Our Educational Psychology and Inclusion and Intervention Team have created guidance to support children and young people who are returning to school following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Transitioning back to school following the COVID 19 pandemic: Nurture, Relationships and Emotional Wellbeing

The guidance (PDF, 1.8MB) focuses on the roles of nurture, relationships and emotional wellbeing. It includes feedback from families in Milton Keynes on their thoughts about returning to school.  Links to various resources are included within the guidance, and are also available below.

General resources

• All about me
• Bend, don't break workbook
• Building Strengths: Suggested Strategies
• Mental health resources for schools
• Emotion Coaching Handout (PDF, 417KB)
• Emotion Meter (PDF, 95KB)
• Feelings Activities (PDF, 331KB)
• Leuven Wellbeing and Involvement Scales (PDF, 324KB)
• Protective Hands - Template (PDF, 186KB)
• Therapeutic Stories (PDF, 249KB)

Early Years and Key Stage 1

• Coronavirus Book (PDF, 16.1MB)
• Countdown to Starting School (PDF, 116KB)
• Eight Ways Parents Can Support Transition (PDF, 1.8MB)
• How Early Years Workers Can Manage Transition - Anna Freud (PDF, 10.5MB)
• My Inclusion Plan (DOC, 57KB)
• Rationale for the Happiness Box - Bev Cockbill, Recovery Curriculum Learning (PDF, 693KB)

Mental Wellbeing

• Supporting Mental Wellbeing - Apps and Resources (PDF, 384KB)
• YoungMinds - Wise Up: Prioritising in Schools (PDF, 1.5MB)

Relaxation

• Relaxation (PDF, 399KB)
• Relaxation - Safe Place Imagery (PDF, 110KB)
• Relaxation - Working with Imagery (PDF, 380KB)
• Relaxation Techniques (PDF, 88KB)

Social stories

• Back to School (PDF, 3.8MB)
• Going Back to School (Simple Story) (PDF, 275KB)
• Social Stories Examples - Bev Cockbill, Curriculum Learning (PDF, 1.7MB)
• What Will Schools Be Like Now? (PDF, 3MB)