Empathy Day - Teaching Resources

What empathy is, why it’s important, and three ways you can hone it as a skill - with Miranda McKearney, founder of Empathy Lab and organiser of Empathy Day.

This assembly aims to help children learn about negative and positive role models through the actions of the characters in the CBBC programme Jamie Johnson FC.

This KS1 assembly resource featuring the story of 'The Good Samaritan', from the popular CBeebies series Treasure Champs, explores the value of empathy.

A collection of short films for EYFS and KS1 children with Dr Radha Modgil, exploring a range of feelings and emotions as well as providing talking points and tools for feeling better.

Fun, simple, curriculum-linked resources to inspire primary-aged children to get moving for mental health and wellbeing. These videos require no extra equipment and can be used flexibly during the school day in a classroom with minimal space.

Thirteen videos, created in partnership with Children in Need and the Premier League, to enhance the wellbeing of your class with irresistibly catchy songs and easy-to-follow dance routines. Each video supports either the KS1 or KS2 PSHE curriculum, covering themes such as respecting ourselves and others, taking care of our world, and friends and family.

Fun and engaging short films exploring fundamental philosophical concepts through everyday questions that children ask, and adults often struggle to answer.

A collection of short films for 7-11 year-olds about mindfulness, the 'five steps to wellbeing', achieving a growth mindset and how our brains work.

In the six short videos in this collection children are introduced to a wide range of family structures, each demonstrating the same love and care for each other.

A collection of powerful short films where children explain, in their own words, what it is like to live with various illnesses and allergies.

Five animated stories giving a unique insight into the lives of young people who have sought refuge in the UK, told by the children themselves.

A collection of short films for 7-11 year-olds about mindfulness, the 'five steps to wellbeing', achieving a growth mindset and how our brains work.

Five short dramas exploring emotional issues that children might relate to and learn from. The dramas explore family life and struggles with friendship.

A collection of short films looking at primary children with a range of disabilities, learning differences and medical conditions, that aims to encourage understanding and inclusion, both at school and in the wider world.

A set of articles and videos for upper primary and 2nd level pupils offering tools for dealing with emotions at difficult times.

A collection of short animated films that use powerful personal testimony to explore mental health issues from the perspective of young people.

A powerful series of animations using personal testimony to explore mental health issues experienced by teenagers.

A collection of short films that offer case studies of young people demonstrating a growth mindset. Each story introduces us to one of the five steps to wellbeing.

Using original music alongside source quotations, these short films summarise key 19th Century and modern texts for 14-16 year-olds, taking in plot, theme and character.

A series of short films exploring modern English literature texts through a police-style dramatisation.