Important information This leaflet is meant to be used as part of ELSA Sessions or some other therapeutic session and shouldn’t just be given out to children without some input. They need to learn and understand about their worries and how to cope with being anxious by an adult. Please DO NOT just give these out without that important input. They are purely reminders for the pupil to take away. It is your responsibility to decide whether the information in this leaflet will be helpful to your pupils. Under our terms and conditions these leaflets must not be put onto school websites. They are for printing and giving to pupils at the end of a session or you could use them as a basis for your sessions. You can work through each part with the pupil. You can practise some of the things on the leaflet such as 3 good things or gratitude.

This is a friendship potion activity for young children. It is visually appealing with clear images to help the pupils understand the words. Make up the cauldron and bin with the pockets. Cut out and laminate the bubble circles. Simply help the pupil sort out those good qualities for a friend and put them into the cauldron to make their friendship potion. All the others go into the bin. Discuss each bubble as you look at it to ensure understanding and relate to the pupil’s experience where possible. When you have finished the sorting activity ask the pupil to decorate the body shape to look like a friend and put all the bubbles around the body shape to reinforce ‘What makes a good friend’. Included in the friendship potion activity pack: Cauldron with pocket Bin with pocket 18 positive bubbles for friendship 18 negative bubbles for friendship Body sheet

This self-care potion activity is a fun and engaging for pupils to look at all the things that help with their self-care. There are two potion bottles to choose from. Print out a bottle and print out the pocket. Cut them out carefully and stick the pocket to the bottle. Print out and cut out some of the droplets of potion. Firstly go through the list with the pupil and get them to write their ideas on one of the sheets. They can add any others not on the list here too. When they have a decent amount they can then fill in their droplets and add them to the pocket of the potion bottle. If they aren’t too keen on all the writing they can go straight to filling in the droplets with prompting from you, using the self-care list. You know your pupils so do what you think is best. Suitable for practically all age groups. Included in the pack: 2 different potion bottles Pocket label for the bottles List of self-care ideas 3 different sheets for pupils to record ideas first 8 coloured potion droplets All available in black and white too This is their recipe for self-care.

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.

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.

Stress This resource is about stress and coping strategies. Some stress can be good because it can actually encourage and motivate you to work harder. When you get too much stress it can make you feel overwhelmed. Finding a balance is key to managing stress. Stress bucket The bucket is a metaphor for the body and the water is a metaphor for stress and coping strategies. This resource will lead the child through making a stress bucket and learning how to use it. Levels of stress Depending on the person, the level of water in the bucket may already be high due to past experiences. Stress entering the body isn’t necessarily filling up an empty bucket. It is adding to what is already there. Every day stressors can soon overflow the bucket. There are always people and children who blow up over the slightest thing and this is probably because their stress is quite high all of the time. Turning on the tap Turning the tap on is a metaphor for letting out the stress and the best way to do this is through coping strategies. Coping strategies can be anything that the calms the person down from ‘calming breathing’ to ‘having a run’. It might also be things they enjoy doing, something that makes them feel happy. It can be individual to the person on what works for them. What relieves their stress? Included in the pack Stress scales. These could be used as bookmarks and taken away. A4 poster that could be stuck to the wall as a reminder 24 additional supporting worksheets An A4 bucket and pocket – pupils can put their stress INTO the bucket by using the pocket Cloud and water for the craft Different sizes of water droplets Information sheets including examples of stressors, de-stressing ideas, physical body signs, and how it affects emotions and behaviour

‘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 set of 6 mats for using with playdough and emotions and feelings. Although my thoughts were that these would be fab for younger children, I am sure older children would enjoy using them too. Lots of open ended fun where children can be creative and think about colours.

Here are some jigsaw templates for a huge display. The pieces fit together horizontally and vertically. You can do one for each member of your class or group. This is a lovely class, group or one to one activity for the return to school. It is suitable for all age groups to do.

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 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 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.

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 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

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.