New Sensation & Emotion Cards
Our Sensation & Emotion Cards are a beautiful resource that children can relate to, connect with and begin to recognise and talk about their feelings and the experience and sensation of those feelings in their body.
University of Bath Research Project
We are extremely proud to announce that we are working with the prestigious Department of Psychology, University of Bath on a research project that will explore and exemplify the impact of our intervention programme on children’s wellbeing.
Deaf Inclusion – Deaf Awareness Week
11 million people in the UK are deaf or hard of hearing. There are at least 50,000 children who are deaf in the UK and sadly deaf children are at far higher risk of developing mental illness than their hearing peers. The theme for Deaf Awareness Week 2022 is Deaf Inclusion, exploring the entire theme of inclusion within communities...
Anger Iceberg and the feelings hidden underneath
We designed this Anger Iceberg poster and activity in response to feedback to help with connected conversations about children's feelings and experiences to help children understand that it can be difficult to see the underlying feelings the anger is masking.
Be the light – supporting children with high levels of need
Talking with one pastoral member of staff I hear about a child in crisis, sadly not an unusual story, but a child who has suffered multiple losses, including bereavement resulting in him living in care and struggling to manage in school and to stay in class and to engage in learning.
Kingsleigh Primary School, Bournemouth
Kingsleigh Primary is a large four form entry school in Dorset. Hamish & Milo is being used for small group work, some 1-1 intervention and as part of the emotional curriculum for the children and is now being developed for further small group work and targeted intervention led by the ELSAs.
What happens to our body when we are stressed
We designed this poster for Stress Awareness Month 2022 in response to feedback to help with conversations about feelings and experiences to help children understand that they are not alone and that we can all feel stressed sometimes.
Individual child profile record
We have created Individual Child Profile Records to support pastoral staff in collating information about each of the children in their intervention programme; record detailed information about each child; the context and background and space for ongoing observations for the duration of the intervention programme.
National Day of Reflection: Reflection Daffodils
On #NationalDayofReflection a day that honours and reflects on every life taken too soon we suggest an activity to help any children to reflect and celebrate the memory of a lost loved one. Simply download the template.
Understanding and supporting children with anxiety
We've only just begun to see the light at the end of the tunnel with covid restrictions lifting in schools and the delicate hope of things beginning to improve. Then suddenly, we are hit with shocking, frightening and devastating news about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
