Children's Mental Health Week 2024

For Children's Mental Health Week this year, we introduced the story 'Little Meerkat's Big Panic'.  In this story, the three characters (Meerkat, Elephant and Monkey) represent the three areas in our brain responsible for our thoughts, feelings and behaviours.  This is our children's first introduction to neuroscience!  

We chose this story as it compliments the work we have already done with our children.

Calm corners - support our children with strategies and a space to be when they are feeling overwhelmed and need a moment to calm.

Incredible 5 point scales - support our children to begin to recognise and communicate when they are beginning to feel overwhelmed and be selective about which strategies help them to calm.

Little Meerkat's Big Panic - helps children to begin to understand what is happening in their brains during this period of overwhelm.

• Watch this clip about the Triune Brain

• Watch this clip about the Hand Model of the Brain

• Watch Little Meerkat's Big Panic being read here
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