This is a HUGE ‘Feelings Diary or journal’ pack so you can put together the PERFECT diary or journal for each pupil you work with.
There are over 65 different templates to use. Pupils can write or draw or do a bit of both. This resource is suitable for children as young as 5 or 6 to teens.
Pupils can track their feelings, talk about their feelings, explore thoughts, look at body sensations, be mindful of the 5 a day for wellbeing, use brain dumping and scale emotions along with many other things like mindful colouring.
This is a Christmas compliments cup activity.
Pupils can send a cup to someone special to give them a compliment. You could also use the cup without the poem for pupils to write their own little poem or message. Just delete the text if want to do that. You could also use it to put on the front of a Christmas card. They could also collect compliments using a plain heart. You could make a different message. This would work well for a group circle time activity.
All the text is editable in PowerPoint. Great for our Welsh ELSAs to translate if they want to.
To edit just click on the text and type. This font has been embedded in the file.
Once you have edited the resource, save it and then save it again as a PDF file. You can now print your cups.
There are 7 different Christmas mindful backgrounds and 1 cup that is blank so pupils could decorate themselves. This one could mean that you could use this at any time of the year, not just Christmas. Pupils will enjoy the mindfulness of colouring their cups.
You will receive a PDF file if you just want to use it as it is and a PowerPoint file if you want to change the text.
The poem is my poem and copyright to me so please do not alter or change this in anyway. You can obviously write your own poem or message if you want to edit it.
Benefits of this activity:
Mindfulness and being absorbed in the present moment
Thinking of others
Giving to others
Thinking of nice things to say to others
This is a body sensations resource pack containing lots of ways to explore body sensations linked to emotion.
Included in this resource pack:
4 different skin coloured body shapes (A3 size) and 1 in black and white, each showing a blank box for writing a feeling word and a scale to scale how big the feeling is.
48 image cards
96 sensation describing word cards
48 parts of the body cards
36 colour cards for describing what colour your emotions are
Condensed A4 mat for discussion about feelings, sensations , sensation words and colours.
A blank sheet for adding any other sensations, body parts, colours that might be needed.
Visual representation of sizes for younger children.
Purpose of the resource
To identify body feelings and sensations.
How do we feel in our bodies when we are anxious, angry, worried, happy, scared etc?
Do we feel tingly, numb, wobbly, trembly, hot, empty and so on?
This resource is a way for children to tell you how they are feeling in their bodies. The image cards can be used for children to place on the body shape where they are feeling this sensation.
The words could be used instead of the images in the same way. They could also be used together.
This resource is set up for A3 printing. Laminate all of the pieces so you can use it over and over for different children. This is suitable for children of all ages.
If laminated the child could also use a dry wipe pen to draw facial expressions associated with the feeling they have. They can mark off on the scale how big their feeling is. There are some cards at the end of this pack with some visual representations of big, medium and small for very young children.
If the child is unsure of body parts spend a little time going through the cards and placing them where they go on the body. You could make this a bit of a game. ‘Where is the scalp?’ The child can put the word where they think the scalp should be. What feelings do you get in your scalp if you are angry? They might pick the fire or pick hot. They might pick prickly or a picture of a brush. There are so many ways to use this resource with children to talk about their feelings.
You could even use it as an interactive display. It is A3 size so you could have the body on the wall with the cards around the body so pupils could pick one of the picture or word cards and place it with a bit of bluetak onto the body where they feel that emotion.
This is such a versatile resource and I think you will use it a lot.
Included in the Thankful Tree pack is *Giant tree with sky background *72 leaves with vocabulary *Banner *Black and white leaves for writing *Leaves in a variety of shapes and colours for display.
The tree is in PDF format and if you use Adobe to open it, then you can choose any size you like and piece together the pieces. I have included one in the Thankful Tree pack that is ready to print on A4 pieces.
This will promote a positive attitude and help increase happiness. Gratefulness or thankfulness is a fabulous habit to get into and helps to change that mindset.
There are 40 brightly coloured cards showing ways to be a good friend. Perfect for KS1 and Lower KS2.
Use these as discussion or teaching points on how to be a good friend.
This is a huge pack of resources to help children’s wellbeing. You can glue the pocket into an exercise book and then add things to the pocket that you think the child will find helpful.
An alternative would be to put all the resources in a folder for the child.
Brilliant kit for home learning and helping your child’s wellbeing
Included in this pack:
Pocket colour
Pocket black and white
Emotional register
List of feeling words
Star breathing
Thermometer for scaling
Jar activity
Bucket of happiness
Proud cloud
Relax tips
Relax top four
Starfish story
I made a difference sheet
Star of strengths
List of positive characteristics
Sleep tips
Grounding activity
Simple emotional register
Worry tree
Helping hand
5 a day for wellbeing
My favourites
Grateful flower
Physical feelings
Helpful thoughts
My family
I wish
This is a set of 56 anxiety cards with lots of helpful tips on how to manage anxiety. These can be used with children from KS2 upwards.
There are 8 cards to an A4 sheet of paper.
Use them as a focus for your sessions or just to read through and discuss with your pupils.
This is a set of emotional development ELSA Session Plans for pupils to learn about new Emotional vocabulary. These plans are useful for KS2 upwards. They could possibly used for Year 2 with extra support.
Included in the pack is a 18 page file with 5 sessions, some of them can be repeated with different emotions. All the supporting paper resources are included too.
The sessions are split into:
Learning objective
What you need
Activity
Challenge and further work
I think these plans will be useful for new ELSAs and those who just don’t have time allocated for planning.
Pupils being able to identify and say how they are feeling can massively reduce the emotion they are feeling.
Pupils emotional development is key to good Emotional literacy.
This is a ‘Falling out with friends pupil leaflet’ (conflict) which was an ELSA request. It is written in a child friendly way so pupils will understand.
Included in the ‘falling out with friends pupil leaflet’:
Understanding Conflict – Explanation of what conflict means and the emotions around conflict.
Causes of conflict – examples of situations that lead to conflict.
Win win – What is a win win situation?
Compromise – What it means to compromise along with traffic light reminder.
Test yourself – Questions to check understanding.
There is an editable part for you to put your contact details or just your name. Simply type in the blue box. Don’t worry the blue box doesn’t show when you print. You can of course just print it and handwrite your details.
There is also a BLACK AND WHITE version included 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. Please DO NOT just give these out without that important input. They are purely reminders for the pupil to take away and for parents to get involved.
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 session. Work through each part with the pupil.
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 gratitude jar will help children look for the positives in their lives. Gratitude according to Positive psychology is strongly linked to being happy. I have done lots of jar activities but think that gratitude is such an important one so deserves its own post.
This resources has a jar with and without lines. It also has a long list of suggestions/prompts to encourage children to reflect on things they are grateful or thankful for.
The jar without lines can be decorated with pictures, photographs and words. Make it colourful. It could also be used each day and the child adds just one thing for that day they are grateful or thankful for.
Of course you could make an actual jar with a lovely label and ask the child to fill it each day with things they are grateful for.
This is a ‘Building confidence pupil leaflet’. It is written in a child friendly way so pupils will understand.
Included in the ‘Building confidence pupil leaflet’:
What is confidence? – A description of what confidence is and how you can cross the bridge from self doubt to self confidence
What is self doubt? – Description with examples and a chance for the pupil to write down what their little voice might be saying.
Confidence knockers – What sort of things knock confidence and a chance for pupils to write down what knocks their confidence.
Confidence boosters – Ways to build confidence.
Setting yourself a goal – Steps to set a goal – success breeds confidence.
There is an editable part for you to put your contact details or just your name. Simply type in the blue box. Don’t worry the blue box doesn’t show when you print. You can of course just print it and handwrite your details.
There is also a BLACK AND WHITE version included 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. Please DO NOT just give these out without that important input. They are purely reminders for the pupil to take away and for parents to get involved.
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 session. Work through each part with the pupil.
Here are some jigsaw templates for a huge display. The pieces fit together horizontally and vertically. You can do one for each member of your class or group.
This is a lovely class, group or one to one activity for the return to school. It is suitable for all age groups to do.
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
These Social and Emotional Support EXCEL assessments are perfect for an ELSA or anyone else who needs to track progress and impact of intervention.
It includes an excel file for tracking emotional skills, anxiety, social skills, growth mindset, independence, friendships and relationships, and self esteem.
There is also a pupil questionnaire.
These are so quick and easy to fill in. No calculating to do as it is all done for you. It is a matter of clicking a number for each statement.
They will work on a computer or laptop but NOT on an IPAD or phone and you must have EXCEL installed on your computer.
This download gives your school a licence to use these assessments. This means you only need to buy one for your school and everyone in your school can use it. The price listed is the price that needs to be paid for the school licence. Please do not add the TES school licence.
This resource consists of:
104 cards
1 game board
5 worksheets
Children will learn that it is ok to say what they like or what they dislike. They will also understand that everyone has different likes and dislikes. Teach diversity.
There is everything you need to create an ‘Emotion Potion Display’. You can print the potion bottles on A4 or A3 depending on how big you want them to be. There is lettering or a banner depending on how you like to do your displays. The droplets come in different colours and black and white.
Included in the pack:
20 emotions on coloured potion bottles – fordisplay
20 emotion potion worksheets in colour – for children
20 emotion potion worksheets in black and white – for children
A range of droplets to cut out – for display
A banner – for display
Display lettering – for display
Ideas on how to use this display
Have an emotion of the week. Print and cut out the appropriate potion bottle and put that on the wall. Sit the children in a circle and give them a prompt such as:
What triggers this emotion? So you are looking for anything that causes this emotion. For anger it might be ‘someone calling you a name’ for jealousy it might be ‘someone getting a new pair of trainers’, and so on.
What physical effects does this emotion cause? So you are looking for any physical effects linking to that emotion. For anger it might be ‘fast heartbeat’, for anxiety it might be ‘trembling or shaking’ and so on.
What might you be thinking when you feel this emotion? So you are looking for thoughts associated with this emotion. So for anger it might be ‘He is looking at me in a funny way!’ and for sadness it might be ��I have no friends’. And so on.
What coping strategies do you have when you feel this emotion? So you are looking for anything that helps a child cope with this emotion. Obviously this is more linked to the negative emotions. For anger it might be ‘Do my breathing exercises’, for sadness it might be ‘go and talk to an adult’.
What other words do you know that mean the same or similar to this emotion? So for anger you are looking for words such as ‘mad, irate, furious, livid’, and so on.
When you have discussed this in detail during circle time you can then give them the worksheet to match the one on display. Use their ideas to create your display on the wall. Cut out the appropriate sized droplet and write in black marker. Stick this above the potion bottle to look like it is falling into the bottle or you could have them going the other way to show they are coming out of the bottle. Entirely your choice. Repeat this in the next session with another emotion.
You can obviously use this pack anyway you like and the ideas are endless. You could print out all the emotion potion bottles and make a display with all of them.
This ‘Feel the Feels’ Anger resource pack includes the following resources:
Anger workbook – 19 pages
Anger diary -Cover sheet, instructions and One sheet that can be printed as many times as needed
1-5 Scale – print, laminate
Mobile phone emotion register – print and laminate
These resources are suitable for older children KS2/3/4 – aged approximately 9 to 16.
This is a pack of ways for pupils to feedback on how their sessions went. Brilliant to show evidence of impact for any impending OFSTED visits. These will also help you inform future planning and find out what your pupil has learnt.
It is so important to assess your work constantly to ensure you are doing the absolute best for your pupils.
Included in the pack
8 different ways to feedback from worksheets, to speech bubbles to rolling a die. Girl version and boy version available where relevant.
Jigsaw Resource Pack
Includes:
5 banners
an example lesson plan
10 plain coloured jigsaw pieces
10 coloured jigsaw pieces with vocabulary
15 jigsaw templates and suggestions list on how to use them