The word affirm means to ‘state something that is true’. Affirmation cards have simple but positive messages that help to develop a child’s sense of self. When used regularly it is hoped that the children will absorb the positive message and become more positive in their outlook in life. They will really begin to believe the statement that they are working on. The message needs to be realistic and very simple. Having unrealistic affirmations may make a child feel worse about themselves and your aim with these is to increase their self-esteem. All these cards begin with the words ‘I am’ and are very simple but achievable statements for all children. Included in the pack: 25 Affirmation cards – 4 to an A4 page 25 Affirmation cards – 2 to an A4 page 25 Affirmation cards – 1 to an A4 page Blank Affirmation cards – 4 to an A4 page Tips booklet

There is a poster and a worksheet for children to come up with their own mindfulness and relaxation ideas.

Emotions are just so important to mental health. The more children learn about them the better. These can be used as a way of discussing different emotions, looking at vocabulary and gauging how they are feeling.

These Flipbooks are brilliant for working with children. Each flipbook concentrates on different areas. Included in the pack 18 emotion books which use our senses to describe each emotion An ‘About me’ book 3 books dealing with negative feelings such as anger, anxiety and sadness A book dealing with ‘Restorative Practice’ A book on increasing happiness 24 flipbooks all together.

3 worksheets working on social and emotional issues.

Group activity 1 Choose number of spots to match the number of children in your group. Lay out the spots before the children arrive and ask them to read the spots and sit on one of them. If there are arguments over who sits where ask them to try and sort it out between themselves. Observe their skills at doing this. Only intervene if necessary. When every child is sitting on a spot ask them to place their spot in their lap and then ask them questions on why they chose that spot. How have they shown this characteristic? What does it mean? Then they must give their spot to someone else who they think shows this characteristic. Each person is only allowed to be given one spot so if someone has already given them one they cannot have another one. Do this one child at a time. Why did they give their spot to this person? How does this person show that characteristic? Group activity 2 Play a version of musical chairs but with the spots. Lay out the spots in a large open area. Play music and they walk around. When they music stops they must stand on a spot. What did they land on? What word is it? How do they show this characteristic? Carry on starting and stopping the music until children have landed on quite a few different spots.

Included in the pack A banner - use your Adobe printer setting to print it as large as you like A Poster - set for A3 printing A star and a rainbow Star and rainbow cards for the children to write on.

Suggested benefits include: Concentration and attention span – it is so easy to get completely engrossed in your design Thinking skills – thinking what pattern to do next, what will look good! Mindfulness – a sense of mindfulness and being completed absorbed in the activity Relaxation – a true sense of relaxation as you are only thinking about your patterns Hand eye co-ordination – speaks for itself, try it! Self-esteem – creating something beautiful that looks amazing! Stress relief – if you feel stressed give it a go. You will be amazed Self soothing – it is such a soothing activity and if you feel upset or anxious it will make you feel better Ok to make mistakes – your mistakes can be incorporated into your design Problem solving – how can you incorporate your mistakes into your design? Fine motor skills – making those tiny patterns Nurturing creative abilities – allowing everyone to be creative Expanding your imagination – let your imagination go and just create! Creative expression – allows you to create your own design and express yourself Great fun! Simple to learn – each stroke of the pen or pencil is simple No planned outcome – you don’t know yet how your design will end up. Included in the pack: 35 shapes all sectioned off 32 of those shapes all blank for pupils to section off 26 Letters of the alphabet sectioned off 26 Letters of the alphabet left blank for pupil to section off

Choose the Feeling cards Each card has a thumbs up or a thumbs down section. The child has to say whether the feeling is correct or not. Print onto card and laminate. Please ensure you round off the corners for safety. Children can either use a whiteboard pen to choose the thumbs up or thumbs down, or they could use a peg and peg to the correct answer. An alternative would be for them to give the actual hand signal to you. So a thumbs up if correct and a thumbs down if incorrect. Choose the Feeling game There is a game board included so a simple game can be played. This is better for a small group of children. Give each child their own counter. Invite each child to throw the die and the highest number goes first. Work clockwise around the children from that person. As the child to throw the die and moves that number of spaces. If they land on a thumbs up or thumbs down they take a card. If they land on a thumbs up and the card is a thumbs up they can keep the card. If they land on a thumbs up and the card is a thumbs down then that card goes back into the pile and vice versa. When everyone has completed the game and reached the finish then the person with the most cards is the winner.

This covers: Skills Luck Feelings around winning and losing Poor sports Cheating Sportsmanship Making a Loser Plan Cheating The PowerPoint makes this available to whole classes or groups but also works well with individuals. This resource pack contains the following: PowerPoint show – you can use this for individual, group or whole class. When used for individual, you can act as the partner. PDF of the show – so you can print it out if you need to or if you don’t have a computer or Whiteboard to work on. Supporting worksheets The powerpoint has 14 slides

Workbook on RESPECT 28 Page booklet looking at different areas of respect such as ‘Self respect’, ‘respecting others’ and ‘respecting the environment’

16 different emotions to match. Can be used in the following ways: Recognise facial expressions Read the feeling word Discuss reasons for feelings Discuss coping strategies Warm up to a session Use for emotional register Use in early years

The ‘Feel the Feels’ range of resources are aimed at older pupils and therefore are suitable for secondary children. They use a range of clipart of teens/preteens. This is a bingo set which can be used for emotions work. This set contains the following emotions/feelings/conditions – annoyed, furious, hyper, proud, depressed, stressed, shocked, excited, silly,

This bingo game is great for boosting self-esteem. Every child has strengths and talents but sometimes they find it hard to see that. This game will help them to understand some positive character traits. They will learn new vocabulary and will explore each strength and talent. Strengths covered are: sociable energetic focused patient co-operative calm funny positive respectful Included in the pack: 9 bingo boards calling cards strength sheet 9 comic strip strengths worksheets

This bingo game is great for boosting self-esteem. Every child has strengths and talents but sometimes they find it hard to see that. This game will help them to understand some positive character traits. They will learn new vocabulary and will explore each strength and talent. Strengths covered are: good listener agile caring organised helpful kind sporty musical confident Included in the pack: 9 bingo boards calling cards strength sheet 9 comic strip strengths worksheets