Wellbeing Activities Ks2

If you’re looking for high quality, free wellbeing activities for KS2, we can help!

The activities and lessons have been written by mental health experts and teachers. So you can be confident you’re using high-quality wellbeing resources that have been tried and tested in KS2 classrooms.  They also cover many of the points from the Mental Wellbeing section in the English RSE curriculum.

As a social impact company we have a commitment to improving children’s mental health and wellbeing, so we make these resources freely available to teachers. We hope you enjoy using them!

You might also be interested in our wellbeing activities for KS1 and our flagship interactive digital Mind Moose programme, shown to improve wellbeing in primary school children.

Current most popular wellbeing activities

Assemblies
Mental health assembly
Treat yourself like a pet assembly

Wellbeing Whole Lesson Plans & Activities
Spring Poem
Year 6 Transition to secondary school
Kindness Poem 
Kindness Quotes and Slogans 

Short, Calming Activities
Bubble breathing
5 calm breaths
Kindness audio meditation

All free resources

5 Calm Breaths

Why is calming breathing helpful for children? Calming breathing is very important and helpful for children to learn. It can

Children’s Mental Health Week Resources

Over the past few years, Children's Mental Health week has become increasingly popular. Along with the official ones, we have

Helping a child notice their inner voice

What is an inner voice? As humans, we all have an inner voice. It's the one that talks to us

Cuddly Toy Breathing

What is Cuddly Toy Breathing? Cuddly Toy Breathing is a really fun and comforting way to help children to practice

Bubble breathing

What is bubble breathing? Bubble breathing is simply using blowing bubbles to help to introduce younger children to calming breathing

Emotions cube printable resource

Creating an emotions cube is a great way to help children to develop their emotional literacy. This fun activity can

Labelling emotions printable

Helping children to be name and talk about the emotions they feel is very helpful for their emotional intelligence and psychological health,

6 Ways to Help Children Develop Positive Body Image

Positive body image: Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 The w/c 13th May is Mental Health Awareness Week with the theme

5 Ways to Help Staff Mental Health in Your School

More of us are opening up about mental health, and increased understanding of the need for open, honest discussion is

World Mental Health Day Assembly

Tuesday 10th October is World Mental Health Day. So, we have created an assembly for schools to use with their

Peace Day Activities

The 21st of September is the International Day of Peace (known as Peace Day) and we think that's a pretty important topic

Moving on Up: Helping year 6 prepare for secondary school

Overview It's that time of the school year when Year 6 pupils are finishing their primary education and heading off

Pre-SATS Body Scan Relaxing Meditation

We know that SATs can be an anxious time for some children (and teachers and parents!). So Zoe has recorded

Spring Poem Lesson Activity

This spring poem activity celebrates that spring has well and truly sprung here in the UK. So, we thought we'd

International Day of Happiness Activity

  The 20th March is the UN's 4th International Day of Happiness. So, after the success of our Kindness activities,

Love Bug Activity

Suitability This 'Love Bug' activity is designed for pupils aged 7-11 (KS2), but can easily be adapted to other ages.

Children’s Mental Health Week Kindness Quotes and Slogans Activity

Suitability This activity can be used for any age pupil but can be easily adapted for younger pupils by providing

Children’s Mental Health Week Small Acts of Kindness Activity

Suitability This ‘Small Acts of Kindness’ activity can be used for primary pupils of any age. Instead of writing, younger

Kindness Poem Activity

Suitability This 'Kindness Poem' activity can be used for Key Stage 2 pupils. It is most suited to Years 4-6

Treat Yourself Like A Pet Assembly

Monday 10th October 2016 is World Mental Health Day. In honour of that, we're producing some free resources. This 10

World Mental Health Day Assembly

We love animals here at Mind Moose and so do most pupils. So this assembly uses a fun, pet theme