A range of resources, including lesson plans and activity ideas, have been developed to enable schools greater support around the area of Social and Emotional Health.
Links to resources from other organisations have also been provided if we think these will be useful for you.
If you are struggling to find resources around a related topic area, please do get in touch to let us know: hannah.shad@mft.nhs.uk
Manchester Healthy Schools are committed to improving the social and emotional health of children and young people across the city. We support schools to promote equality and diversity, tolerance and respect and to reduce the incidence of bullying.
Lesson plans and activities that encourage pupils to reflect on their online behaviour/time spent online whilst also equipping them with the knowledge and understanding of how to respond to online safety issues, report any concerns and make positive choices.
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
Lesson plans and activities that encourage pupils to reflect on their online behaviour/time spent online whilst also equipping them with the knowledge and understanding of how to respond to online safety issues, report any concerns and make positive choices.
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
Safer Internet Day 2021 is on the 9th of February! This year's theme is about using the internet to find reliable and trustworthy information.
Please find resources for both Primary and Secondary schools within the folder.
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
Every year we hold our Anti-Bullying Week poster competition and we're delighter to say it returns again this year. We want the incredible work you do to go beyond a week, spreading awareness throughout the year and across the city. This years theme is "One Kind Word". Encourage your class to think about how this could be represented in a creative way.
To take part schools and pupils can either download and print the template here or create their own poster on an A4 piece of paper. Encourage pupils to not rush and work hard on their posters but specifically focusing on the theme. We will choose a first, second and third position for Primary entries and Secondary entries. The winners will receive a certificate and will have their entries professionally printed for their schools and digital copies distributed across all of our schools in Manchester.
Please ensure that pupils clearly write their full name, school name year group, class and age on the back of their entry.
The deadlines for entries is Friday 10th December and we will be aiming to announce the winners before the end of the term.
Please send entries to -
Zain Iqbal
Wythenshawe Offices, 1 Stancliffe Road, Manchester, M22 4PJ
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Last year we held our annual competition to create a poster that shows our stance against bullying. The theme for the poster was “United Against Bullying” and the response we received from our schools in Manchester was incredible!
A big congratulations to our finalists –
Amelia Z (St Bernard’s RC Primary)
Marium F (CHS South)
Aliemarcie B (Wright Robinson College)
Imogen A (Cross Acres Primary)
Yasmin Borges (St Johns C of E Federation)
We look forward to seeing this years entries!
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A range of Primary and Secondary assembly and workshop resources.
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
Anti-Bullying Week happens in schools across England each November. This year's Anti-Bullying Week has the theme 'Change Starts With Us' and is happening from Monday 11th November - Friday 15th November 2019.Healthy Schools have provided an assembly for both Primary and Secondary to raise awareness of Anti-bullying in particular standing up to bullying. The assemblies also include details of our annual Anti-Bullying Poster competition!
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
Please find poster design templates and an informative PowerPoint for our Anti-Bullying poster competition 2022.
Every year at Healthy Schools, we run a poster competition for Anti-Bullying week. The importance of anti-bullying shouldn’t just be for one week and is something we should promote every day in our schools.
The entire Healthy Schools team will review all entries and we will decide on a first, second and third place winner.
For first place winners, your poster will be professional made and your school will receive a professionally printed copy. Your poster will also be digitally distributed across Manchester Schools.
For second and third place winners, your poster will also be digitally distributed across Manchester schools!
All winners will be awarded with a certificate.
Important things to remember
•Write your name, school and year group
•Do not rush your poster! Please take time and care with your design
Deadline: Monday 5th December 2022
Please post entries to:
Hannah Shad
Healthy Schools
Wythenshawe Offices
1 Stancliffe Road
Manchester
M22 4PJ
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This Resource is provided by National Crime Agency (NCA) lessons for key stage 3. Cybercrime is one of the fastest rising crimes in the UK, and is particularly common among young people, with 61% of hackers beginning hacking before the age of 16, and with some becoming involved with illegal online activity as young as 12. Research from the National Crime Agency (NCA) suggests that young male gaming enthusiasts are most likely to be targeted.The lessons aim to raise awareness of the risks associated with cybercrime, including the reasons why young people may engage in criminal activity online and its impact on both individuals and the wider community.
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Access to guidance, support and suitable intervention for children and their families.
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
Support for families and children who have experienced/suffering with bereavement.
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
E-Safety template policy to be adapted to your school.
Acceptable use of internet agreements for KS1, KS2 and staff.
Child friendly E-Safety policy poster.
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
Example policy and guidance on creating a Mental Health and Wellbeing Policy from the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust
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A resource to promote positive body image in Year 5 and 6.
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
A resource to promote positive body image in Year 5 and 6.
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
An activity with a variety of wellbeing activities to support school readiness after lockdown for Key Stage 1, 2 and 3.
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A template anti-bullying policy for schools to adapt and complete for their own needs.
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
Produced by the NSPCC’s Safeguarding in Education Service to help schools, academies and colleges to develop, evaluate and review their anti-bullying policies, procedures and practices
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On the 31st March 2020 an addition was made to the DFE guidance ‘Closure of educational settings: information for parents and carers’ This addition ‘Where can I go to get support to help keep my child safe online? provides signposting information to parents/carers on key organisations that can support them with issues regarding online safety. In response to this update Healthy Schools have devised some resources to support parent/carers along with safety skills sessions for both Primary and Secondary pupils.
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This document has been produced to help schools prevent and respond to bullying as part of their overall behaviour policy and to understand their legal responsibilities in this area.
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This project focuses on self-esteem and raising children’s awareness of the influences that children are exposed to daily. The project encourages children to think about their qualities and skills, to recognise how they see themselves and others and how that might be influenced by the world around them.
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
Public Health England Guidance on promoting children and young people’s emotional health and wellbeing: a whole school and college approach
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This resource has been created to support and provide guidance for schools on how to incorporate body image into their PSHE Curriculum. The lessons and resources focuses on self-esteem and raising children’s awareness of the influences that they are exposed to daily. The project encourages the children to think about their qualities and skills, to recognise how they see themselves and others and how that might be influenced by the world around them.
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
Safer Internet Day is designed to empower young people to take control of their digital lives. For 2020 the focus is on online identity and asking young people to consider whether they and their peers are truly free to be themselves online.
In order to support you with this Health Campaign I have created the following assemblies and they are now available to download from the website:
Primary School :
- General E-safety Assembly (covers SMART rules, being share aware, kind online, stranger danger and reporting measures)
- KS2 Safe on Social Media assembly (Social media – The positives and the negatives, Privacy and Reporting, Cyber-bullying - The impact of your actions, Dealing with cyber-bullying)
- KS2 Safe on Social Media workshop
Secondary School:
- General E-safety Assembly (covers online identity, cyber-bullying , impact of our actions on others, dealing with issues online/offline)
**I have adapted this year’s theme in order to address the current E-safety issues that have been brought to my attention.
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
This Snapshot resource contains a lesson plan, powerpoint and film which can be used to promote positive messages and discussion on the topic of body image.
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
The Gaddum Centre is a charity that offers counselling, advocacy, advice, family and individual support along with training and development programmes for individuals, families, agencies, local and health authorities.
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
The pilot stage of the new launch of 'The Way We Feel' is underway!
The Way We Feel is a resource that provides a range of sessions, interventions and resources to support the development of Social, Emotional Mental Health and resilience. Each booklet has an accompanying PowerPoint to support delivery. The PDF and editable version have been made available to download so you can personalise/ adapt any of the sessions/interventions.
If you require any further support with the resource then please contact: Emma.Pilling@mft.nhs.uk
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
The Way We Feel is a resource that provides a range of sessions, interventions and resources to support the development of Social, Emotional Mental Health and resilience. Both a PDF version and editable word document has been provided so sessions/interventions can be adapted.
If you require any further support with the resource then please contact: Emma.Pilling@mft.nhs.uk
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
Exam stress affects 1 in 3 young people. And yes whilst their GCSEs is an important time in their lives their mental health is just as important! This assembly raises awareness of how students can take an emotionally healthy approach to exams.
Please contact: Emma.Pilling@mft.nhs.uk for more information.
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools
It’s no secret that exams are a major cause of worry and anxiety each year and while, to a degree, this is to be expected, there are steps that can be taken by schools, parents and the students themselves to look after their emotional during exam season. It is widely understood that positive health and – including mental health – contribute to a child’s ability to flourish, thrive and achieve (Public Health England, 2014), and equipping children with the skills to enhance their resilience against adversity will enable them to navigate challenges without compromising performance. The Programme includes 3 assemblies/workshops to ensure students taken an emotionally healthy approach to exams.
This resource is only available for Manchester Schools