Intervention

Target Year Group

Description

Duration of Intervention

Muddles, Puddles & Sunshine

Bereavement

All

This intervention is designed to help children understand more about their thoughts and feelings when someone important to them has died. In the first two weeks the child will make a memory box to store items belonging to that person. The following weeks will be spent creating a book of memories about their special person, which can be a source of great comfort, especially for a child who is worried they may forget the person who has died.

The child will also have tasks set to do at home to encourage the family to talk openly about the person who has died. 

8 weeks

1:1

1 hour

Bereavement

Memories of my pet

All

Children will get the opportunity to talk about their pet that has died. They will create a book which will work as a memory keep-sake once the intervention is complete.

4 weeks

1:1

30 minutes

Parental Separation

All

Many children experience parental separation in their lives. It is classed as a sense of loss. During this 6 week programme, the children will have the opportunity to talk about their thoughts and feelings about their parents splitting up.

6 weeks

1:1/small group

45 minutes

STOP!

Anger Intervention

All

This anger intervention is designed to help children recognise their signs of anger and identify what their triggers are. Children will also have time to talk openly about their anger and learn some calming strategies to which will help them think of ‘good ways’ of dealing with anger.

6 weeks

4 children

40 minutes

Emotions Intervention

Age 4 – 7

Can also be used with SEN children

This emotions intervention is targeted for children aged 4 – 7 but can also be used for SEN children. This programme will teach children 6 emotions – happy, sad, angry, scared, surprised and disgusted. Children will identify a time in their lives when they have experienced this feeling and talk about why they felt this way.

6 weeks

4 – 6 children

30 – 40 minutes

Self – Esteem Intervention

Year 2 - 4

This intervention covers children having a sense of belonging and creating a sense of self-worth. The children will cover some emotions and will also learn how to co-operate within a group. The children will also pick up basic social skills, how to share and to be a good team player.

6 weeks

4 – 6 children

40 – 60 minutes

Friendship and Social Skills Intervention

Year 2 - 4

This intervention covers many areas of emotional literacy. The biggest strength of this intervention is the sense of belonging it gives to the children taking part. The children will learn to be part of a group/team, look out for each other and learn to build and maintain friendships.

12 weeks

4 – 6 children

1 hour

Busy Bees

Friendship and Social Skills Intervention

F2 – Year 1

KS2 SEN

Targeted for the lower Key stage, this intervention can also be used further up school for any SEN children. The children will learn how to introduce themselves to others and form a conversation. Understand that it is ok to be different whilst being similar at the same time and know that good friends share things including thoughts and feelings.

6 weeks

4 children

40 minutes

Listening Intervention

FS & KS1

KS2 SEN

This is a basic intervention for children who demonstrate poor listening skills. Often when a child takes part in this type of intervention, other skills are developed too for example, social skills, sharing, team work and self-esteem.

6 weeks

4 children

40 minutes

Friendship and Social skills intervention

Upper KS2

The underlying theme for this intervention is ‘I make a difference’. I sessions 1 and 2 the children make an ’I make a difference’ jar. Each time the child feels they have made a difference to someone they write on a slip of paper and pop it in the jar. These are read out during the session to reinforce being kind and helpful. Children will also learn about emotions and this will help them become more emotionally literate. 

6 weeks

4 – 6 children

40 – 60 minutes

Big Bag of Worries

Anxiety Intervention

Year 3 - 6

This intervention covers how everyone experiences anxiety and that it affects people in different ways for different reasons. Children will become aware that there is sometimes no reason for their anxiety but will learn the skills to help them deal with it and have an understanding of what anxiety is. This intervention will NOT fix the problem but it will support them through their problems. Any children who are still a cause for concern after the intervention will be referred to CAMHS.

6 weeks

4 – 6 children

1 hour

Queen Bees

Friendship Intervention

Year 4, 5 & 6 girls

The ‘Queen Bees’ intervention supports girls to identify triggers and develop strategies which will support them to make and maintain friendships. Thoughts and emotions are explored with an aim of promoting resilience. The group will explore the vocabulary of feelings to support the regulation of emotions which will help to develop self-control within a friendship group.

6 weeks

4 – 6 children

1 hour

Exploring Emotions Through Art

KS2

In the early 20th Century, there developed an art movement called "Expressionism," in which the artist was more interested in expressing an emotional experience. The art work could be a record of what the artist was feeling at the time of making it, and it could also bring about emotional reactions in the viewer. Through these sessions, children will explore how a different group of artists illustrate emotion in their art. This will help the children explore their own strong emotions and how to express them in a safe way.

6 weeks

4 – 6 children

1 hour

Nursery Rhymes

F2

This intervention would be good for all children in F2 to access on a rolling 6 week programme. The sessions are based on familiar Nursery Rhymes and target specific emotions and how to deal with these. For example, Incy Wincy Spider found it tricky to climb up the spout! In session 3, children will have the opportunity to talk about what they find tricky and the importance of perseverance. This intervention links brilliantly with our Archie values

6 weeks

6 - 8 children

30 – 35 minutes

Lego Therapy

Year 1 - 6

Lego Therapy is a skills based approach which aims to teach social interaction and group participation. It capitalises on the natural rewarding aspects of constructive play and uses a shared process of accomplishing a task as a team. Lego Therapy is best suited for children with ASD, ADHD, children with anxiety issues and children with limited social skills.

This will be offered to children as a lunchtime club throughout the year.

No time limit

1 – 3 children

30 – 35 minutes