Resources from previous years

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Resources and activities for schools and families

• Schools pack - packed with top tips and activities
• Assembly slides for primary schools
• Assembly slides for secondary / high schools (pupils aged 11-14)
• Assembly slides for secondary / high schools (pupils aged 14+)
• BAFTA's self-awareness series - a video series created by BAFTA with celebrities talking about the importance of self-awareness
• Creative activity - Place2Be's Art Room developed an art activity

Place2Be's Children's Mental Health Week joined forces with Here4You, supported by The Walt Disney Company, for 2025. Through the characters of Inside Out and Inside Out 2, the resources encourage children and young people to discover how getting to know who they are can help build resilience, grow and develop.

• BAFTA In Conversation With series - watch a video series with personalities from film, TV, music and sport as they discuss how young people can make their voices heard
• Be mindful and Celebrate The Day with Elmo and YolanDa - Sesame Workshop's latest Mindful Moments video encourages children to celebrate themselves and what makes them happy
• What matters to you?: Creative activity for 4-11 year olds - our Art Room created an art activity for children to think about what matters to them and how to share it with others
• What matters to you?: Creative activity for 11-14 year olds - get arty with our activity and draw a series of what matters to you

• Taskmaster Education tasks - Alex Horne created daily tasks for children and young people to join in with at school or at home
• BAFTA's Let's Connect series - watch stars from film, TV and radio reflect on how they connect with others
• How we connect: with Josh Smith - watch Place2Be Ambassador Josh Smith interview secondary school pupils about what connection means to them
• Puzzle Pieces (creative activity for 4-7 year olds) - Place2Be Ambassador Ricky Martin talks children through an activity to make and decorate a puzzle piece
• Paperchains (creative activity for 7-11 year olds) - an arty activity to create paperchains to help children think about the people and things they feel connected to
• Exchanging Postcards (creative activity for 11-14 year olds) - children are encouraged to create postcards to help them feel connected to the people things they care about
• Building Connections (reflective activity for 14-18 year olds) - Dr Alex George encourages young people to think of ways to use their voice to connect with those who may feel marginalised or disconnected
• YolanDa Brown's growth story - Watch Place2Be Champion YolanDa Brown talk about her story
• Dr Alex George's growth story - Watch Dr Alex George talk about his story