Wellbeing support
Downloads
Coronavirus - a book for children by Elizabeth Jenner, Kate Wilson & Nia Roberts
Coronavirus story by ELSA Support
Everybody worries - a picture book by Jon Burgerman for children worried about Coronavirus
Good days in unusual times a book by Anne-Mette Lange and Marie Geert Jensen
"While we can't hug" video
Managing the transition to home learning (from UCL Centre for Inclusive Education)
Zones of Regulation is about you recognising how you're feeling using strategies or tools to stay in a zone or move from one to another
Suggestions for supporting children and families during the coronavirus pandemic from Hertfordshire Educational Psychology Service
Wellbeing tips for schools and parents to support children and staff wellbeing from Hertfordshire Educational Psychology Service
Resources for mental health and wellbeing from Heads Together
Supporting Good Mental Health from the Church of England
Primary age resources to support emotional wellbeing
First Aid for Feelings: a workbook to help cope during the Coronavirus pandemic
External support links
Family well-being during school closures
Talking to your child about coronavirus
Advice for older children and teenagers
Talking to your children about world health news
Tips to share with children to help them cope with 'the new normal'
Looking after your mental health during Coronavirus from Just Talk Herts
Anna Freud website - offering lots of very good advice/resources for children and families
Bereavement Support
For most of us, bereavement will be the most distressing experience we will ever face. Grief is what we feel when somebody we are close to dies. Grief is a very personal experience, everyone experiences it differently; there is no 'normal' or 'right' way to grieve; we need space to deal with our feelings in our own way.
If you suffer a loss you feel school can help you in any way, please do contact us. The links below provide access to support you and your child through this difficult time.
Downloads
Death, Grief and Hope (Church Army)
External support links
Managing a sudden death in the school community (London Grid for Learning)
Books
Finding Your Own Way to Grieve (Karla Helbert)
To Me You Will Always Be ... You!: A Story About Grief and Loss (Joanna Turner)
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs (Tomie De Paola)
Ida, Always (Caron Levis)
Wherever You are, My Love Will Find You (Nancy Tillman)
The Invisible String (Patrice Karst)
I'll Always Love You (Hans Wilhelm)
The Goodbye Book (Todd Parr)
Milly's Bug-nut (Jill Janney)
I Miss You (A first look at death) (Pat Thomas)
Sad Book (Michael Rosen)
Muddles, Puddles and Sunshine: Your Activity Book to Help When Someone Has Died (Diana Crossley)
The Little Book of Bereavement for Schools (Ian Gilbert)
Children's books about death (via @StAlbansCME)