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.

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 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 ‘Consequences of actions or words’ resource is for helping pupils to understand that their words or actions can cause hurt and upset to other pupils. If a pupil says something mean to another pupil then that can cause lots of strong feelings and behaviours. If that mean comment is changed to something more positive it can result in more positive feelings and behaviours. Included in the pack are: 20 A4 cards with difference scenarios An editable file for you to create more scenarios. (The speech bubble is editable in PowerPoint) One flip book that goes into more detail and can be used to talk through situations that have occurred for the pupil The cards work through: The comment or action The thoughts of the person who was harmed The feelings of the person who was harmed The feelings of the person who made the comment or action What could have been done or said differently How would the person harmed feel now.

There are 48 Friends cards in this pack. Each showing a positive aspect of friendship. These are great for reading through with older pupils to discuss and work on. They print 8 to an A4 page. Help your pupils to make more friends by using these bright and colourful cards often.

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.

This is a huge set of feelings cards and definitions. There are 171 cards in the pack which print 8 to an A4 page. There is also a page of ideas included which are listed below. There is a feeling word and a very simple definition. You can use these for introducing vocabulary to children. They are suitable for KS2 to Secondary. I have included some little cards that you can fold so you can hide the definition if you wish and get the child to guess what it might mean. They are in alphabetical order and there are at least 4 feeling words for each letter except for x y and z Ideas: Find the letters of your name and decide if you have felt those feelings Pick a bundle of the cards and arrange into alphabetical order Pick out some positive feelings Pick out some difficult feelings Find a feeling word beginning with a certain letter and write a sentence using it Hide the definition and ask the child to guess what it might mean Find all the feelings that would be synonyms of happy, sad, angry or scared Think about your day and pick out all the feelings you have felt in that day. Make a collage of….angry words., happy words, scared words, sad 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, a picture of a time when you felt like that, 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 Make your own feeling’s dictionary by picking out all the emotion words you have heard of, writing them down in alphabetical order and write a brief description of what it means. Pick an ‘angry’ word. How could you calm yourself down if you felt like that? Pick a word and think about the physical feelings you get when you have this emotion. Pick a feeling and… make the face, use a mirror to practise, act it out with a friend, make up a scenario that would make you feel like that. Make up a scenario for a child and get them to choose the feeling they would feel in those circumstances. Pick a positive feeling and try and use the word as many times as you can in one day. Pick a feeling card and write or talk about how someone might behave when they feel that feeling. What might they do? Pick a feeling word and think about who could help you if you felt like that or how could you help yourself if you felt like that? Pick a feeling card and see if you can find the opposite feeling. An example would be that happy is the opposite of sad. Pick a difficult feeling word and think about how you could change that feeling to a more positive feeling. What could you do?

This is ELSA Support’s Twinkle with respect intervention. It is written for children from approximately KS2 to KS3. The Respect intervention is for a group of 6 children and is led by an ELSA or a teaching assistant. It covers emotions, relaxation, calming down techniques and learning objectives around respect. It runs for approximately 30-40 minutes, weekly for six weeks. There are lots of visuals, circle times and group activities along with lots of expression through drawing and writing. Pupils will learn about emotions along with relaxation and coping skills each session. This knowledge and these skills will help them to become more emotionally literate. The coming together of a group fosters a sense of belonging and contributes towards higher self-esteem. Every opportunity should be taken to promote belonging and friendship. This ‘Twinkle with respect intervention’ follows this structure Welcome and emotional register– welcome the pupils to the group, go over the group rules and talk about how they feel today. Warm up – This is an unrelated activity to warm the pupils up and break the ice. Activity – this is where the pupils work on the learning objective. Relaxation/Mindfulness – Teaches valuable relaxation and mindfulness skills. Review of the session – pupils talk about their learning experience. Resources – ready to print and go! Group rules Planning for 6 sessions Certificate on completion Feelings wheels 5 things you can see visual I showed respect comic strip Reach the sky visual I showed disrespect comic strip Fill your mind with colour visual Respect and disrespect cards Respect and disrespect examples worksheet Scenario sort List of characteristics Passing through visual Personal characteristic comic strip Count those breaths visual Design a poster task Scenario consequences Stand like a mountain visual What I did or said All the printable resources are included. You will also need a few other things such as colouring pens, pencils, a set of dominoes, and whiteboards and pens. The lessons cover the following: Learning objectives Lesson 1 What is respect? Lesson 2 What is disrespect? Lesson 3 I can tell the difference between respect and disrespect Lesson 4 What is self respect Lesson 5 What is respect for our environment? Lesson 6 What is respect for others?

This is ELSA Support’s Twinkle and shine self esteem intervention for young children. It is written for children from approx. 4 to 6 but could be used with 7 year olds too. The Self-esteem intervention is for a group of 4 children and is led by an ELSA or a teaching assistant. It covers emotions, relaxation, calming down techniques and learning objectives around self-esteem. It runs for approximately 30-40 minutes, weekly for six weeks. There are also tips for areas of provision to continue or reinforce the learning done in the intervention group. There are lots of visuals, circle times and group activities along with lots of expression through drawing. Children will learn about emotions during each session and will also learn relaxation and calming techniques through the ‘relaxation time’. This knowledge and these skills will help them to become more emotionally literate. The coming together of a group fosters a sense of belonging and contributes towards higher self-esteem. Every opportunity should be taken to promote belonging and friendship. This Twinkle and shine self esteem intervention follows this structure Welcome and emotional register– welcome the pupils to the group, go over the circle time rules and talk about how they feel today. Warm up – This is a song they will sing right through every session to help them Twinkle and shine! Activity – this is where the pupils work on the learning objective. Relaxation/Mindfulness – pupils are more ready to go back to class if they are relaxed and calm. This also teaches them valuable coping/relaxation skills. Areas of provision – these are suggestions to continue learning in class Review of the session – pupils talk about their learning experience and fill in their star on the building block. The pack contains the following: Twinkle and shine planning – six sessions of fully resources planning with suggestions on what to say Building blocks to self esteem – children will colour one star in at a time until they build their self esteem Circle time song – Twinkle and shine sung to the tune of ‘Frere Jacque’ Certificate for the end of the sessions I am special because I am different worksheet Butterfly visual My house Paintpot visual Family and friends game Family and friends tree Turtle shell visual Things I am good at Snowman visual Proud cloud Superhero pose visual Grow happy feelings Floating on a cloud visual Circle time rules Feelings wheel Shout outs Resources This pack contains all the printable resources you will need for each lesson. There are other easy to find items needed and each lesson plan has a list of items you will need. These things are simple such as a mirror, and colouring pencils/pens.

This is a poem I wrote in our ELSA Groups and it is copyright to me and should not be altered in anyway. Put the poem near the worry monster so children are reminded what to do. Hopefully they will feel relieved once their worry is eaten by the monster. You can put this with any worry monster or even a monster that you have made out of an old tissue box.

This is an anxiety booklet to help children understand their anxiety and find ways to cope with it. There are 30 pages in the booklet which covers scaling, fight/flight, vocabulary, the worry tree, real worries as opposed to hypothetical worries, worry plans, breathing techniques, mindfulness, coping strategies, negative thinking, self talk and much more. There are pages for pupils to show what they have learnt so far and there is a quiz at the end of the booklet. There is also a diary to take away to log any worries. This is offered in two different ways to cater for different needs. It also has a monster scale and some mandala colouring sheets.

This ‘tell a story PowerPoint’ is perfect for delivering remotely or in the classroom with a whiteboard, laptop or IPAD. You need to be in slideshow mode to ensure the animations work correctly. Click ‘slideshow’ click ‘from beginning’ Please ensure you are using an up to date version of PowerPoint. The slide plays a video which you can stop and start. Some older versions may not work. When you click on the dice it rolls, when you click it again it stops at random. Roll the die 5 times to get your character, setting, emotion, prop and problem. The little squares can be clicked so you can remember what you have rolled. They will turn a blue colour. Then simply tell a story.

This is an interactive ‘Would you rather’ PowerPoint game for teaching on a computer/IPAD, through zoom or google classroom. Pupils pick a card and the card will flip over to reveal a ‘Would you rather?’ Question.

Reveal an emotion is a great warm up activity or just a fun introduction to discussion on emotions. It is a PowerPoint game so you do need to have PowerPoint installed on your computer. It is also editable in PowerPoint. This resource will work on IPAD with the PowerPoint app installed, however you will not be able to edit it on IPAD. The animations will not work in Google slides. Pupils choose a ‘favourites’ question and answer it. Once answered they can click the square to reveal part of the picture. The aim of the game is to label the emotion that is hidden. There is a face, body and word attached to 8 different emotions. Emotions covered are: happy sad angry scared worried confused surprised disgusted There are 12 ‘favourites’ questions for each emotion which are all fully editable so you can use completely different questions should you wish. That makes a total of 96 questions provided to start you off! Using as a PRINTABLE GAME Should you want to print this and use it as a printable game. Insert a blank slide into your PowerPoint. Select all the squares from your chosen slide and click CUT. Paste them into the blank slide. Save as a PDF and print as normal onto A4 paper or card. Cut up the squares and place over the image. The child would choose a card, answer it and remove it from the image.

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.

This challenge has been made for Children’s mental health week on the theme of ‘EXPRESS YOURSELF’ It is a printable 5 day challenge with a drawing/writing task and a doing/talking task each day. There is a certificate for the end of the 5 days.

This includes 2 stories, a male version and a female version. The children are worried about going to school and don’t want to separate from their mum. This will help children suffering from School separation anxiety. Included in the pack: George doesn’t want to go to school Story PowerPoint (36 slides) George doesn’t want to go to school Story PDF (36 pages) Isla doesn’t want to go to school Story PowerPoint (36 slides) Isla doesn’t want to go to school Story PDF (36 pages) 11 worksheets including – My morning routine, Weird things that happen to my body, A time I felt upset and cried, A time I felt angry, A time I felt scared, Delaying tactics, What if monsters, What if bubbles, A special memory, Fun times at school, My separation plan. Booklet of questions to ask about the stories. A pre and post anxiety scale

This intervention is for a group of six girls and is led by an ELSA or teaching assistant. It covers emotions, relaxation, calming down techniques and learning objectives around assertiveness for girls. It runs for approximately 40-60 minutes, weekly for six weeks. Children will learn about emotions during each session and will also learn relaxation and calming techniques through the ‘relaxation time’. This knowledge and these skills will help them to become more emotionally literate. The warm-up games teach a variety of skills such as co-operation, team work, taking turns, communication skills, friendship, self-esteem and confidence. The coming together of a group fosters a sense of belonging and therefore raises self-esteem. Every opportunity should be taken to promote belonging and friendship. The age range for this intervention would be approximately year 3 upwards and should be aimed at quiet, shy girls who lack confidence and self-esteem. The pack contains the following: Planning booklet with 6 fully planned sessions Circle time rules posters Shout out reflection sheet Feelings wheel Certificate Assertiveness list Passive list Aggressive list Assertiveness comic strip Passive comic strip Aggressive comic strip Assertive communication poster Strengths shield Strength cards Problem cards Target setting sheet Visuals for mindfulness

This isolation diary booklet for children will help nurture wellbeing. They may have to stay at home for 14 days to isolate after having contact with a positive Covid case. There are 10 daily challenges but these don’t take long to do. It is a matter of doing a bit of colouring, writing a word or number. If they can’t do them all then that is fine but the more they do the more likely they will be fully occupied on nurturing their wellbeing. There are a couple of differentiated pages so this is suitable for all age groups.

This is a bee display pack with positive messages on. Included in the pack: 31 Hexagons with messages and blanks for your own messages A3 Bee for cutting out Clouds Large flowers 2 Banners One hive I would suggest a pale bluish background if you can so the yellow stands out. This can be made to look like the sky. The flowers could be cut out and put around the bottom or make a border of them by printing them smaller.