Friendship

Celebrating the joys of friendship and helping children manage conflict using stories; book recommendations and blog posts.

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17 November 2025

Child Grief Awareness Week 17th November

This week is Child Grief Awareness Week. An incredible important but often overlooked week in the calendar where we come together to think about how we support our young people through some of the most difficult times in their lives. Alongside the wonderful, Marfleet Foundation, we have created a specially designed mini unit of work...

Bereavement

Friendship

Support
8 January 2025

Children’s Mental Health Week – new books to explore with your class

Children’s Mental Health Week 2025 3-9th February This year, the theme is ‘Know Yourself, Grow Yourself’. This theme encourages children to explore their own emotions, interests, likes and dislikes. Understanding ourselves better is the first step to being able to express how we feel, get help when we need it and celebrate the things that...

Books

Disappointment

Friendship

Identity

Mental Health

News

Resilience
2 November 2024

How books can help children stand up for themselves

Books are a great way to help children stand up for themselves and learn how to say no. As a difficult, but very important topic, we need ways to show children what to do, how to do it and who to turn to when they are worried. Saying no to somebody can be really complex,...

Anti-Bullying

Conflict Resolution

Consent

Friendship

Peer Pressure

Resilience
1 November 2024

Calming the Green-Eyed Monster; books for dealing with jealousy

Jealousy can be a complex emotion for young children; mixing sadness, anger, embarrassment. It can be a particularly tricky one to articulate, even adults struggle with it. It can bubble away under the surface making us feel resentful and confused. But, jealousy is a natural and normal emotion that we all feel from time to...

Anti-Bullying

Conflict Resolution

Family

Friendship

Jealousy
14 October 2024

Using books to inspire positive masculinity in primary

The rise of influencers, such as Andrew Tate, has sparked increasing concern in secondary schools. Teachers and leaders are working hard to address this; speaking openly with students and engaging young people in the conversation. With younger and younger audiences accessing social media, the age at which these views seem to have influence is moving...

Anti-Bullying

Community

Empathy

Friendship

LGBTQ+

Mutual Respect

News

Toxic Masculinity
17 September 2024

Talk Money Week – A free resource for financial wellbeing

We are very excited to announce a special partnership with Just Finance Foundation (the organisation behind school programme, ‘LifeSavers’) on a resource for Talk Money Week. Talk Money Week is a great opportunity to open up discussions about economics and finance. Alongside JFF, we wanted to explore the themes of wellbeing and money; to find...

Community

Economic Wellbeing

Environmentalism

Freebies

Friendship

LGBTQ+

News

Wellbeing
25 June 2024

Inspiring cohesive communities

This week we were very excited to be invited to The Linking Network celebration event in Bradford. The Linking Network is a fantastic organisation who work with Local Authorities to make links between classes from different communities in the same area. The classes spend time together, make friends, work on projects and lots more…leading to...

Community

Friendship

News

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