This journal will address many areas of a pupils’ well-being. It is suitable for KS1 and possibly Lower KS2. The journal is a way for pupils to find the positives in their life and to discover mindfulness and relaxation. Here are some of the areas addressed: Positivity Emotions Self-esteem Focus Target setting Mindfulness Relaxation Thinking skills Strengths Scaling emotions Worries Thoughts and feelings Emotion tracking Gratitude/thankfulness Kindness Creativity Reflecting Planning Included in the pack: One weeks worth of journal – each day has 2 pages of things to fill in, which have certain elements change. Independent journal sheet should pupils want to continue Worry garage Positives Jar 2 emotion trackers – Popcorn, and Heart mosaic End of week assessment Bullet journal sheet for creating Weekly review 4 front covers to choose from Name one thing sheet How to use the journal with lots of ideas for using in ELSA Sessions with a pupil – would also be useful to teachers, teaching assistants, learning mentors and counsellors.

This is a lovely activity to do with children to discuss separation or divorce. The chances are that the child spends time in both mum’s house and dad’s house. Included in this pack are house templates which can be printed onto A3 or A4 card and made up with the child. This is a lovely, visual and hands on activity where the child can write or draw things and put them in the relevant house. Included in the pack: 2 House templates with bricks 2 House templates blank 30 question prompts A variety of templates for writing or drawing.

There are: 40 different Mandalas, one to a page with a lovely quote to discuss. Print these as posters, individual worksheets or as a booklet. 20 Postcards -A5 Size – I thought doing them any smaller would make colouring in a bit too difficult.

Here are a set of 20 Christmas/Winter themed Mindful Mandalas with some lovely quotes to discuss. Pupils can enjoy the mindfulness of colouring along with chat about the quote. Print as a booklet or just print what you need. You could also blow them up quite large due to the excellent image quality so if you want to do a group colouring you could do.

Wally Worry the worry monster is for helping children to offload their worries. Included in the pack: *Wally Worry banner, *Wally Worry Monster(with writing, without writing and with a white label for writing with a whiteboard pen), *Wally Worry slips for children to fill in *Pocket template for catching the worries(2 colours). Although the monster can be used with the pocket another way would be to laminate and cut along the curved line on his tummy. Stick something at the back of him to catch the worries. Wally Worry is meant for printing on A3 paper but you could make it bigger or smaller depending on your needs. We recommend Adobe Reader for opening our PDFs as this gives you some lovely print options. You can print as a poster and make him pretty huge if you want to and alternatively for one child you could just print him on A4 paper.

The Control your Thunder – ELSA Anger intervention is an ANGER management intervention for KS2 upwards. Included in the pack is: Planning booklet Pupil booklet Circletime rules Relaxation cube Emotion fans ANGER posters Supporting resources Certificate of completion There are five lessons which are based on a letter from the word ANGER A is AWARENESS N is NEGATIVE thoughts G is GAUGING E is EXPRESSING R is RELAXATION

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 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 growth mindset sorting activity and is suitable for all pupils. Which statements are indicative of a growth mindset and which ones are a fixed mindset. Help your pupils learn with this colourful and engaging activity. Included in the pack: Growth Mindset pocket Fixed Mindset pocket Sorting sheet 64 statements – 32 for fixed mindset and 32 for growth mindset A set of blank cards so pupils can write their own Character sheets for sorting without the pockets if you are wanting to do a quick activity All the above in black and white The pockets without clipart for older pupils

‘Today I heard this’ is a simple worksheet for children to write down things they hear that they don’t understand. Children hear things on the news, in newspapers, parents or other adults talking, social media or their friends and classmates. What they hear might not be true and they get themselves worried and upset for no good reason. Leave a stack of these out in the classroom so any misconceptions can be addressed quickly. Encourage children to ask a trusted adult about what they have heard. This resource has been inspired by the current Russia/Ukraine conflict.

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.

Self-esteem is about how we value and perceive ourselves. There are 24 sheets in the teen self-esteem pack covering the following areas: Top strengths – What are the pupil’s top strengths? A strength you wish for – What do they aspire to? What strength would they like? Using strengths – How do they use their strengths? Strength spotter – Do they recognise strengths in others? Affirmations – read Affirmations – write 3 good things today – What three good things have happened today? This is a daily practice that will boost wellbeing and self-esteem Steps to success – read Steps to success – write Self love Make yourself proud – What makes them feel proud? Helping hand – How do they help others? Fill your cup Gratefulness – What are they grateful for? Jar of positivity Mood tracker – Track their mood daily Selfie challenge Social media feelings A to Z of things that make me happy A to Z of words to describe me Wishes and dreams Build relationships – What does a perfect friend look like? What qualities do they have? Being assertive – read Being assertive – write

This self-esteem leaflet for parents has common sense advice to help them support their children at home. The leaflet is trifold so has six sides to them. They are to be printed duplex and instructions are given within the resource on how to do this using Adobe settings. The resource comes with a PDF to print where you can handwrite your contact details. It also has a file where you can edit the contact details in PowerPoint. The margins do need to be cut off all the sides so the leaflet folds properly. This leaflet covers ‘What is self-esteem?’ Strengths, talents and affirmations, advice on being specific with praise, a ‘CAN DO’ can activity, and simple goal setting.

This is an anxiety scale that would be great displayed in your area or used as a talking point with your pupils. There is a scale with suggested vocabulary and some questions they can ask themselves to help cope with those feelings.

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.

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 a Halloween Pumpkin Scary words worksheet to use on the run up to Halloween. It is a great way to teach pupils about the synonyms for fear. There are so many words they can use and examples are given. They can fill the pumpkin with words. They could use lots of colours perhaps in pumpkin colours to write the words to make it more interesting. Take every opportunity to discuss each word, what it means and when they might have felt like that.