Member resources

Here we have :

This is a useful resource, kindly made available by Dr Pooky Knightsmith, to help children who are anxious about school understand their feelings and move forward.

Christmas is a wonderful time for many – but if their family are struggling financially or have experienced loss, children may need some extra help navigating complex feelings about the season.

These are nice Advent Calendars to use with children and staff in December- created by Young Minds

A resource pack for schools supporting children like those fleeing Ukraine who have been affected by war and conflict

We’ve uploaded a batch of new resources to the SEAL website:

 The pick of the best COVID19 resources form Mentally Healthy Schools: a sentence starters sheet primary children can use to about feelings and hopes, an emotional check-in sheet for older children , an anxiety thermometer for 1-1 or small group work, an emotion wheel for primary children to make and use, a lovely primary Self Care Kit to send home to help children manage stress , a delightful early years/KS1 relax like a cat Relax leaflet relaxation exercise

Here you will find:

Some classroom ideas for building a sense of community

Lessons in empathy: a nice primary lesson idea about welcoming a newcomer

Space Tortoise- a book to use for primary work on welcoming strangers

The Suitcase - A lovely picture book about kindness to strangers

A great primary/early secondary assembly Stop bullying with a tube of tooothpaste

Here we have uploaded 

- a primary or secondary assembly or lesson  resource (slides with teacher notes)on valuing diversity and difference,  from Tower Hamlets. Includes a fabulous slide picture asking Would you want to live in a world wher everyone looked the same?

- a set of secondary lessons (slides with notes)  to meet the Prevent duty , also from Tower Hamlets. Covers prejudice, empathy with refugees, understanding what is and isn't true.

Schools in England are required to actively promote fundamental British values to their pupils, both in lessons and in extracurricular activities. The values are defined as democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. Under the Prevent Duty, schools must also actively protect children from the dangers of extremism.

There are some great ideas for kinder classroooms in the blog we've uploaded below. Try the 'Secret Supporter' idea too - there are lesson plans  for each age group. Finally, why not hold a 'random acts of kindness' day or week in school?  To get you going, at

http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2015-05-01/meet-the-boy-making-barry-a-ha…; you'll find a nice news article and film about a boy who decided to make the world a better place through random acts of kindness.

http://www.shortlist.com/cool-stuff/photography/ginger-seal-shunned-by-… This article is sure to be useful for SEAL work on conformity and rejection and valuing differences

Two award-winning short films that help children understand that the same event can be seen from different perspectives.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_522923&feature=iv&src_vid=_SsccRkLLzU&v=vDGrfhJH1P4

The review begins with an evaluation of whether the model of emotional intelligence (EI) proposed by Goleman (1996), on which the SEAL programme is based constitutes a valid and useful construct for educationalists. 

Concluding, on the basis of the take-up of the SEAL programme in schools that it does, it then evaluates the evidence as to whether social and emotional skills are correlated with attainment, and asks whether such skills can be successfully taught.