#BECALM Wednesday

#BeCalm

Wednesday is all about slowing down, noticing your feelings, and finding gentle ways to bring calm back into your day. Everyone feels overwhelmed, worried, or unsure sometimes — and that’s okay. Today’s activities help children and young people explore emotions through creativity, colour, and mindfulness, supporting confidence and emotional wellbeing in a playful, accessible way.

✨ Wednesday Activities

1. Feelings Colour Hunt

   Go on a colour hunt around your home, school, garden, or ward. Match different colours to feelings — blue for calm, yellow for happy, red for excited, or any colours that feel right for you. Create a rainbow of your emotions by drawing the items you find. This activity supports UNCRC Article 31 – the right to play and rest, helping children explore emotional literacy through colour and imagination.

2. My Invisible Superpower Portrait
   

   Draw yourself as a superhero — but instead of capes and masks, show your invisible strengths like kindness, imagination, bravery, or patience. Add colours and symbols that express how you feel inside. This activity links to the My Health, My Rights Charter – a right to be me, encouraging creativity, self‑esteem, and emotional awareness.

3. Art for Change Poster
   

   Create a poster that shares a message about something you care about — such as kindness, equality, mental health, or young people’s health rights. Use bright colours, collage, drawings, or powerful words. This activity supports EACH Charter Article 4 – the right to be informed in a way we understand, empowering young people to use art for advocacy and self‑expression.

🌟 Partner Activity: Teapot Trust – Star Breathing

We’re proud to partner with the Teapot Trust, who have created a calming and beautifully simple activity to help children manage big emotions through mindful breathing.

Star Breathing invites children to trace the outline of a star with their finger — breathing in at the blue dots, holding at the green dots, and breathing out as they complete each line. It’s a grounding, gentle way to feel calmer, wherever you are. Children can decorate their star with soothing colours, drawings of things that make them feel peaceful, or patterns that help them relax.

Once finished, the star can be cut out and kept in a pocket, school bag, or sensory kit as a tool to help with mindfulness anytime it’s needed.