Hamish & Milo programme elements

Our 16-page overview and guidance booklet introduces the Hamish & Milo Wellbeing intervention programme. It outlines the contents, rationale and explains how each of the core elements of the resource works together.

The complete programme has 100 explicit, structured, and progressive session plans. Each session has a clear format and structure that helps the children to feel contained and able to engage.

Our primary impact measure tool is our child wellbeing profiles which are unique to each emotional theme programme. They help identify, target and support specific areas of need within core areas of a child’s emotional health and development.

Unique to each emotional theme these booklets help, alongside the school, to have a shared dialogue and communicate about the programme, how it works and how parents/carers can support their children in the home environment too.

Our reflective wellbeing journals give the children the chance to celebrate who they are and to build their self-esteem. They provide the opportunity to reflect on the wellbeing sessions as they move through the programme and they can write their reflections and feelings.

Our sock puppets are an integral feature of our wellbeing programme. Puppets can be powerful in enabling children to share their experiences, feel understood without judgement, and explore their emotions at a safe distance. We include everything you need to make 7 sock puppets in each kit.

Celebration and recognition of success is central to our approach and our Hamish & Milo certificates are a special award for the completion of the wellbeing intervention programme.

Our wonderful ‘motivational message’ character stickers include shiny metallic ones! There are spaces in the children’s wellbeing journals, one for each session, and extras at the end, for the children to stick and save their special stickers.

We are committed to supporting all pastoral staff and mental health leads to deliver our wellbeing programmes, so we have created a range of ‘Champion training’ on the approach and implementation. We offer Explorer sessions – free 90-minute webinars to all staff.