with coping strategies. Included in the pack: One of our TAB booklets in colour and black and white 3 worksheets in colour and black and white Learning objectives you could use for this pack: To understand what being shy means To identify body signs for feeling shy To understand that other emotions might be triggered by being shy To set a small achievable target for overcoming being shy To be able to scale a situation on the shyness scale To identify thoughts linked to shyness and reframe them To identify and use coping strategies for shyness To understand feelings after overcoming shyness

This wooden effect bunting would look fabulous on a calming and natural display. They would look good on a display with a hessian background. I think natural displays are so calming. Anything that is easy on the eye and makes you feel you are in nature is fabulous. Included in the pack are: Full alphabet (CAPITALS) with leaves for decoration Full alphabet (CAPITALS) left blank Numbers 0-9 with leaves for decoration Numbers 0-9 left blank Editable display word cards – you need PowerPoint for these. It is a little extra I have put in to increase the use and value of the pack for you.

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.

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

Important information This leaflet is meant to be used as part of ELSA Sessions or some other therapeutic session and shouldn’t just be given out to children without some input. They need to learn and understand about their worries and how to cope with being anxious by an adult. Please DO NOT just give these out without that important input. They are purely reminders for the pupil to take away. It is your responsibility to decide whether the information in this leaflet will be helpful to your pupils. Under our terms and conditions these leaflets must not be put onto school websites. They are for printing and giving to pupils at the end of a session or you could use them as a basis for your sessions. You can work through each part with the pupil. You can practise some of the things on the leaflet such as 3 good things or gratitude.

Important information This leaflet is meant to be used as part of ELSA Sessions or some other therapeutic session and shouldn’t just be given out to children without some input. They need to learn and understand about their worries and how to cope with being anxious by an adult. Please DO NOT just give these out without that important input. They are purely reminders for the pupil to take away. It is your responsibility to decide whether the information in this leaflet will be helpful to your pupils. Under our terms and conditions these leaflets must not be put onto school websites. They are for printing and giving to pupils at the end of a session or you could use them as a basis for your sessions. You can work through each part with the pupil. You can practise some of the things on the leaflet such as 3 good things or gratitude.

This resource will help to develop children's growth mindset as well as help them risk assess a situation. Children need to look at their mistakes, find out what they learnt by that mistake, understand the consequences and have another go or don't have another go depending on what has been learnt. Equally children do need to assess the risks of an activity they are doing to make sure they do not hurt themselves and to give a bit more thought into what they are doing. They need to understand the consequences of their mistake. Included in the resource: A game board 18 mistake scenario cards 10 ideas for using the mistake cards worksheets to go with those ideas

This resource is helpful for building a sense of identity and self esteem. Instructions for making up the resource are included in the downloadable pack.

This resource explores lots of different emotions to allow children to see the connection their thoughts have with their feelings, physical sensations and actions. When you think happy thoughts it makes you feel better both physically and mentally and your actions are more positive as opposed to when you think worrying thoughts or angry thoughts. This resource, through exploration of these thoughts and feelings will give you a base to help children change their thoughts and see how that makes them feeling and act differently. There are 40 sheets altogether covering 20 emotions. Girl clipart and boy clipart is used so you can choose which to use with the child you are working with.

222 Emotion word cards and 4 banners make up this resource. Fantastic for display or for working with children with social and emotional problems. Use the cards: Find an emotion word you don’t know the meaning of and find out! Pick a positive emotion and use it in a sentence. Pick a negative emotion and use it in a sentence. Think about your day and pick out all the emotions you have felt in that day. Make a collage of angry words. Make a collage of happy words. Make a collage of scared words. Start a feelings diary and pick out your main feeling for that day. Write it down and explain why you felt that way. Pick a card and draw the facial expression. Pick a card and draw a picture of a time when you felt like that. Pick a card and find all the synonyms of that word. Pick a card and draw a comic strip of what happened when you felt like that, use speech bubbles and thinking bubbles to show what you were thinking or saying. There are so many things you can do with these cards

This is a friendship display to support any social skills work you may be doing. It focuses on vocabulary around friendship. Pupils will learn about the positive qualities of a friend. The display is bright and colourful and will enhance your ELSA area or classroom. Included in the pack are: *32 Friendship quality display words *A frog poster *A banner that can be printed large using Adobe print settings and then pieced together *some bubbles to cut out to decorate your display * A cauldron which can be printed on A3 or larger *writing paper for the pupils with and without lines, with and without the frog clipart.