Children’s Mental Health Week (9 to 15 February 2025)
The them this year is ‘This is My Place’ with the aim of supporting the systems around children and young people to help them feel they belong.
Place2B has heaps of free resources for primary and secondary schools including assembly slides and art projects to help schools celebrate and get involved with the theme.
Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week
Get involved using #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
Widgit resources to support children and young people’s mental health
Widgit has created a great Wellbeing Pack of symbol-supported books and activites to support children’s wellbeing. The pack was produced in partnership with Dr Jerricah Holder, Educational Psychologist, and contains symbolised books and activities to support children’s understanding of wellbeing and self-care.
www.widgit.com/resources
CENMAC’s Thursday Thirty – Supporting pupil mental wellbeing with Stix’ interactive technology
In this 30 minute recorded session find out about Stix Remotes. Stix are a sensory product designed to provide families with the tools to support and maintain their mental wellbeing.
Audio instructions combined with sensory feedback guide children through activities that teach mental health coping strategies that children enjoy playing.
Liam from Stix talks through how the technology works to support wellbeing, the mindfulness activities involved, and the impact the Stix Remotes are having on children in the school setting.
Empowering SEND Students to access music making
In specialist education settings, providing students with the tools to express themselves musically can be life-changing. CMPSR and Arrownotes, developed by Digit Learning, are designed to break down traditional barriers in music education, offering a fully accessible, inclusive music-making system that empowers students with disabilities to engage with music on their own terms. Creating a collaborative environment for children and young people to make music together is a great way for them to get to Know Yourself, Grow Yourself!
Urgent Mental Health Support
– 24/7 Crisis Support
Every mental health trust in London has put in place a 24/7 crisis line for people of all ages – children, young people and adults. The lines which are free to call can provide advice to those in a crisis. These crisis lines are supported by trained mental health advisors 365 days a year. You can find the 24/7 crisis line numbers using the NHS Service Finder (link below) but the table provides all of the telephone numbers in London.
> Urgent Mental Health Helpline
Download the table below:
Urgent Mental Health Support For Children Young People And Families
Partnership for Children
Partnership for Children is an independent charity which promotes the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children, both in the UK and in many countries around the world. They produce mental health promotion programmes for primary schools that teach children skills for life: how to cope with everyday difficulties, how to communicate with and get on with other people, and build self-awareness and emotional resilience.
Zippy’s Friends and Apple’s Friends programmes have been independently evaluated and found to improve children’s coping skills, social skills, emotional literacy and reduce bullying. There is also an adapted version of Zippy’s Friends for pupils with SEND.
If you are interested in delivering Zippy’s Friends or Apple’s Friends to your class, please visit Partnership for Children’s website for more information about training courses for teachers. Their website also has free downloadable resources to help children talk about feelings and cope with difficult situations.
