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To support your class and promote the importance of mental wellbeing we've created this collection of resources for use with both primary and secondary students.

When is Children's Mental Health Week 2024?

It takes place from 5-11 February and was launched to give voice to all children and young people in the UK. The theme for 2024 is My Voice Matters.

Other important dates these resources can be used for:

  • Mental Health Awareness Week from 13 to 19 May.
  • World Mental Health Day on Thursday, 10 October.
Supporting care-experienced children
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Supporting care-experienced children

This CPD resource is designed to help primary and secondary teachers support care-experienced young people.

Primary resources

Explore our primary collection including an animated series using powerful personal testimony to explore mental health issues from the perspective of young people.

Moodboosters
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Moodboosters

Fun, simple, curriculum-linked resources to inspire primary-aged children to get moving for mental health and wellbeing. These videos require no extra equipment and can be used flexibly during the school day in a classroom with minimal space.

Super Mood Movers
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Super Mood Movers

Thirteen videos, created in partnership with Children in Need and the Premier League, to enhance the wellbeing of your class with irresistibly catchy songs and easy-to-follow dance routines. Each video supports either the KS1 or KS2 PSHE curriculum, covering themes such as respecting ourselves and others, taking care of our world, and friends and family.

Feeling Better
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Feeling Better

A collection of short films for EYFS and KS1 children with Dr Radha Modgil, exploring a range of feelings and emotions as well as providing talking points and tools for feeling better.

When I Worry About Things
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When I Worry About Things

A collection of short animated films that use powerful personal testimony to explore mental health issues from the perspective of young people.

The Brain Lab
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The Brain Lab

A collection of short films for 7-11 year-olds about mindfulness, the 'five steps to wellbeing', achieving a growth mindset and how our brains work.

Same But Different
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Same But Different

A collection of short films looking at primary children with a range of disabilities, learning differences and medical conditions, that aims to encourage understanding and inclusion, both at school and in the wider world.

L8R Youngers 1
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L8R Youngers 1

A series of short dramas set in East London exploring the journey from primary school into adolescence. These six mini-episodes look at cyber bullying, jealousy, bullying, family life, racism, drug use and first dates.

L8R Youngers 2
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L8R Youngers 2

BAFTA-winning short drama series about the journey from primary to secondary school. These six mini-episodes explore new relationships, bullying, family life and learning difficulties.

Life Stories
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Life Stories

Five short dramas exploring emotional issues that children might relate to and learn from. The dramas explore family life and struggles with friendship.

Growth Mindset
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Growth Mindset

Three short animated clips that help unlock growth mindset ideas for pupils and teachers using animated characters that demonstrate the difference between a fixed and growth mindset.

Bitesize Scotland: Mental and emotional wellbeing
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Bitesize Scotland: Mental and emotional wellbeing

A set of articles and videos for upper primary and 2nd level pupils offering tools for dealing with emotions at difficult times.

Secondary resources

Our secondary resources include a series of films covering different mental health conditions and introduce us to five well-known contributors and role models who have also experienced similar issues.

My Troubled Mind - Stories about teenage mental health
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My Troubled Mind - Stories about teenage mental health

A powerful series of animations using personal testimony to explore mental health issues experienced by teenagers.

Time to talk about...
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Time to talk about...

A collection of short films for secondary schools intended to help to start classroom discussions around mental health. The films cover different mental health conditions from the perspective of five well-known contributors and role models who have experienced similar.

Growth mindset case studies
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Growth mindset case studies

A collection of short films that offer case studies of young people demonstrating a growth mindset. Each story introduces us to one of the five steps to wellbeing.

L8R Youngers 3
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L8R Youngers 3

Drama series for secondary schools exploring sexuality and the pressure to have sex, alcohol abuse, financial pressures and the impact of social media.

Football, Prince William and Our Mental Health
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Football, Prince William and Our Mental Health

Video clips from a BBC documentary following Prince William's campaign to get British men to open up about mental health issues by using football as a way to get men talking and to break the taboo around the issue.

Your Body, Your Image
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Your Body, Your Image

A series of short films that bust body image myths and investigate the commercialisation of body image ideals, promoting debate in the classroom.

External learning-related websites:

  • Mentally Healthy Schools - A website bringing together quality-assured mental health resources, information and advice for schools and further education settings in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
  • What's Up With Everyone? - A campaign featuring a series of animated videos - co-produced with and for young people - aiming to increase mental health literacy.
  • Children in Need - Children in Need's 'Behind the Bandana' campaign for Mental Health Awareness Week sees Pudsey removing his bandana to show that mental health issues are often less visible. The website features a downloadable pack for schools in English and Welsh.

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