What can we do to support our mental health?

Year 6/P7 (ages 10-12) Looking after mental health

Simple, practical steps to support mental health are covered in this lesson. Please note that we only consider everyday advice that can benefit anyone and do not touch upon therapies or interventions that require specialists working with small groups or individual children. There are some references to puberty in one of the activities and also to the transition to secondary school.  This lesson is likely to take an hour or more and you may wish to splitit across 2 sessions. Activities include:

Activity 1 - Mental and physical health - what this is.
Activity 2 - Mental & physical health sort cards
Activity 3 - Asking for help, conversation starters.
Extension - create a poster

Year 6/P7 (ages 10-12) Looking after mental health
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