World Mental Health Day LKS2 Reading Comprehension | Updated for 2026-27
Help Lower KS2 pupils develop their reading comprehension skills with this engaging World Mental Health Day resource. The child-friendly text explores feelings, wellbeing, healthy habits, resilience and the importance of kindness and support.
World Mental Health Day LKS2 Reading Comprehension.pdf
What’s included?
6-page reading comprehension resource
Informative World Mental Health Day text
30 comprehension questions
Word meaning activities
Inference questions
Summarising activities
Retrieval questions
Prediction tasks
Explaining and exploring questions
Complete teacher answer sheet
The text explores practical ways children can look after their wellbeing, including sleep, healthy food, exercise and routines. Pupils also consider how to recognise feelings, talk to trusted adults, support others and create a welcoming school environment.
World Mental Health Day LKS2 Reading Comprehension.pdf
Learning Objectives
Children will:
Explore vocabulary in context
Retrieve information from a text
Make inferences using evidence
Summarise key information
Make predictions
Explain the writer’s choices
Explore the meaning of resilience
Identify ways to support wellbeing
Reflect on kindness, belonging and understanding
Explain their answers using evidence from the text
Perfect for
World Mental Health Day, Lower KS2, Reading Comprehension, English, PSHE and Wellbeing
This resource is ideal for use in October as a guided reading activity, independent comprehension, English lesson task, PSHE activity, homework or additional reading task.
Resource Details
Age range: Lower KS2 Format: PDF + editable Word document Pages: 6 Questions: 30 Answer sheet: Included Reading skills: Vocabulary, inference, summarising, retrieval, prediction and explanation Preparation: Minimal preparation required Topic: World Mental Health Day Updated: 2026-27
Please note: This resource is intended for use by the purchasing teacher/school and is not for redistribution or resale.





