Children’s Mental Health Week Awareness

Before we reach World Book Day, we can be mindful that during the week of 3rd – 9th February is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week

During some of my school visits, we have focused on the section in my book A Classroom of Stars called BEING YOU, and below are two of the poems that have proved popular for those workshops.

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MY POSITIVE PANTS

If I’m feeling a little bit negative,

Unhappy, nervous or shy,

I put on a pair of positive pants

And stare the world in the eye.

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In my positive pants I’m a warrior,

A leader, a queen, a king.

When I put on a pair of positive pants,

My heart begins to sing!

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It doesn’t matter what colour,

It doesn’t matter what style,

Positive pants are for anyone

So, go on, give them a try.

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Being YOU!

Be anything you want to be,

In everything you do.

Show the world just who you are

By just being you.

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Wear a silly jumper,

Wear a crazy hat.

Dance like you’re loving it,

Purr like a cat!

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Dye your hair bright red,

Yellow, green or blue.

Be anything you want to be

By just being you!

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Put your love, your heart and soul

In everything you do.

Show the world just who you are

By just being YOU!

(illustrations for the poems, taken from A Classroom of Stars, are by Anna Matthews)