Author: G Campbell
MESP- First Level Links
Resources from Australia: For students, learning how to support their peers and talk about how they feel is an important life lesson, so where better to start than in the classroom? These resources for primary, secondary and tertiary educators and institutions will help students everywhere start a conversation.
The Keys to Happier Living Toolkit is an engaging, accessible and evidence-based programme to promote the emotional wellbeing and resilience of children aged 7-11
These resources are designed to help you spark conversation and inspire action among children and young people in your setting. For maximum impact they should be used as far as possible within a whole-setting approach to anti-bullying.
DEAL is a free resource for teachers and other educational professionals designed to help develop resilience in young people.
Emotional Resilience Toolkit provides practical guidance in promoting the resilience of young people as part of an integrated health and wellbeing programme.
These curriculum-linked activities, sessions and teaching packages are ideal for PSHE, Citizenship, English, Art, Geography and informal learning time. They help primary learners develop empathy with others, learn to help others, develop their resilience and gain many other life skills.
Hands on provides help and practical advice for supporting children and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing. HandsOn was developed by Playfield Institute, a part of Fife CAMHS, along with other services including Educational Psychology and School Nursery.
Better Eating Better Learning
Guidance to support schools and all stakeholders to work in partnership to make improvements in school food and food education
Mental Health Foundation- Make it Count
This guide is for teachers to help them create a classroom and school environment where children can thrive with good mental health.
Our guide for educators will help you teach important road safety messages to children age 2-18 and meet curriculum goals. Free sign up required to access the resources
First Level road safety with Ziggy: Road Safety Scotland
Go Safe with Ziggy helps equip children with the skills, knowledge and attitudes that will help keep them stay safe now and in later life.
Child Exploitation and Online Protection command. Information for keeping young people safe online
Knife Violence Prevention Scotland – No Knives Better Lives. NKBL is a Scottish national programme that aims to deter young people from carrying knives. It is a collaboration between Scottish Government and YouthLink Scotland (the national agency for youth work in Scotland).
Support for schools and children to cope with bereavement
Circle of friends is an approach to enhancing the inclusion, in a mainstream setting, of any young person, who is experiencing difficulties in school because of a disability, personal crisis or because of their challenging behaviour towards others.
Resource to teach young children about the hazards and consequences they may face in everyday life and how to make the right choices to stay safe.
Seasons for Growth is a loss and grief peer-group education programme to support young people aged 5-19 years and adults who are affected by change, loss and grief. It was first delivered in 1996 and is well established in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Training required to deliver
YoungMinds – children and young people’s mental health charity
Resources to support with the mental wellbeing of young people
The Daily Mile is a fully-inclusive, free and simple initiative which improves the physical and mental health and wellbeing of children. There is no extra workload for teachers.
Lots of active play ideas that are searchable by age and theme
NHS information site on anxiety in children
This resource includes sections on how to spot signs of anxiety and gives tips on how to help. There are useful links to films on building self-esteem in children and to another website that explains relaxation techniques to use with children.
Falkirk Educational Psychology Service
This Blog is intended to provide practitioners working in Falkirk with easy access to materials, links and advice that will assist in their assessment and intervention. The materials and guidance section provides useful resources and we publish information on how we deliver a service in Falkirk, including our training courses in the service delivery section.
Coping skills for children and young people.
This website provides strategies used by child therapists for calming anxiety, including ideas to calm down, books to read and videos that can help.
Treehouse is an online education platform full of interactive, inspirational and confidence, boosting modules to support schools, their teachers, and pupils to be the best version of themselves. Designed by the team of psychologists, teachers and motivation experts at Tree of Knowledge. Treehouse offers a unique, fun and flexible way to support the mental health and wellbeing of staff and pupils, and increase motivation and creativity. Subscription required
MESP- First Level Other
GIRFEC: Wellbeing Web | The Learning Exchange (iriss.org.uk)
Wellbeing web tool created by Angus Council to look at wellbeing of children/young people
At Mind Of My Own we believe that every child should be able to give voice to their lived experience – and be heard.
Children’s pack of activities for handwashing
MESP First Level Lessons
A whole-school program from P1 to S2, Bounce Back! provides students with practical strategies and life skills to handle challenges and adversity encountered. Subscription required
Set of resources and training for anyone involved in promoting and delivering emotional education in schools, nurseries and additional support services. Subscription required.
The ICE Pack- Knowing Me, Knowing You
The resource offers a combined social and emotional and skills development programme to support the delivery of a health and wellbeing curriculum. Through a whole school approach, the Knowing Me, Knowing You programme will support schools in building inclusiveness, health and wellbeing, active participation, citizenship and community thus developing the emotional and social attitudes and essential skills of children. Ages 3-12. Subscription required
Kitbag Resources (iffpraxis.com)
A set of resources to help develop our inner capacity for mindfulness, calm, resilience, compassion, relationship, reflection and so on – as individuals, in families, groups, teams and organisations.
Web-based bank of lesson plans and resources to support P4C. These resources require a subscription.
Web-based bank of lesson plans and resources to support P4C. Subscription required
Better Movers, Better TWeb-based bank of lesson plans and resources to support P4C.hinkers
Better Movers and Thinkers (BMT) is an approach to learning and teaching in physical education designed to develop the ability of all children and young people to move and think in a more cohesive way with a specific focus on developing, enhancing and fostering Executive Function (EF) skills within the learning process.
BBC Rodd’s Bad Day- Sleep is Important
Presenter Rodd helps us learn how lack of sleep affects how our brain works. Rodd is usually very organised but he is staying up too late playing computer games. The children help him realise how badly he is affected by the lack of sleep through playing a memory game. Rodd then goes off for a good night’s sleep and returns bright and cheery with a tidy house. He plays another memory game and is able to remember things much more clearly.
To play the first game you will need scissors, a pencil sharpener, rubber, apple and a lunchbox. For the second – scissors, a watch, a water bottle, pencil and sock are required.
A link to the lesson plans for Talk Pants and Stay Safe.
Place2Be has put together a series of resources focused on community recovery, to help headteachers and school staff start to bring their schools back together following recent challenging times. Drawing on themes including hope, gratitude and connectedness, these assembly and class activity ideas are intended as a universal resource for all children, and staff are invited to use them as starting points to promote emotional wellbeing and resilience for all.
This activity explores what happens when we sleep and why sleep is important for growth, development and good health and wellbeing.
This activity encourages children to develop good bedtime habits to help them get enough sleep. Children are asked to consider strategies which help them prepare to relax in order to fall asleep.
At times we experience loneliness or feelings of isolation. These activities will help children to reflect on why people are lonely at times and explore ways of dealing with this.
What To Do When I Feel Worried
For children and young people to manage their anxiety requires awareness and strategies. These activities will help children to reflect on why they are anxious at times and explore ways of dealing with this effectively.
We all experience sadness in our lives. These activities will help children to reflect on why people are sad at times and explore ways of dealing with this.
This activity supports children to understand why they sometimes feel nervous or anxious. The activity explores how they can find simple ways to cope with the emotional and physical symptoms they might experience as a result.
This activity supports children to understand why talking about feelings of anxiety or worry helps us all to cope with the emotional and physical symptoms we might experience as a result.
This activity supports children to consider what strategies they can use to help them to cope with worries, anxieties and when they might be nervous. This builds on previous activities and enables children to explore some simple techniques to support their mental wellbeing.
PSE Other- Second Level
PSE Other- Second Level Other
PSE Other- Second Level Online Learning
Planning for Choices and Changes- Second Level Links
BBC Bitesize- Learner Guides for 2nd Level
9 learner guides where a day in the life of different careers are discussed (audio clips)
Planning for Choices and Changes- Second Level Lessons
As children get older, they will have lots of opportunities to make their own choices and decisions. It is important that children feel empowered to make these choices and decisions. This will help them develop confidence and independence.
As children grow and develop, they will make more choices that impact on their lives and the lives of others. It is important that they think about strategies for making good choices.
As they grow and develop, all children will experience changes in their lives. Whilst some children cope well with change, it can cause stress and worry for others. These activities will explore some of the feelings that children may have when they experience change and help them deal with these feelings.
MESP- Second Level Discussion Starters
Resources will be added here as they are created and shared. Please get in touch on the link below to recommend any resources you have come across
