How we connect: our mental health
Place2Be Ambassador, podcaster and journalist, Josh Smith, visited two secondary schools to ask students about the different ways they connect, and how connections can impact their mental health and wellbeing.
What does Children’s Mental Health Week mean to you? In this video, students reflect on what this week means to them.
After watching this video, you may want to have a discussion as a class about Children’s Mental Health Week. Here are a few suggested discussion points and questions:
- What does Children’s Mental Health Week mean to you?
- Why do you think children’s mental health is so important?
- Is there more we could be doing to support young people’s mental health?
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