Primary School Programs
Year 1 - 6
The primary years are a critical window for social and emotional development. These sessions give students the language and tools to understand themselves and others, reduce emotional overwhelm, and build confidence — all through evidence-based, engaging lessons designed for young minds.
Managing Meltdowns
Drawn from: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Primary-aged students often feel emotions before they have the words or strategies to manage them.
This workshop teaches students what to do when they feel overwhelmed — helping them recognise early warning signs and build emotional control skills before big feelings take over.
Students will learn to:
✔️ Identify physical signs of emotional escalation
✔️ Use grounding and breathing techniques to calm down
✔️ Apply body scanning to increase self-awareness
📌 Why it works: DBT’s emotion regulation strategies are simplified here for younger students, helping them manage big feelings with confidence and giving teachers a shared language for co-regulation in the classroom.
Emotion Literacy
Drawn from: Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Understanding emotions is the foundation for all other wellbeing skills.
This session helps students expand their emotional vocabulary, recognise what different feelings look and feel like, and build empathy for others.
Students will learn to:
✔️ Accurately label a range of emotions
✔️ Recognize how emotions manifest in the body
✔️ Express feelings in constructive ways
📌 Why it works: Grounded in EFT, this workshop strengthens students’ emotional awareness, helping them make sense of what they feel and why.
Mind Games
Drawn from: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Sometimes kids believe everything their brain tells them — even if it’s not true. “I’m bad at this,” “No one likes me,” or “I always mess up.”
This workshop introduces the idea that thoughts are just thoughts — not facts — and gives students tools to challenge them.
Students will learn to:
✔️ Recognise when they’re thinking in unhelpful patterns (like catastrophising or all-or-nothing thinking)
✔️ Practise spotting and rewording tricky thoughts
✔️ Build a toolkit of encouraging self-talk
📌 Why it works: CBT helps students separate themselves from their thoughts. By learning to “talk back” to their brain, students build resilience, focus, and a stronger sense of capability.
