The Christmas break may have been a difficult time for some children so I have created a resource to celebrate children’s achievements and future achievements to transition them into the new year. This resource focuses on the empowerment of children by allowing them to choose what they are proud of and what they are excited to achieve in the future. **This resource comes with 4 different versions: ** Version 1: A free writing activity where children can write about anything they want to. There is no scaffolding but there are lines for children to write on. Version 2: A free writing activity where children can write about anything they want to however there are suggested sentence starters for children to use. Version 3: A heavily scaffolded activity where children can finish of the sentences provided. Version 4: SEND version where children can answer the questions by writing words or drawing their answers.

Use this resource to check in with your children before they go home. Checking in with children before they go home is a really good way of working with parents to ensure children are emotionally regulated before the transition from school to home. My children love these are it is a really good way of showing children you care about how their day has gone!

Use these worksheets to help children identify what it is that makes them feel certain ways. This is an effective resource to support them in recognising their triggers. **This resource includes: ** Version 1 - Standard worksheet Version 2 - Worksheet with name box Version 3 - SEND/Scaffolded sheet. Emotions are broken down into happy or sad and there is a word bank to support writing.

Use this resource to help children communicate their emotions. This resource uses visual aids and questions to prompt children to explain why they think they may be feeling a certain emotion. This resource comes with different versions of the check in

Use these emotional check in sheets to support emotional regulation. I will be using these after transitions or to support children’s emotions during peer disagreements. There are different versions of this resource available to download. Have a look through them to decide which one will support your class the best!

Use this resource to help children understand who cares for them. I will use this resource to help children understand that there are multiple individuals in the school who care about them and if one of their key adults are not in, it is okay because there are other adults who will care for them! This is a visual resource and can be kept in a tray or put up on the wall near the child’s space if it is needed to be referred to regularly. On each branch place a picture of the adults who care about them so it is a constant reminder to the child that they are cared for and valued within the classroom. There are two versions of this resource Version 1 - Just the tree with the boxes for pictures. Version 2 - The tree with the boxes for pictures and an activity where the child can think about who they care for.

Use this emotions board to help children identify how they are feeling. I have these around the classroom and children can access them at any point. They are also really handy for non-verbal communication! I have also included boards with blank boxes in the download. This could be a really nice activity for children to explore their emotions and identify what emotions they feel the most often. The children then have their own personalised emotions board. **This resource includes: ** Version 1 - Blue theme with blank boxes Version 2 - Pink theme with blank boxes Version 3 - Neutral theme with blank boxes Version 4 - Blue theme with emotions Version 5 - Pink theme with emotions Version 6 - Neutral theme with emotions Version 7 - SEND version where the emotions are happy, sad and angry so it is not overwhelming. The emotions are written on the sheet too.

Teach your children the power of kindness by setting up a simple but effective kind station in your classroom. Some children struggle to empower themselves and getting children to write kind things about themselves can sometimes be a stressful and counter-productive activity. This resource will enable the children to empower each other and create a supportive, kind classroom! As a teacher I will be using these to show my children how much I appreciate them and to empower them until they are able to do it themselves! **This resource includes: ** “A kind message” slip - Children take one from the station and fill it out. They can then give it to their chosen classmate! “Want to brighten a day?” bunting - Hang this up in your kind station to prompt the children.