This week across all our seven Cliffe House settings and our Out of School club at Horsforth Featherbank, the children have been learning all about their feelings and the feelings of others.

This is something we involve throughout the children’s daily routine but the first week in February marks #childrensmentalhealthawarenessweek

Talking openly about our feelings and sharing those with others as well as recognising and empathizing with the feelings of others too can make children more resilient to change and adapt the way they approach situations and their understanding of how other people feel.

It is really important we have open conversations – we do this by threading feelings into activities. This is a very powerful way of starting those conversations in a very subtle but effective way.