Assembly: World Mental Health Day 2023

An assembly to support work during World Mental Health Day in October 2023. This highly dynamic presentation has an assembly plus a range of ideas and resources for follow-up form time activities.

This beautifully-designed and editable 26-slide Powerpoint presentation creatively presents information on this event and can be showcased to any age group and includes specific pages for primary or secondary students. It includes images, dynamic transitions, informative text, video and links for extension work in form time – including extra video and classroom activities.

Slide 1: What is World Mental Health Day? Includes video.

Slide 2-3: Why do some young people suffer with their mental health?

Slide 4: This rise of teenage anxiety and poor mental health [inc national research graphs]

Slide 5: Top tips for improving mental health: Breathing exercise. Includes video.

Slide 6: Top tips for improving mental health: Move more. Includes video.

Slide 7: Top tips for improving mental health: Sleep habits.

Slide 8 and 9: Top tips for improving mental health: Healthy eating. Includes video.

Slide 10: Top tips for improving mental health: Get outside. Includes video.

Slide 11: Top tips for improving mental health: Be social.

Slide 12: Top tips for improving mental health: Retrain your brain

Slide 13: Closing Thought

Slide 14: Follow-up form time activities title screen

Slide 15: Form time activities: Support links to explore

Slide 16: Form time activities: Art activity

Slide 17: Form time activities: Wordsearch activity

Slide 18: Form time activities: Poetry activity

Slides 19-23: Form time activities: Mental Health quiz – with answers

Slides 24-25: Other form time ideas to support anxiety strategies.

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