The ‘What if’ monsters is a resource to help worriers. It takes children through strategies for dealing with worries. The children can use the worksheets at appropriate times during the PowerPoint or they can choose to draw their own. Included in the pack is: A PowerPoint show (31 slides) A PDF for printing of the show (31 pages) 9 worksheets 1 poster You have permission to use this PowerPoint show on Google Classroom or similar platforms. You have permission to share this file with individual parents from your school. You may NOT share this resource publicly on a website, Facebook or google drive.

George doesn’t want to go to school is a separation anxiety resource to help children transition back to school after the this Pandemic is under control. Included in this pack: PowerPoint slide show of the Story (36 slides) PDF of the story – this can be printed or you could transfer to IPAD to read on that. 12 supporting worksheets 4 pages of questions on the story An anxiety scale for assessing the child’s levels of anxiety pre and post assessment

This resource is a fun way of working with emotions. Each emoji represents a letter of the alphabet and pupils need to break the code and work out what all the words are. The words in this pack are all emotion/feeling words. Their are 16 base emotions/feelings with synonyms of that emotion or feelings. This is perfect for year 6s who are returning to school in June. Also great for KS2 children who are still at home. The puzzles are enjoyable to do. Pupils will feel a sense of achievement breaking the codes which will help raise self esteem. Getting involved with puzzles is great for relaxation and mindfulness. You can work on synonyms of emotions by using these puzzles. Pupils will learn new vocabulary for expressing their feelings. Brilliant for home learning. The pack contains: 16 code breaker sheets The alphabetic code A sheet for making their own code A sheet for making their own messages Answer sheets

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 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 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 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.

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 ‘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.

This is the Building Brick lettering for display pack. This resource contains: Capital letters Small letters Numbers to 10 basic punctuation 5 emotion faces – cut out and stick up around your lettering

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 Autumn wellbeing pack of worksheets will be perfect for the Autumn term. Included in the pack is a PDF with 28 activities/worksheets with a social and emotional theme from mindful colouring to poetry writing. There is also a PowerPoint for introducing whole class work. Basically you can show the activity on the whiteboard with this PowerPoint. I know many of you are working with large groups or classes right now. This is suitable for many age groups.

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 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 wellbeing craft group can be used as a whole intervention at lunchtime clubs, after school clubs or as part of your ELSA work. The sessions are all stand alone so could be dipped into as part of your sessions. You could use them for the first session with a child to help them feel calm and relaxed with you. Making crafts is very satisfying and can help with mindfulness, low mood and self esteem. There are lots of opportunities for discussion and children will often open up when crafting. There are 6 sessions in the pack with planning, templates, emotion wheel and mindful colouring for early finishers. 67 Sheets in total. Sessions are for approximately 30 minutes and include an emotion check in, planning for six sessions which includes a mindfulness/calming activity, mandalas for mindful colouring – useful for early finishers and a huge template pack which includes several variations of each craft, black and white versions, information, and instructions. Wellbeing craft group activities: Sleepy stars which is about getting a good night’s sleep Kandinsky tree which is about colour and emotions Relaxing jellyfish which addresses relaxation and contains affirmations for the word relax. Worry Monsters which looks at worries Friendship wreath which looks at qualities of friendship Happy sunshine which is all about things that make them feel happy

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.