Time to Change small group session resources
Activities for schools to use with small groups to get young people thinking about mental health.

There are four different activities included:
- Mental health spectrum exercise: this exercise uses case studies to help your students to understand the difference between good wellbeing and poor wellbeing.
- Mental health quiz, true or false: this short quiz will help your students to think about what they know about mental health
- Graffiti wall: this exercise will get students brainstorming and discussing the difference between 'mental health' and 'mental illness'
- Conversation starter: a fortune teller-style game to start conversations about mental health.
Using this resource
This resource is designed for:
- young people aged 11 to 16
- use with small groups
Curriculum links
England - RSHE |
Mental health and wellbeing By the end of secondary school pupils should know: · how to talk about their emotions accurately and sensitively, using appropriate vocabulary |
Northern Ireland – Learning for Life and Work |
Personal Health KS3 pupils should have opportunity to: · Investigate the influences on physical and emotional /mental personal health |
Scotland – Health and Wellbeing |
Mental and emotional wellbeing I am aware of and able to express my feelings and am developing the ability to talk about them. |
Wales - Health and Wellbeing |
Progression step 3 I can self-regulate my emotions in a healthy way using strategies that I have developed. |
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