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  29 January 2025

  Books that deal with mental illness

  Mental health and wellbeing is entwined in everything we do at The Story Project. All our lessons are created, not just to match the PSHE curriculum, but also with wellbeing in mind. In fact, every lesson includes a ‘Settle’ activity which gives children the tools to calm and manage their emotions. Sometimes though, we need...

  Mental Health

  Mental Illness

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  27 January 2025

  Lunar New Year celebrations

  Lunar New Year is the celebration of the New Year according to the lunar or lunisolar calendar. The event is celebrated in a variety of ways depending on the culture and specific calendar that is followed. The most widely known celebration is Chinese New Year which is taking place on 29th January. This wonderful celebration...

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  22 January 2025

  A re-introduction to The Story Project

  Hello! We’ve had a few weeks to settle in to the new year and we are very excited to get going on another wonderful year at The Story Project. We hope the start of your year, whether you are in a school, an organisation or just here to read about books, is happy, warm and...

  Reading

  Wellbeing
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  14 January 2025

  Children’s Mental Health Week – Easy Ideas for Your Class

  Don’t forget, we also have some great book recommendations for EYFS up to KS2 Children’s Mental Health Week – new books to explore with your class – The Story Project

  Mental Health

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  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...

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  Disappointment

  Friendship

  Identity

  Mental Health

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  Resilience
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  6 January 2025

  New books we’re excited about for 2025

  Some of our favourite new books for 2025. Click on the images to read more about them at bookshop.com EYFS KS1 KS2 KS3  

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  2 January 2025

  Reading Resolutions for 2025

  Happy New Year! We hope 2025 is filled with books, libraries, reading corners, stories, poems, encyclopedias and more. To help encourage this, why not involve your class in creating some reading resolutions. Here is some an examples in a handy download for your classroom.

  Books
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  17 December 2024

  Forward planning for PSHE in the spring term

  Not to be read until after Christmas!  There’s only a few days left of the autumn term. We hope you have a wonderful break, filled with cheer and joy and rest. One that allows you to switch off and not think about lesson planning… When you’re ready and your mind starts to turn towards the...

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  11 December 2024

  Books about sleep and rest (plus, a free download!)

  Winter feels like the season of rest. With darker nights and colder mornings it is more important than ever to have good sleep and rest routines. For children, sleep takes on an even more important role in development and health. Without a good night’s sleep, children can find it difficult to learn to their full...

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  Wellbeing
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  4 December 2024

  Books for teachers; our Christmas reading guide

  We post about books for children all the time (it’s kinda our thing!) but we, as grown ups, love reading too…if you hadn’t already guessed. That’s why we want to share with you our Christmas reading guide just for adults! After a long term of teaching and a December filled with Christmas shows and festive...

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  Seasons

  Winter
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  20 November 2024

  Why is PSHE education important?

  The top 6 reasons why PSHE and RSHE is such an important subject in Primary Schools

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  PSHE

  RSHE
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  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,...

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