Further resources:

• Three Coram charities have combined to create a Mental Wellbeing Toolkit for primary schools based on the Five Ways to Wellbeing framework. The toolkit includes drama activities, lesson plans, recommended booklists and book chat questions. Free to download with registration.
• Explore the Building Self-Esteem resources from the Premier League Primary Stars, suitable for pupils age 7-11. Free to download with registration.
• The NewsWise Happy News Project is designed to help primary-aged pupils focus on positive and uplifting stories while developing key speaking and listening skills, journalistic writing and reading skills, and teamwork. Download a free learning sequence, templates and supporting resources from the National Literacy Trust website.
• Beano for Schools in partnership with Young Minds has created a series of lesson plans featuring favourite Beano characters to help children understand their emotions and mental health better. The lesson plans include a short animation, PowerPoint presentation and activity sheets. There are versions for KS1 and KS2 and everything is linked to the PSHE curriculums in England, Scotland and Wales.
• The What’s Up with Everyone campaign is designed to increase mental health literacy in teenagers and young adults. It provides a series of animated stories with a companion website covering topics such as Perfectionism, Loneliness and Social Media.
• Download wellbeing lesson plans for teenagers aged 11-18 developed by BrainWaves, a long-term collaborative research and education programme led by the University of Oxford in partnership with The Day and the University of Swansea. The lesson plans have been developed using the latest evidence from brain science and pedagogy and there are also free CPD webinars for teachers. Free to download with registration.
• The Story Project is an award-winning PSHE and wellbeing programme that uses high-quality contemporary texts as the starting point for a fully-resourced curriculum for pupils aged 3-13.
• Books Beyond Words are award-winning, wordless books covering topics such as physical and mental health, lifestyle and relationships, trauma, and grief. The books are designed to be used with children and young people who find pictures easier to understand than words to help them develop the emotional vocabulary to express their feelings and empower them to take control of their emotions and behaviours.
• BookTrust has compiled lists of recommended titles for all ages that explore issues of mental health and emotional literacy.
• Explore themes of community and find books to support mental health and emotional literacy with these booklists from primary experts Books for Topics.
• The Reading Well Programme provides booklists that help young people of all ages understand and manage their mental wellbeing.
• LoveReading4Kids has produced a list of titles that can help children and young people understand their emotions and cope with feelings of anxiety.
• Children who are the most engaged with literacy are three times more likely to have higher levels of mental wellbeing than children who are the least engaged, according to a 2018 report from the National Literacy Trust. Read the full report here.
• The Mentally Healthy Schools website is a mental health information and resource hub for schools.