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Please find updates to the website over the past week.
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The 1st of December is approaching fast and to ensure you have some resources with a Christmas/Winter and ELSA theme we have created our Christmas Elves. Each one is responsible for an area of wellbeing. The first six are free to download in this newsletter and the next six will be in our newsletter next Thursday.
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We have also added a black lanyard with 3 breakaway points. Lots of you have asked for this. Black being a neutral colour and the added safety of 3 breakaway points. You can find that below. We think it looks really good.
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By keeping up with the newsletter, you’ll stay up to date with our latest resources, refreshed favourites, and some of our most popular tools to support your work.
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With love and best wishes,
Debbie
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New and Updated resources
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Here are our new and updated resources.
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Christmas Calm Wordsearch
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Our Christmas Calm Wordsearch is the perfect way to bring peaceful moments into the festive season.Created to support wellbeing during one of the busiest times of the year, this soothing activity helps children slow down, focus and enjoy a gentle mindful break. The Christmas Calm Wordsearch is filled with cosy, calming and festive words that encourage relaxation, attention and quiet …
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You asked and we listened, here is our black lanyard with 3 breakaway points for added safety.
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ELSA Printed Lanyard Black – Item 4005
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This is the ELSA Printed Lanyard Black. Everyone needs a lanyard for their ID and we have created these beautiful ELSA printed lanyards in BLACK for you. You can use them to help identify and enhance the visibility of ELSA's in the school environment. This can make it easier for pupils, staff and parents to recognise and approach the ELSA if …
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Christmas Resources
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Here are a few more Christmas Resources
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Break the Ice Game - Item 615
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Here's our "Break the Ice Game" – a fantastic game designed to add warmth and engagement to the start of your sessions! Dive into a world of penguins and ice holes, where penguin cards holds captivating questions waiting to be explored. It's a great winter game on the run up to Christmas and beyond. It would also be suitable at …
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Christmas Bundle of Resources - Item 322
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In this HUGE Christmas bundle of resources, there are 14 items all with a Christmas theme.
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Christmas Santa emotions pack - Item 254
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This Christmas Santa emotions pack covers 10 emotions with a cute little Santa. What's included? A set of emotion fans - happy, sad, scared, angry, worried, excited, surprised, confused, shy, and proud. Use to monitor emotions, throughout the day. An emotions mat, colour and black and white - happy, sad, scared, angry, worried, excited, surprised, confused, shy and proud. The …
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Christmas Activity Pack - Item 251
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Bring festive calm and connection to the classroom with our Christmas Activity Pack!This printable pack includes 40 engaging worksheets designed to make the run-up to Christmas both fun and meaningful. Inside you’ll find a rich mix of activities, including mindful colouring, puzzles, character trait tasks, emotions work, and plenty more to support wellbeing during a busy time of year. Each …
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Wreath mindfulness activity
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I always think that crafting or making things is such a mindful activity. This wreath mindfulness activity is fab to do and just requires a few cutting and sticking skills. There are a few different Christmas designs included and even a blank copy so pupils can decorate themselves. Just make sure they don't cover the lines that need cutting. All …
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Christmas Race to the top Emotions
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This is a version of our Race to the top emotions game but with a Christmas twist. Both players need a peg and you need a die. I would suggest covering up the numbers 4,5,6 on the die so as to make the game last longer or you could make a rule that if you throw a 4,5,6 you have …
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This star tree collaboration is a simple idea to create a wall display of a Christmas tree which is made up of stars decorated or coloured by the children. It will combine, collaboration, mindfulness colouring and self esteem. If you ask all your children to colour or decorate one each session and slowly build your tree on the wall or …
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Christmas memories box craft
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Christmas memories box craft. Included in this download are instructions and templates for making a small Christmas memory box. There are coloured version and also ones for mindful colouring. Download: Christmas memory box
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Christmas Wishes Stocking Booklet
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This is a Christmas wishes stocking booklet. Pupils can either choose a mindful colouring version or they can choose a coloured version. The aim of the activity is mindfulness and thinking about Christmas wishes. Once the stocking is coloured, cut out and folded, pupils can write or draw their wishes inside the stocking. This would make a fab display, Download: …
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Advent Kindness Challenge
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This is an advent kindness challenge for helping pupils to be just a bit kinder to each other and help them think about other people's feelings. They can be done in any order and are 24 challenges for the run up to Christmas. There is a certificate on completion. Advent kindness challenge
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These are winter themed snowflake emotion cards. These would be useful up to the beginning of Spring in March. Included is the image and a list of words that describe that emotion. Download: Snowflake flashcards
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Christmas Mindful Colouring Names - Item 743
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Start the Christmas season with this calm and creative activity that makes every child feel special. This Christmas mindful colouring names pack lets you create personalised name pages for pupils to colour, giving them a sense of ownership and belonging from the start. Children simply colour their own design while enjoying the calming benefits of mindful colouring. You can personalise …
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Winter Kindness display pack - Item 474
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This is a winter kindness display pack which is similar to our Autumn one. I can see a whole year of these covering each season. This is a natural and calming display pack. This should last you until the 21st March when Spring begins. Focus is on being kind. How do they spread kindness like the snow? There are lots …
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Christmas Mindful Mandalas - Item 327
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Here are a set of 20 Christmas/Winter themed Mindful Mandalas with some lovely quotes to discuss. Pupils can enjoy the mindfulness of colouring along with chat about the quote. Print as a booklet or just print what you need. You could also blow them up quite large due to the excellent image quality so if you want to do a …
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Christmas Express yourself - Item 328
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The Christmas Express yourself Art Doodling is a series of prompts for drawing and some colouring too. Children get so much from drawing. It is a way of self expression and self exploration. Children relax when drawing and are much more open to talking about their feelings. The Christmas themed Express yourself booklet can be printed as A4 and stapled …
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Top 5 Paid Resources from 20th November to 27th November
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Regulation Workbook - Item 721
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Finding Calm with My Unique Brain is a gentle and empowering regulation workbook designed to help children understand, express, and manage big emotions. Created with neurodivergent children in mind including those with ADHD, autism, or sensory processing differences. This resource is also perfectly suited for all children who benefit from extra support with emotional regulation. Through interactive pages, drawing prompts, …
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Friendship Reflections - Item 737
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Our Friendship Reflections activity helps children explore what friendship means, how they can be a kind and supportive friend, and how to navigate tricky moments. It’s designed to be child-friendly, neuroaffirming, and gently structured to support wellbeing, social skills, and emotional literacy. This resource focuses on positive relationships, encouraging children to reflect on their own qualities as a friend and …
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FRIENDS workbook - Item 648
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This is our FRIENDS workbook - a workbook to explore making and keeping friends. This resource was a request by an ELSA who loves our FRIENDS intervention for KS2 pupils. The intervention is for groups and she wanted something to work one to one. In this booklet, pupils will embark on a journey of self-discovery and connection as they learn …
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Friendship Scenarios Pack - Item 683
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This Friendship Scenarios Pack contains a variety of Friendship Scenarios, along with solutions, activities, and reflective tools to help pupils explore and understand friendship dynamics. These resources are designed to empower you to guide pupils through challenging social situations, assisting them in identifying and expressing their emotions, understanding others’ perspectives, and practising problem-solving in a safe, supportive environment. This resource …
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Regulation Scenarios Pack - Item 708
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Supporting children to regulate their emotions doesn’t have to be complicated and it doesn’t need to be boring either. Our Regulation Scenarios Pack is designed to spark discussion, reflection, and skill-building in a child-friendly and realistic way. Each card presents a relatable situation that might happen during the school day or at home, followed by three possible responses: A helpful, …
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Worry Monster A5 Notepad - Item 2002
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Overview: Help your child to use this Worry Monster A5 Notepad to let go of the things that they cannot control. Use one sheet of paper a day or a week (depending on how many worries your child has). Children often have worries. If they write down (or draw) their worries, it can be beneficial to anxiety as it switches …
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Heart Feelings A6 Notepad - Item 2014
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Overview: The Heart Feelings A6 Notepad is all about emotional awareness. Are you aware of your feelings each day? Which feeling is dominant? Is there a mixture of feelings? Which feeling shows the least? Which feeling would you like more of? Practising this daily will tune you into your feelings and you will have more self awareness. You will find …
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ELSA Enamel Badge Black - Item 5005
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This is the ELSA Enamel Badge Black. We have created these beautiful ELSA Enamel Badges in BLACK to help identify you as an ELSA to your children, parents and within your wider teams in school. A visible badge highlights the ELSA's role within the school, making it clear that they specialise in emotional and social support. Choose between easy fit …
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ELSA Printed Lanyard Black – Item 4005
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This is the ELSA Printed Lanyard Black. Everyone needs a lanyard for their ID and we have created these beautiful ELSA printed lanyards in BLACK for you. You can use them to help identify and enhance the visibility of ELSA's in the school environment. This can make it easier for pupils, staff and parents to recognise and approach the ELSA if …
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Motivational Stickers bundle - Item 3991
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This is our Motivational Stickers bundle. We provide all our stickers on easy to use flat A4 sheets. Each sheet contains 35 identical circular stickers, 37mm in diameter. The stickers bundle contains one sheet from each design in the entire range. This is 15 different sheets and there are 525 stickers in total. Stickers are a way of boosting pride, self esteem and a …
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Top FREE Resources from 20th November to 27th November
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We had 12,118 downloads over the past week
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Christmas Calm Wordsearch
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Our Christmas Calm Wordsearch is the perfect way to bring peaceful moments into the festive season.Created to support wellbeing during one of the busiest times of the year, this soothing activity helps children slow down, focus and enjoy a gentle mindful break. The Christmas Calm Wordsearch is filled with cosy, calming and festive words that encourage relaxation, attention and quiet …
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Support early emotional development with this colourful, easy-to-use EYFS Feelings Wheel designed especially for EYFS and KS1. Featuring simple, expressive faces that represent a range of emotions This visual tool helps young children recognise and name how they feel. Ideal for circle time, group discussions, or 1:1 sessions, the EYFS Feelings Wheel encourages children to talk about feelings in a …
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Finding the good in my day
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Finding the Good in My Day is a gentle reflection activity designed to help children recognise and appreciate the positive moments in their everyday lives. By focusing on small, good things that happen such as a kind word, a fun activity, or a peaceful moment, children can begin to build gratitude and nurture a more positive outlook. This calming, creative …
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Micro Moments Small Changes
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Sometimes the smallest actions can make the biggest difference. Micro-moments small changes are tiny, everyday interactions that help children feel seen, safe, and supported. From a smile, a kind word, or a shared deep breath, these little moments build trust, calm, and connection helping children develop emotional resilience every day. Our child-friendly micro-moments resource is designed to show children how …
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Our Leaf Monthly Mood Tracker helps children reflect on their feelings each day in a simple, engaging way. Pupils colour leaves according to their mood, creating a visual record of their emotions across the month. Great for all ages from 5 to adult! For ELSAs and staff, this Monthly Mood Tracker provides a clear overview of a child’s emotional patterns, …
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Tip of the Week for ELSAS
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ELSA Tip: Supporting Winter Wellbeing
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Winter can be a tricky time emotionally for many children. Darker mornings, colder weather, indoor playtimes and higher levels of tiredness can all impact mood, regulation and resilience. This is often the point in the year where anxieties rise, energy dips and children find it harder to stay settled and motivated. Winter wellbeing isn’t about “fixing” this but about gently supporting children to feel safe, calm and emotionally held through a naturally more demanding season.
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This is exactly why we have created the Winter Wellbeing Elves. They offer a soft, child-friendly way to bring daily emotional support into your setting without it feeling heavy or overwhelming. A small, predictable focus each day helps children build emotional awareness gradually and gives them language for how winter might feel in their bodies and minds. Although they come in order 1 to 12, you can dip in and choose which one would be appropriate for a specific child so they can become part of your ELSA sessions.
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Alongside the elves, ELSAs can continue to support winter wellbeing through small, consistent practices such as cosy check-ins, short grounding moments, gentle movement breaks, sensory regulation activities, calm transitions and opportunities for children to talk about how winter feels for them. Simple things like mindful breathing, nature noticing through the window, body warming activities and reflective drawing can have a powerful impact at this time of year.
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Winter wellbeing isn’t about doing more but about doing little things often. The elves simply help bring those little moments to life in a way that feels engaging, comforting and emotionally safe for children.
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You can download the first six elves free by Going to the link and typing in the password 271125elf
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Free Resource for Subscribers (only)
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Sneak Peek
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Here is a peek of this week's #elsafreefriday. You can download it from 7am Friday morning. Here are our free resources
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