Resource Hub

• Dr Ranj: Well known TV doctor and CBBC children's presenter, Dr Ranj, has made this age related video to help children, aged 7+, brush their teeth correctly.

The video demonstrates effective tooth brushing at home for children aged 7 years and older. This video had been created with support from the Institute of Dentistry at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London.

• BBC - Operation Ouch: This short (28 minute) TV episode explores more about our teeth including why they are different shapes and sizes.

The Samaritans have developed DEAL – this stands for developing emotional awareness and listening. DEAL includes lesson plans, activities, hand-outs, digital resources, teachers' notes and staff training materials.

Useful links and sources of mental health support for children and young people, parents, carers, and school and college staff to get the advice and help they need.

Through the school zone the public health England team have provided a range of resources across several mental health and wellbeing topics, including building connections and transition to secondary school.

The PSHE Association offers a wealth of support for teachers including health and emotional wellbeing guidance, and lesson plans and PowerPoints for key stages 1-4.

Lesson plan, classroom activities and teacher support developed by Leicestershire County Council's Quit Ready Leicestershire smoking cessation service, to educate children and young people about the risks of vaping, the law and impact on the environment.

This range of lesson resources from Better Health, Healthier Families (formerly Change 4 Life) provides ideas for teachers on lesson delivery from Healthy eating & cooking to Keeping our teeth healthy.

This toolkit provides a variety of lesson ideas and plans to run with young people to promote mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Dental Buddy is a programme that provides educational resources for Early Years' Education, Key Stage One and Key Stage Two. These include activity sheets, lesson plans and interactive presentations, all of which are freely downloadable.

The Talk PANTS campaign helps parents of 4-11 year-olds keep their children safe from abuse. Like the Green Cross Code, it takes a potentially tricky subject and gives parents the tools to talk about it in an engaging and age-appropriate way.

Talking Mental Health is an animation and accompanying teacher toolkit designed to help begin conversations about mental health in the classroom and beyond.

Free guides and workbooks for professionals, parents, young people and others interested in mental wellbeing.

A poster/sheet for schools to use.

Supporting staff wellbeing in primary schools toolkit.

Practical materials for primary and secondary schools to use to train staff about teaching mental wellbeing.

This guide offers suggestions for how teachers can help children to look after their mental health in the classroom and across the school.

Learn more about how to support children and young people with their body image and mental health.

Leicestershire Educational Psychology Service: A bitesize video lasting 12 minutes providing an introduction to emotion coaching. Emotion coaching is a way of interacting and connecting with others. It works on the premise that moments of heightened emotion provide opportunities to connect with and guide...

Leicestershire Educational Psychology Service: A bitesize video lasting 12 minutes providing an introduction to staff resilience and wellbeing. It aims to share theory around psychology and schools as well as sharing practical ideas for enhancing staff wellbeing.

Public Health England: Guidance on supporting resilience and wellbeing for children and young people it can be used for policy planning.

Department for Education: compiled in this guidance are a range of mental health and wellbeing services/support.

Leicestershire County Council have created an example template for a Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing whole school policy.

This document outlines guidance to help you develop an Emotional Health and Wellbeing policy for your school.

Audit which can be used for governor/staff wellbeing in schools.

An audit tool around staff wellbeing which can be used in schools.

Help for teachers and families to talk to pupils about Russia's invasion of Ukraine and how to help them avoid misinformation.

An activity which uses the five ways of wellbeing and can be used to help children cope with world conflict.

A list of five books which can help children explore their emotions around mental health