The document summarizes a webinar on incorporating mental health and wellbeing into the primary curriculum presented by Dr. Pooky Knightsmith. The webinar covered topics like separation anxiety, friendship issues, bullying, exam stress and developing communication skills, understanding emotions, healthy coping mechanisms, help-seeking behaviors, and positive self-esteem in children. It provided resources for teachers and discussed protective factors like role models and learning emotional literacy in a relevant context. The webinar included polls and Q&A, and the recording and slides would be shared after.

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Welcome to this week’s webinar:
Incorporating Mental Health and Wellbeing into the Primary
Curriculum
***We’ll start at 6pm***
Before we start, please check that your audio is working. Attendees
are muted to avoid background noise.
If you have any questions, there will be time at the end. You can
type questions in the control panel
The webinar will be recorded, and both the recording and slideshow
will be sent out after the session.

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Incorporating Mental Health and
Wellbeing into the Primary
Curriculum
Dr Pooky Knightsmith
Director: children, young people & schools
Charlie Waller Memorial Trust

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Before Poll

5. Questions will all be answered at the end

6. Starting school
Separation anxiety
Early learning
Friendship issues
Body awareness
Gender awareness
Social media
Puberty
Bullying
Relationships
Sexuality
Exam stress
Peer Pressure

7. We cannot always
change a child’s
circumstances but we
can give them the tools
to cope and thrive.

8. They can learn to
manage their emotions
and feelings and know
when to seek help
Questions will all be answered at the end

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Protective Factors

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Protective Factors
Role model1
Learning moments2
Relevant context3

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1. Communication skills
Questions will all be answered at the end

12. Aim to enable
every child to
develop the
language and
means to tell
their own story

13. Link

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2. Understand emotions

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5. Understand emotions
It’s
hard to
ask for
help
with a
feeling
I can’t
describ
e

16. Questions will all be answered at the end

17. Link

18. Link

19. Now I know how to
describe the feelings
inside me. Good ones
and bad ones.

20. 3. Healthy Coping (inc crisis moments)

21. Link

22. Link

23. Practise when relaxed & calm

24. 4. Help-Seeking
When?How?
Who?
What Next?

25. I didn’t know that I didn’t
have to feel like that.
Now I have someone to
help me. It’s better.

26. 5. Healthy Relationships
Questions will all be answered at the end

27. I feel like I can be a
better friend now and
that makes me feel
good!
Questions will all be answered at the end

28. Consent
Abuse
Friends

29. 6. Positive self-esteem
& appreciation of uniqueness

30. Link

31. Link

32. 7. Safe risks… refocus failure

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(More)
Useful Resources

35. Link

36. Link

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After Poll

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Dr Pooky Knightsmith
Director: CYP& Schools
Charlie Waller Memorial Trust
training@cwmt.org | 01635 869754
pooky@cwmt.org | 07590 446 791 | @PookyH

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Facebook Live Chat with
Dr Pooky Knightsmith
Mental Health in Schools Q&A
Qs to @PookyH | pooky@cwmt.org
or ask live
Like: facebook.com/charliewallermemorialtrust/
Next Time…
18th October 6pm

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Any Questions?

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Facebook Live Chat with
Dr Pooky Knightsmith
Mental Health in Schools Q&A
Qs to @PookyH | pooky@cwmt.org
or ask live
Like: facebook.com/charliewallermemorialtrust/
Next Time…
18th October 6pm

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Lovely Free Stuff
….from CWMT…

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Free Book Club
for School Mental Health Leads
inourhands.com/bookclub
@CharlieWTrust | @PookyH

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Mental Health: Weekly Online Learning
for Staff working with CYP
inourhands.com/onlinelearning
@CharlieWTrust | @PookyH

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Mental Health: Free training and
workshops for school staff, pupils and
parents
inourhands.com/cwmt
@CharlieWTrust | @PookyH

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E-Newsletter
Highlighting events, resources,
research etc
inourhands.com/sign-up
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