Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental Health Awareness week, hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, is an annual event when there is an opportunity for the whole of the UK to focus on achieving good mental health. This year it takes place from 13th to 18th May and has the theme of ‘Community'.

To support schools, with Mental Health Awareness Week, we have featured a range of resources from Purple Mash and free resources from Striver that relate to the theme, as well a handy guide to share with parents about how to support children's mental health at home.

Free Resources to Support Mental Health

Practise teamwork and build community in the playground with the Striver Active Lunchtimes pack. The pack includes fun activities which can be run by children acting as Sports Leaders.

Embed mindfulness at school or home with a lesson on mindfulness and set of Mindfulness Pocket Postcards in this free pack.

Give parents the skills and resources they need to support their children's wellbing and mental health at home in this handy guide.

Explore ways of looking after mental health with your students using these free Striver wellbeing units. They include lessons for yoga, mindfulness and dance.

All of these resources are free access, but schools can access these in addition to 400 PE and wellbeing lessons in our whole-school PE scheme of work, Striver.

Teaching about Mental Health with Purple Mash

There are a range of writing templates, posters, emails and quizzes all available within Purple Mash for subscribers that they can use to support pupils with Mental Health. These include our popular Dear Mrs Jones resources that children can use to offer advice on a range of topics from transition to friendship. Pupils can also use templates to write or draw what makes them happy and their 6 steps to Good Mental Health. There's are also activities about the online community and staying safe within this community.

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