Assembly: Children's Mental Health Week February 2024

An assembly to support work on Children’s Mental Health Week in February. This highly dynamic presentation has an assembly plus a range of ideas and resources for follow-up form time activities.

This beautifully-designed and editable 33-slide Powerpoint presentation creatively presents information on this event and can be showcased to any age group and includes specific pages for primary or secondary students. It includes images, dynamic transitions, informative text, video and links for extension work in form time – including extra video and classroom activities.

Slide 1: What is Children’s Mental Health Week? Includes embedded video.
Slide 2-3: Why do some young people people suffer from anxiety?
Slide 4: This rise of teenage anxiety. Includes national statistics.
Slide 5-7: How to look after you mental health – top tips.
Slide 8: How to cope with teenage anxiety? BBC Newsround embedded video.
Slide 9: Where to go for support. Includes links.
Slide 10: Final Thought
Slide 11: Follow-up form time activities title screen
Slide 12: Top tips for overcoming anxiety: Breathing exercises. Includes video
Slide 13: Top tips for overcoming anxiety: Move more. Includes video
Slide 14: Top tips for overcoming anxiety: Get sleep and rest.
Slide 15: Top tips for overcoming anxiety: Eat healthy
Slide 16: Top tips for overcoming anxiety: Food that aids sleep
Slide 17: Top tips for overcoming anxiety: Get outside. Includes video
Slide 18: Top tips for overcoming anxiety: Connect with people
Slide 19: Top tips for overcoming anxiety: Retrain your brain
Slide 20-22: Form time activities: Mindful colouring
Slide 23: Form time activities: Wordsearch activity
Slide 24: Form time activities: Poetry activity
Slide 25: Form time activities: Creative activity from Place2Be to support Children’s Mental Health Week. Includes video.
Slides 26-31: Form time activities: Children’s Mental Health Week quiz – with answers
Slides 32-33: Other form time ideas to support Children’s Mental Health Week strategies.

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