Children's Mental Health Week

Mon 1st Feb marks the beginning of Children’s Mental Health Week 2021. 

The theme of this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is Express Yourself. The aim is to encourage children to express themselves in a variety of ways. For example, expressing yourself can be about sharing your feelings, thoughts and ideas through creativity. Children could express how they feel through a piece of artwork or writing, or they could express it through a performance such as dance or drama.

An important part of this theme is that expressing yourself doesn't mean that you're the best at something. It's all about finding a way to show other people who you are and how you feel. It's about showing how you see the world and finding a way to 'express yourself' which feels good to you. Expressing yourself in a way that's unique to you is a great way to improve mental wellbeing.

This year, Place2Be is encouraging both children and adults to explore the different ways that we can express ourselves. It's time to get creative and express your feelings, thoughts and ideas, through poetry, song, dance, or whatever it is that interests you.

As parents and carers, you play an important role in your child’s mental health. Check out some resources below that may help as well as some worksheets for you to print and complete.

Many thanks for the fabulous completed work that has been sent in.