The Mental Health Foundation’s mental health assemblies are pre-prepared scripts and PowerPoints to explore different mental health topics with young people, primarily aged 11 and upwards.
The topics include:
- Mental Health Awareness: Understanding mental health and wellbeing
- Body Image: How we think and feel about our bodies
- Nature: Connecting with the world around us
- Healthy relationships: With ourselves and our peers
- Kindness: Why kindness matters
- Loneliness: Finding our connections to feel less lonely
- Sleep: Finding our confidence with sleep
The assemblies have been developed from the Peer Education Project - a secondary school-based, educational programme that aims to give young people the skills and knowledge they need to safeguard their mental health and that of their peers.
The mental health assemblies
Mental Health Awareness: Understanding mental health & wellbeing
This assembly explores what mental health is, the mental health spectrum and the ways to look after our mental health and wellbeing.
The assembly plan along with the assembly slides can be found in the download below.
Body Image: How we think and feel about our bodies
This assembly explores what body image is, how it can affect mental health and wellbeing, and how to develop a good body image.
The assembly plan along with the assembly slides can be found in the download below.
Nature: Connecting with the world around us
This assembly explores how connecting with nature can be good for mental health and wellbeing.
The assembly plan along with the assembly slides can be found in the download below.
Healthy relationships: With ourselves and our peers
This assembly explores what healthy relationships with ourselves and peers can be, and how important they are for mental health and wellbeing.
The assembly plan along with the assembly slides can be found in the download below.
Kindness: Why kindness matters
The assembly explores how to show kindness to ourselves and others, and the benefits to mental health and wellbeing.
The assembly plan along with the assembly slides can be found in the download below.
Loneliness: finding our connections to feel less lonely
The assembly explores what loneliness is, how it can affect mental health and wellbeing, and the way to support ourselves, and others, to feel less lonely.
The assembly plan along with the assembly slides can be found in the download below.
Sleep: Finding our confidence with sleep
The assembly explores how important sleep is for mental health and wellbeing, and the factors that can affect sleep hygiene.
The assembly plan along with the assembly slides can be found in the download below.
Staff member - Upper Wharfedale SchoolMental health is not ‘an add on’ or a one off it is something that has to be developed and worked on by all staff – teachers, support and admin. Stigma has to be removed if we can work successfully with students and parents.
Staff member - King James’s SchoolFeedback from our year 7's has been positive, they enjoyed learning about positive mental health and enjoyed having older students teaching them.
Peer Educator - St Edmund’s SchoolThe students gained a deeper understanding of the varying situations that could affect a person's mental health, and what kind of support is available if these situations present themselves.