Learning Mentor Advice and Wellbeing
This page contains advice and suggestions from Mrs Solkin, our Learning Mentor.
Recommended by Mrs Solkin:
The Little Elf and the Flowers of Hope and Bravery
The Little Elf and the Flowers of Hope and Bravery
The Little Elf and the Flowers of Hope and Bravery
Mrs Solkin recommends 'The Little Elf and the Flowers of Hope and Bravery’ - a therapeutic story to help primary aged children explore feelings about returning to school.
If you prefer, it can also be read and downloaded from the PDF version below.
Parenting 2000 - Youth Connect 5 Course
The Little Elf and the Flowers of Hope and Bravery
The Little Elf and the Flowers of Hope and Bravery
Youth Connect 5 is a free 5-week course for parents/carers of children and young people which aims to improve understanding of mental well-being. We look at how our behaviour is linked to how we feel and how to build resilience and communication within the family.
The next course will be run online, via Zoom (link emailed after booking).
Tuesdays 10am – 12pm (drop-in sessions between 12pm & 1pm).
Click on the image above for more details.
Every Mind Matters
The Little Elf and the Flowers of Hope and Bravery
Every Mind Matters
Click on the image for an excellent NHS resource for parents/carers.
It addresses information on coronavirus worries, how to sleep better, looking after children and young people, working from home, mental wellbeing while staying at home and what to do if you feel lonely.
Hey Sigmund
Action for Happiness
Every Mind Matters
This site has a number of articles for parents and carers to help children who may be anxious during the coronavirus pandemic. Click the green button or image.
Action for Happiness
Action for Happiness
Action for Happiness
Action for Happiness is a movement of people committed to building a happier and more caring society, where people care less about what they can get just for themselves and more about the happiness of others. Their monthly calendars are packed with actions you can take to help create a happier and kinder world. Download them below.
Liverpool CAMHS
Action for Happiness
Action for Happiness
Liverpool CAMHS aim to promote the mental health, emotional and wellbeing of all children, young people and their families/carers. Click on the logo above to access a range of useful websites and apps, and to find out more. As part of the Liverpool Whole School Approach to Mental Health, LIverpool CAMHS have put together a collection of resources that will help you to support children and young people during social distancing. They have only provided links to sources they think are appropriate and suitable, but we do recommend parents/carers check any resource is suitable for their child before leaving them alone with it. The school have not checked the links. Click the green button.
Alder Hey Hospital
Sesame Street - Exploring Emotions
Mentally Healthy Schools
Alder Hey Hospital has made this video as it can be difficult to find the words to explain coronavirus to young children. This useful guide helps, answering some of the most frequently asked questions
Mentally Healthy Schools
Sesame Street - Exploring Emotions
Mentally Healthy Schools
Mentally Healthy Schools brings together quality-assured mental health resources, information & advice for primary schools in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Sesame Street - Exploring Emotions
Sesame Street - Exploring Emotions
eBook - How to NOT go to School - Parsley Mimblewood Saves the World
Feelings come in all shapes and sizes.
When you help children express and understand their emotions, you’re helping them to overcome challenges, understand others, and communicate. In simple everyday ways, you can give them important tools that will help them handle big feelings, little ones, and every feeling in between.
eBook - How to NOT go to School - Parsley Mimblewood Saves the World
eBook - How to NOT go to School - Parsley Mimblewood Saves the World
eBook - How to NOT go to School - Parsley Mimblewood Saves the World
Written by a primary school teacher, Mr Forde, Parsley Mimblewood is a home-schooled kid who sees herself as something of an expert on “How to NOT go to School”. The story follows her daily whimsical adventures along with her 11 animals and 7 imaginary friends. Each chapter explores an issue that might be weighing on children’s minds at the moment such as missing friends, dealing with emotions and feeling cooped up.
Click on the image.
There is an option to donate to NHS Charities Together.
eBook - Everybody Worries
eBook - How to NOT go to School - Parsley Mimblewood Saves the World
eBook - Everybody Worries
This is a very good picture book that explains that we all worry about different things, including the pandemic. Especially for the younger members of our Great Crosby family.
Children's Mental Health Week 1st - 5th February
Children's Mental Health Week is Mon 1st to Fri 5th Feb. These resources are from Liverpool CAMHS:
Celebrating Children’s Mental Health Week, from 1-5 February, the Liverpool Whole School Approach CAMHS Partnership and The Liverpool Learning Partnership will be hosting a series of live-streamed events. Click the image to watch an introductory video.
The free events are aimed at children, families and school staff.
What’s happening?
- Author-led sessions from Karl Nova, Dom Conlon and Marie Basting delivered as part of the Liverpool Learning Partnership Reading Festival
- A session for parents/carers looking at how to support their own wellbeing whilst supporting their child.
- Daily Xpress sessions delivered by Merseyside Youth Association’s RAISE Mental Health Promotion Team. Each session will feature a wellbeing theme, a creative activity and a daily challenge.
- A wellbeing session for school-staff with a focus on creativity and expression.
Mixed Mondays – looking at the different feelings and emotions that we experience
Talk Tuesdays – thinking about words to express feelings and build resilience
What number Wednesday? Looking at expressing how we feel on a scale of 1-10
Tame it Thursday – thinking about how feels make us behave and how we can tame big feelings
Feel good Friday – thinking about the things that make us feel good.
Childrens Mental Health Week Website
The theme of this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is Express Yourself.
Expressing yourself is about finding ways to share feelings, thoughts, or ideas, through creativity. It is about finding a way to show who you are, and how you see the world, that can help you feel good about yourself.
As parents and carers, you play an important role in your child’s mental health.
Click the button for free resources.
Mentally Healthy Schools
Mentally Healthy Schools - The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, has produced a toolkit of resources for children, parents and carers to have mental health conversations, helping children to express their feelings.