Whole-school mental health resources

6 hours of easy, no prep fun for activities week - enough to last a whole day on the last day of term. Includes: A big summer End of Year Quiz A creative, fun teamwork lesson where you make an important figure from 2018 out of scrap. A teamwork lesson and a competitive team-building activity. A World Cup Quiz A SPAG + Whole School Literacy Quiz A fun lesson on risk taking, to remind your students to keep safe this summer. A confidence boosting, positive hour-long session to have your students leaving in a happy and life-affirming mood. MORE WHOLE SCHOOL RESOURCES You can also find us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecteachresources/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ec_publishing and our website psheresources.com

63 FREE ‘What if?’ cards -all of these have actually been asked.

This resource has been created with hard to reach young people in mind. These resources have been used at The Island Project as part of vocational learning as a way of engaging young people who struggled with ADHD, Autism, SEMH and challenging behaviour. Most learners who attend our project are also struggling academically and therefore these materials are designed to allow tutors to scale the difficultly as desired. Differentiation is essential naturally with all sessions geared towards alternative learning for this criterion of young people. This project has been particularly successful when embedded with gardening sessions, ICT sessions as well as social skills building sessions. The idea behind this session plan is to encourage young people to explore and role play (optional) in an adventure just like Ash Ketchum the main character in the popular Pokemon series. Exploring the nearby nature find bugs and catch them with the intention of observing them and making key comparisons against Pokemon. Worksheets involve making posters and creating your own Pokedex to record your findings. Additonal challenges encourage young people to go above and beyond to achieve extra rewards. The beauty is not all young people have to enjoy Pokemon to engage in this session, being interested in bugs, mini beasts and insects in general is also perfect! This session will embed being outdoors, writing opportunities, computer skills development, research skills as well as social interaction.

1 hour, fully resourced PSHE / Life Skills lesson which focuses on perseverance, procrastination, what these are, why we do them and how we can apply advice to improve our focus in study and the wider world . The lesson is most suitable for KS4 or KS5 (but has been left editable) and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for PSHE, Life Skills or Tutor Time. The pack includes a 1 hour / 90 min long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE PSHE RESOURCES

3 great posters for your classroom wall

20 Personalised stories to support social and emotional skills. These come with supporting resources and certificate once the target is achieved.

3x fully resourced lessons, with differentiated worksheets and clips - suitable for KS3/4, all focusing on the gender, prejudice and trans issues. Could be used all together as part of a Drop Down Day, part of an RSE / PSHE Unit of work or over a week in Tutor Time. Pack includes: An introduction into the fluidity of gender, the difference between sex and gender, as well as the prejudice faced by some of those in the LGBT+ community. Sexism. Why does gender seem to matter so much to some in the workplace and at school? What issues do women in particular face, why is this and how can society overcome them? What does it mean to be transgender? Who are the transgender role models and what can these people teach us about tolerance and gender fluidity? Our PSHE / Citizenship resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources HERE

1 hour, fully resourced PSHE / RSE lesson which focuses on the end of relationships, break-ups and heart-ache. The lesson is most suitable for KS4 (but has been left editable) and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for PSHE, RSE or Tutor Time. The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE PSHE RESOURCES

The object of this game is to learn some of the synonyms of the word ‘sad’. Children play in pairs or you play with a child. They pick a card and decide whether it is a ‘sad’ word or some other emotion. If it is a sad word they can move one space up towards the star. If it is another emotion they stay where they are. Who can be the first to reach the star?

14 foldables for emotions work. Instructions on how to make up are in the files. Girl or Boy provided where necessary. Make emotions work more interesting. Perfect for ELSAS, Teaching Assistants, Learning Mentors or working one to one with children with social or emotional problems.

This NEW bundle includes x5 worksheets and is all about linking skills together for students that need support and support across subject areas. Perfect as stand alone lessons or to complement existing programmes. Five worksheets titled - Celebrate with, Think and Talk, Game It, Ready, Steady …, Create & Display It. Lots of practical, active, creative and visual tasks to have at your fingertips. For other worksheets and booklets for students needing adapted material or more support, look through Supporting Learning resources.

A unit of 14 x 1 hour long, fully resourced life skills / PSHE lessons with a focus on independent living, this pack is particularly suited to KS4 and has been prepared to fit the PSHE Associations KS4 topic of ‘Living in the Wider World.’ This could easily be used for KS3 or ASDAN too and everything is editable, so you can always change it to suit your classes if you like. All the lessons have been highly rated and reviewed by Tes users and I have always used these as Head of PSHE / Life Skills too. Variety of different level tasks for MA,LA or Core - Differentiated to 3 levels - Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for’ Good’ or above - Meets all Ofsted ‘Safe Students’ requirements. Many more inexpensive or free resources can be found at my store: EC RESOURCES

This 26 page handbook is to inform education staff about a variety of different additional learning needs that secondary school pupils may have. This includes information on Pervasive Developmental Disorders & the Autistic spectrum, as well as going into detail on a number of different disorders including but not limited to ADHD, ADD, Asperge’s Syndrome and Anxiety Disorder. There are tips on how to work with each of these specific disorders within a classroom environment as well as general steps that you can take in your lessons to allow ALN children to perform at their maximum potential. Parts of this booklet would also be suitable to give to pupils as an informative resource. The information in this handbook has been researched from a number of online sources as well as from my personal experience of being a Learning Support Assistant since 2014 for children aged 11-18yrs.

Play and Grow Ltd are an education services company that partners with schools, alternative provisions and pupil referral units to support SEND and CPD. This SEMH Questionnaire looks at five strands: Identity, Friendships, Communication, Body Language and Leadership. This questionnaire enables professionals to have an insight in to the emotional wellbeing of pupils. Additionally, it’s a great tool for monitoring and tracking social and emotional progress and development. It is best used pre-intervention and then post-intervention in order to identify if any progress has been made. Lastly from the data collected, a graph of results can be generated, which can be referred to during inspections, SEND Audits, when setting Annual Review Targets or when planning lessons for identified pupils. www.playandgrowltd.simplesite.com

13x fully resourced, highly-rated PSHE lesson packs and units suitable for Year 11. From Revision and Study Skills, Living Independently, Finance and Careers to Body Image, The Dark Web and University Applications - this really is a comprehensive KS4 PSHE lesson bundle. All 13 lessons are complete with at least one hour-long powerpoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs and starters. All are well differentiated to three levels throughout to enable clear evidence of progress for all students. These resources have been highly-rated individually by TES users, follow the same consistent format and are easy to follow. There is zero extra work required, and the whole bundle follows PSHE Association topic recommendations and Ofsted latest SRE/ PSHE Association guidance for Year 11. I use all of these myself as a Head of PSHE and I really hope you find them excellent value. I’ve put literally months of time into this to make these lessons top quality for my own school team. Please leave me a review and I’ll send you any other resource of your choice for free. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop - where you can find my bundles for other year groups: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :) You can also find us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecteachresources/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ec_publishing and our website psheresources.com 20s5

READ UP ON ESTRANGEMENT! It has become one of the fastest growing dysfunctional social epidemics! Besides the $avings on this 4-pack, these 4 books are a must read for every parent AND adult child that is approaching- or is in the midst of an estrangement arrangement. Coping strategies, getting support, exploring options to life choices, and all topics concerning estrangement are discussed openly. From beginning to end read one woman’s unforgettable journey to know that impossible dreams do come true. Estrangement is one of the largest growing segments known as the “Silent Epidemic”. If you have been touched by this anomaly these books are slated for you! This 4-Pack is offers savings when purchasing the bundle.The insights found in each of the 4 books are invaluable, and a healing resource to know you are not alone.

Approximately 90% of Estrangements from children are caused by spouses during a divorce. It has sadly become commonplace and a social issue pushed under the rug. 30 YEARS to 30 DAYS is a journey that echoes many divorces. A story of decay borne from family dysfunctions. Children estranged at the hand of the opposing parent. And of entrenched, often biased legal systems. These scenarios are not uncommon. But this book is uncommonly candid. Follow the twists of one woman’s unexpected fate. You will empathize with human frailties. Be at odds with morality issues. Become appalled at choices and amazed at heart wrenching decisions. Then wonder how a simple divorce can turn so bizarre. Reflective lessons abound should you face a similar quest. A MUST READ for every upcoming divorcee AND their adult children.

Are you new to this dysfunctional social phenomena? Perhaps struggling with diffident adult children who alienate you? Estrangement is fast becoming commonplace! Learn how to take care of yourself FIRST amidst this communication chaos. Estranged: Coping Strategies for (Grand)Parents is a book to help heal your broken heart. Tips and ideas are offered to get you through those difficult, challenging moments. This guidebook offers strategies for how to cope, care of yourself, navigate communication hurdles and lends perspective during times of estrangement. Find peace of mind- and fill yourself with resolve. Easy reading outline format Lots of examples and strategies Empowerment suggestions Healthy healing advice & tips

From suicide, relationships, dating, divorce, creativity, spirituality and mental health matters, plus much more. This 4-book bundle does not hold back. Candid conversations concerning everyday life issues that challenge folks with bipolar-and their relations- are openly discussed. These guidebooks provide new thought perspectives, insights, education and coping strategies from a bipolar friend. This portfolio of information is relevant to anyone new to- or well acquainted with bipolar. Caregivers, friends and relations who are not bipolar will also benefit from the communication and boundary setting aids. This is a comprehensive, practical resource packed with many tips, how-tos, and ideas for managing a plethora of bipolar associated matters.

You deserve to be happy. It’s your birthright! In just 9 steps—10 seconds at a time, find out how to change your thought patterns to become happy all the time. This very fun, fast-read guidebook is loaded with a wealth of self-help ideas for reaching and maintaining a happy mental state. Easy thought-filled lessons lend a helping hand towards understanding how your mind works. Discover simple techniques for living a happy, healthier life. So, take 10 seconds, 9 steps at a time, to find true happiness—because you deserve it!

Communicating effectively is key to every successful relationship. Bipolar personalities can create unique challenges. This book provides awareness, perspective, tips and strategies to enable healthy interactions. Written for the bipolar person- AND their family and friends. Top Topics Include: Environment Induced Bipolar Communication Basics Boundary Setting Overcoming Stigmas Dating with Bipolar Divorce & Bipolar Triggers Finding Resolutions Engaging and honest. A riveting must read for those with bipolar- AND their relations!

Bipolar brilliance is bestowed to those special souls who are endowed genetically with this birthright. Celebrate the many vibrant aspects of creativity and spirituality from a bipolar friend’s point of view. Not-so-common yet popular topics are presented. Such as spiritual awakenings and soul source alignment. Creating conscious conditions that access the creative dimensions. And, techniques for tapping into alternative frequency zones to increase awareness. Whether one is blessed with bipolar brilliance, or not; this guide is about its gifts. Its attributes. Its magical moments. And sacred spaces. Lets celebrate this wonder-filled genetic inheritance. And be awe inspired in what bipolar bestows upon its hosts. And, mostly, to the world! An insightful guide for counselors, friends and relations thereto!

Mental Health Matters A Lot! For those who strive to maintain a healthy mental state, the balance is ongoing. And for many diagnosed with mental disorders this challenge is ultra demanding. This guide is aimed at three distinct audiences: (1) Folks who want ideas for balancing life stress; (2) Caregivers who cope with others who have mental disorders; (3) And those who have an mental illness and are seeking a better quality of life. This book offers a quick access to a variety of topics. Recommendations and advice presented are legitimate for all levels. Healthy individuals- to the severely incapacitated can benefit from these ideas and suggestions.

Suicide is devastating. No matter what the cause or circumstance suicide leaves a wreck of emotions, guilt, blame, and shame in it’s wake. Read this author’s journey who lost not just one-, but two beloved brothers to suicide years apart. Travel in her footsteps to understand the heart wrenching last conversations; the mental challenges; and the contributing factors towards this final act. Bipolar Friend on Suicide is for those of you who are contemplating this event–AND for those who have been left behind. Should you find yourself on either side of this ledge this book will lend perspective and guidance. Do not wait to educate yourself. If you know someone who has lost hope, or a friend who grieves their kin, this book provides many passages to help understanding, how to cope- and heal.

This resource has been created with hard to reach young people in mind. These resources have been used at The Island Project as part of vocational learning as a way of engaging young people who struggled with ADHD, Autism, SEMH and challenging behaviour. Most learners who attend our project are also struggling academically and therefore these materials are designed to allow tutors to scale the difficultly as desired. This bundle contains 6 project plans and is aimed at giving young people the opportunity of learning about Ancient Egypt in a less academic way through more hands on activities using arts and crafts, social play, woodwork, Lego and more. This range of sessions was delivered over a 6 week half term, each session being focused on per week.

A lesson on how to be empathetic and recognise empathy in others.

A lesson on what kindness is, how it works and how we can do more of it.

A lesson guiding students to meditate and be mindful.

This animated Power Point looks at anxiety issues facing young teenagers today and shares tips on how to cope. Mindfulness is one tool to cope with anxiety as are talking therapies and artistic pursuits . A poem called “the room inside” is displayed which could be used as a starting point to a discussion about mental health. Students are asked to consider volunteering and doing something positive with their time once exams are over. An extract from Eleanor Morgan’s book “Anxiety for Beginners” is given and six plot ideas are given which relate to anxiety. Pupils are asked to select one of these to write about. Lastly students are asked to think about the saying “every cloud has a silver lining” and to share strategies for developing resilience. Suitable for ages 12+

Equipping students with the basics of mindfulness and meditation.

Lesson revolving around the idea of having a growth mindset instead of a fixed mindset when it comes to tasks.

Citizenship KS2 and KS3 Scheme of Work. Lesson 1: Positive Choices for Mental Health LO: Students will be able to make simple choices that improve their health and wellbeing.

Citizenship KS2 and KS3 Scheme of Work. Lesson 2: Growth Mind Set (Lesson 1): Everyone Makes Mistakes LO: Students will be able to recognise their worth as individuals by identifying positive things about themselves and their achievements, seeing their mistakes, making amends and setting personal goals.

Coping with anxiety PSHE resource lesson bundle. Three hours of PSHE or Tutor Time sessions to help your class deal with anxiety. This pack teaches students what anxiety is, why and how it affects us, the best ways to deal with it and the best relaxation techniques. It is fully differentiated, suitable for KS3 or KS4 and contains three fully resourced lessons. Please leave me a review and I’ll send you any other resource of your choice for free. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: (http://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources) Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)

A social story with spaces to add your own photos. We make one for the class and also make individual ones for children with SEN or Social and Emotional needs who we feel will need more support with the transition to next year. Use to prepare children for their new teacher, new classroom etc.

Worry Monster Craftivity Create a monster, write your worry and get the monster to eat it.

Raise awareness and understanding of mental health issues with this worry box cover. Encourage your pupils to share their small problems so that they don’t develop into larger issues. Develop your pupil’s emotional wellbeing, language for discussing their emotions and provide them with coping strategies. 3 children in an average classroom are facing mental health problems and 75% of mental health issues arise before the age of 18. So we need to do all that we can to provide children with the tools to cope with these challenges and an understanding to support those around them as they grow. Designed with a focus on Eeyore so children can understand how they might feel like Eeyore at the moment but if they share their worries they could feel like Tigger. Purchase this resource, leave a review and choose a resource of mine for free! Just email your username and your chosen resource to teachallenjoy@gmail.com You might also be interested in my other Mental Health Awareness Week Resources: Circle Time Sessions Yrs 5-6 Circle Time Sessions Yrs 3-4 KS2 Assembly KS1 Assembly Emotion Word Searches

REST BREAKS AND STRESS MANAGEMENT Presentation The purpose of the course is to: **To identify the meaning of Rest Breaks To demonstrate strategies that will support the use of Rest Breaks To apply your understanding Rest Breaks to an actual exam question. **

10 PIECE DOWNLOAD ✔️ Improve mastery skills, develop self-esteem and encourage positive thinking. ✔️ Create engaging and thought-provoking discussions. ✔️ Provide opportunities for all learners to develop reasoning skills and build self-esteem. ✔️ Perfect for small group interventions and whole class lessons. Life By Shape resources can help improve mastery skills in two ways: showing how images can be used to represent problems or ideas giving an opportunity for children to discuss and reason Each Life By Shape resource included in this package shows words of inspiration and motivation represented by an image of shape. Using images to represent Each image has been designed to represent (or show) a motivational message. The key here is for children to try and imagine that each shape within an image represents an individual person. Once children understand this concept, the discussions really start flowing. Discussing & Reasoning Here are some possible questions that children could be asked to generate some discussions. How does the image relate to the words? Why do you think the bottom left square is different? And what could this represent? Why is the bottom left square a different colour to the rest? Why are all of the other shapes in a perfect pattern? If you were one of these squares, which one would you be? It’s important to remember that there does not have to be a right answer. The point of this is to give children an opportunity to express their thoughts through discussions and reasoning by ‘agreeing’ or ‘disagreeing’ with other children. How can Life By Shape resources help to build self-esteem and develop positive thinking? Each Life By Shape resource has a message of inspiration or motivation for children. Combined with discussions, all types of learners can access and understand important messages to build self-esteem and develop positive thinking.

10 hours of new PSHE lessons on some of the most pertinent and pressing issues facing students in 2018/19. These topics have been identified by the PSHE Association as essentials for the coming year and so this bundle has been planned following their recommendations. This is part two of a two part pack. PART ONE All 10 lesson packs are complete with at least one hour-long powerpoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs, starters and engaging, varied main task activities.All are well differentiated to three levels throughout to enable clear evidence of progress for all students. These lessons have been selected to be in this bundle as they all focus on relatively new issues or ones which need further awareness amongst young people in an ever-changing world full of mental health issues, new technology, crime and potentially tough futures which lie ahead. These resources have been highly-rated individually by TES users, follow the same consistent format and are easy to follow. There is zero extra work required, although each lesson is still completely editable too. I use all of these myself as a Head of PSHE and Citizenship and I really hope you find them excellent value. I’ve put literally months of time into this to make these lessons top quality for my own school team. I have ‘One Year of PSHE’ Packs for Years 7, 8, 9 and KS4. You can check them out at the shop link below. Please leave me a review and I’ll send you any other resource of your choice for free. Many more inexpensive or free resources at my shop: EC_Resources

An hour long, fully resourced PSHE lesson with a focus on suicide and suicide prevention. The lesson is filled with engaging, well differentiated and sensitively handled activities and is useful for Mental Health Week. The pack includes an hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes). This lesson could be used for PSHE, Citizenship or Life Skills. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop:[More PSHE Resources ]https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources) Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources)

Raise awareness and understanding of mental health issues with this bundle of 30 emotion cards, 14 posters, and a 36 slide assembly. Develop your pupil’s emotional wellbeing, language for discussing their emotions and provide them with coping strategies. 3 children in an average classroom are facing mental health problems and 75% of mental health issues arise before the age of 18. So we need to do all that we can to provide children with the tools to cope with these challenges and an understanding to support those around them as they grow. A large bundle of resources for KS1. Purchase this resource, leave a review and choose a resource of mine for free! Just email your username and your chosen resource to teachallenjoy@gmail.com