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.

Written last night to hopefully help children who struggle with change. This is a BIG change. Clear, simple and hopefully reassuring.

This FRIENDS display pack compliments our FRIENDS cards but can also be used without the cards. Included in the pack: *40 FRIENDS posters *2 banners in blue and yellow *Vertical border paper in blue and yellow *Horizontal border paper in blue and yellow *6 labels *Worksheets for pupils The pack is aimed at EYFS/KS1 and possibly lower KS2 The idea of the friends display is that you choose either one or two different skills to learn that week or that session. Children can write or draw when they showed that skill, they can learn new vocabulary around that skill and you can take photographs of them catching them using that skill. This will be a changing display with new posters and children’s work changing as necessary.

This is a friendship display to support any social skills work you may be doing. It focuses on vocabulary around friendship. Pupils will learn about the positive qualities of a friend. The display is bright and colourful and will enhance your ELSA area or classroom. Included in the pack are: *32 Friendship quality display words *A frog poster *A banner that can be printed large using Adobe print settings and then pieced together *some bubbles to cut out to decorate your display * A cauldron which can be printed on A3 or larger *writing paper for the pupils with and without lines, with and without the frog clipart.

Create a display in a natural design with this Natural resilience display pack. Natural displays are calming for some pupils. Sometimes bright colours can overstimulate a child. Included in the pack: *80 vocabulary words *Banner *A-Z bunting *writing and drawing paper

This truth or lie game has 64 cards which are for sorting between something that is true and something that is a lie or that is false. There is a game board to make it more exciting and also for working with a group of children. There are a few supporting worksheets. Please check out the images for more information. Children tell lies for lots of reasons. Before working on those it is important that children know the difference between a lie and the truth.

This ‘Glorious Goals’ workbook will help pupils to set goals. There are 20 pages in the booklet and there are two different front covers so you can use with younger and older pupils. There is a certificate on completion and also a bookmark to take away as a reminder of the steps needed to be taken to set a goal. This is perfect for New Year goal setting but hopefully it will help instil a habit of setting goals throughout the year.

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.

Lots of children suffer from low self-esteem and this workbook has 25 activities to help them grow their self-esteem. When children have low self-esteem it can stop them doing things, due to fear of failure, thoughts maybe very negative and they might criticise themselves, they might struggle with friendships, are quiet, lack confidence and perhaps don’t feel very happy a lot of the time. It can massively affect well being. Hopefully this book will help them discover they can do lots of things, be positive, have friends, speak out, know their strengths and feel happy! The second page in the file is blank if you want to print duplex and make an actual booklet but you could also just print off the page you are working on and do it with a group of children or even class of children.

A great way to learn about emotions. What it looks like, synonyms, what you might say, what you might think, what causes it and how to cope with it. 20 Emotions covered and a blank template to use as a worksheet so you can write and draw other emotions.

This intervention is written for a group of four pupils and is led by an ELSA or teaching assistant. It covers emotions, relaxation and lessons around worries. It runs for approximately 40 minutes. This intervention is aimed at 5 to 7 year olds. This 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. 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. Review of the session – pupils talk about their learning experience. There are lots of resources in this pack and LOTS of visuals to help children to understand. Lesson objectives Lesson 1 – I can tell you what a worried face looks like Lesson 2 – I can understand how worries can make my body feel uncomfortable Lesson 3 – I can tell you if my worry is a BIG or a SMALL worry Lesson 4 – I can understand how my thoughts can make me feel uncomfortable Lesson 5 – I know some ways to calm myself down Lesson 6 – I can park my worries and make a plan

Mindfulness aims to reduce unpleasant emotions and feelings, help you feel relaxed, and allow space between you and your thoughts; giving you the opportunity to react more calmly. Mindfulness is simply allowing yourself to be in the present moment. This pack of resources is perfect for mindful time, with a bonus of creating something unique and beautiful (perfect for decorating a Christmas Card). This will really help self-esteem too. It FEELS amazing to create something unique. Not only is it perfect for ELSA sessions but also for whole classes especially around Christmas time when children need a little bit of calm time. Included in the pack are *10 templates *Pattern sheet and practice sheet *Instructions

This is a set of 13 posters. They are set up for A3 printing but would also print perfectly on A4.

This is a HUGE pack of words for emotions, feelings and conditions all with a hessian style background. These will be fabulous for your more ‘natural style displays’. Help create a calm environment linked to nature for your pupils. Included in the pack is *120 emotion, feelings, condition words for display *2 Banners *Bordered paper in landscape and portrait, with and without lines, *20 cloud shaped quotes, *A-Z Alphabet for making your own words

Express yourself Art Doodling is a series of prompts for drawing and some colouring too. Children get so much from drawing. It is a way of self expression and self exploration. Children relax when drawing and are much more open to talking about their feelings. This booklet can be printed as A4 and stapled together or as A3 to give children more room for drawing. You could also just dip into the sheets and print the one you want to use. You could use the same sheet for the whole group or whole class of children. The booklet has purposely been created in black and white so as not to distract from the child’s drawings and of course to save printing costs. There are 40 activities in the booklet with a Christmas/Winter theme. I am sure children will get a lot out of the booklet and it will give you valuable information about their thoughts and feelings. It can also be used as a ready made lesson plan for one to one work or group work. Please ensure you use ADOBE to open PDFs because this will give you great options for printing.

A lovely Christmas emotions bingo for the run up to Christmas. Pupils will learn to recognise 9 different emotions. Included in the pack are: *9 bingo boards, *calling cards *emotional register slips

A set of 15 Christmas puzzles. All you need is a die to play. 10 puzzles have questions on the back so you have 60 questions about Christmas and 5 puzzles are blank on the back so you can create your own questions. These are great for warm ups or filling in a few minutes during the Christmas activities. If you group a few puzzles together then you could play as a group and children could try and make a puzzle each. There could be co-operation skills with trading pieces with each other to make their puzzles.

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.

Here is a large pack of resources for helping older students to learn calming strategies. Included in the pack is: *24 calming cards(choice of backgrounds), *24 Posters (choice of backgrounds) *24 Poster colouring sheets *Banners for display (choice of backgrounds) *Vocabulary cards for display or work (choice of backgrounds) *supporting worksheets and mindful colouring. Please see the photographs for the range of resources in this pack.