Back to better and kindness teaching resources

We’re continuing to provide support to teachers, children, young people and parents through the coronavirus crisis. These new resilience resources can be used at home or in the classroom. You can also download our schedule to see what's coming up.

During lockdown we promoted the value of kindness. As children return to school, we now also want to help with the recovery. Through our new resources children and young people will:

prepare for the return to school
cope with any changes and challenges (use our back to better journal to keep track and reflect on your journey)
reflect on their learning during this time and how it can build their resilience
continue simple acts of kindness

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Kindness teaching resources

Child Safety Week: kindness, safety and first aid at home

Age: 7-18

Type: Activities

Subjects: PSHE

Coronavirus activities for children and young people on safety, kindness and first aid.

First aid champions

Age: 5-18

Type: Lesson plan, teaching package, videos

Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time

A range of activities to help children and young people learn first aid at home during the coronavirus crisis.

Graphic of two historic Red Cross posters half coloured in

Coronavirus kindness colouring activities

Age: 7-18

Type: Quick activities

Subjects: PSHE, History

Use colouring activities and posters from the archives to learn more about the British Red Cross and its history of kindness.

Two sisters learning first aid at home on a tablet

First aid and kindness

Age: 5-18

Type: Activities, teaching package, films

Subjects: PSHE

Activities to support learning first aid skills and showing how these skills can be used in everyday life with kindness and confidence.

Photograph of a large drawing by children of a rainbow and the words "Thank you NHS - Thank you workers" during the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus: how to build resilience and ease tensions

Age: 5-19

Type: Activities

Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time

Activities to develop resilience and help ease household tensions during the challenging coronavirus crisis.

A close-up of a young woman's hands holding cut-out paper hearts in different colours and sizes.

Five activities of kindness and resilience

Age: 7-18

Type: Activities

Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time

A range of activities designed to develop resilience and encourage kindness including topics on routine building, coping mechanisms and acts of kindness.