World Mental Health Day Homework

 To align with World Mental Health Day on 10 October, 

ITV’s latest Britain Get Talking campaign has launched a unique homework task designed

to help young people open up about the hardest subject of all: what’s on their minds.

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Doing homework may be one of the few times in a busy week when children ask for help, but how often do they reveal what is truly on their minds? Increasingly, the nation’s worries are placed at the school door, with teachers expected to respond accordingly.

This homework exercise simply asks teachers and schools to send children home with the task of asking a trusted adult for a conversation about their worries. There is no marking, no required school-based follow up, and no budget implication.

What there is, however, is the chance that the nation will be charmed into new behaviours - for children to connect more regularly, talking about subjects that are hard to face.

Ultimately, over time, this could really make a difference.

Mental Health has declined in almost 40% of school children* and that’s why Britain Get Talking is setting the nation a different kind of homework, designed to help ease our stress and reduce our anxiety by asking what's on our minds. Have a chat tonight or take part in our national homework exercise this World Mental Health Day, 10th October. You don’t need a pen or paper, but if you’re unsure where to start, download our task and try writing or drawing your worries on the front cover.

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Each class will have the homework task available to take home or you can print from the link below:

Homework PDF here

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