An editable google slides assembly presentation based around World Mental Health Day 2025. The key theme for this presentation is ‘access to services -mental health in catastrophes and emergencies’ This focuses for children around how to protect their mental health when hearing the news. Many schools use news sites daily, and more children are hearing current affairs at home. It is important to support children when hearing these difficult stories and this assembly helps them to navigate tricky news.

Suitable for KS1 & KS2. The assembly discusses good and bad mental health and strategies to support children when dealing with the news. Detailed notes for each slide included to help deliver the assembly presentation. Visuals and Wigits used to be simple and help SEND and EAL children access.

Slides include:

What is World Mental Health day?
What is mental health?
Quiz to decide if it is positive mental health or not
This year’s theme
How can we protect our mental health when reading the news discussion
Practical examples for children to use
Reminder for emergencies
Reflection and act of worship (prayer) included to be accessible for both community and church schools.