Children’s Mental Health Week

Children’s Mental Health Week

As it’s Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week 2025 we wanted to celebrate the need to talk, communicate and share our feelings, and this can be highlighted during playtime.

Children’s Mental Health Week launched  in 2015 to empower and equip children across the UK to share their voice. This year’s theme is Know Yourself, Grow Yourself. It is so important we understand what makes us tick, our likes and dislikes, strengths, fears, hopes and dreams. Our emotions play a key role in telling us just that, and being aware of how to listen to and express ourselves is a major part of building self-awareness.

It is through knowing ourselves and speaking with others, that we can build resilience, grow and develop.

1 in 5 children and young people now have a probable mental health condition. By taking part in Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week 2025, you can help us to ensure that children and young people across the UK feel listened to, and know that they’re not alone.

The more we can understand about ourselves, the more prepared we are to express our emotions and take on life’s ups and downs. Being self-aware means getting to know and understand what we are good at, what we find difficult, our likes and dislikes, what makes us feel JOY and what may cause us SADNESS. It is also about understanding what makes us unique and our fears, hopes and dreams. As we build a sense of self, we grow in our ability to connect with others, as well as develop our skills and talents. It is with this basis we can form strong and healthy relationships, from early childhood right through to adulthood and are equipped to cope with the challenges that life brings our way.

Our range of PSHE playground markings are a great way to normalise these conversations and promote being open to talk about feelings.

During the next two weeks, place a playground markings order over £3500 and pick one of our PSHE graphics to be installed absolutely free on your playground. Let’s get children talking!

For more information on Children’s Mental Health Week and to view their resources, visit www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk