Mental Health – PSHE Unit ( Health & Wellbeing)
Perfect for schools using the PSHE Association’s Secondary Thematic Programme Builder
📘 Topic Focus:
Understanding mental health and ill health, challenging stigma, and 51 wellbeing—especially during times of change.
This comprehensive PSHE unit helps students explore the foundations of positive mental health and equips them with tools to recognize, manage, and seek help for emotional challenges. Covering everything from stress and body image to online pressure and eating disorders, this unit promotes resilience, empathy, and wellbeing—delivered in a sensitive, engaging, and age-appropriate way.
Included Lesson Topics:
☑️ What is Mental Health?
☑️ Social Media & Online Stress
☑️ Self-Harm – How to Support Someone
☑️ Emotional Health & Wellbeing
☑️ Promoting Mental & Emotional Health
☑️ Eating Disorders (Anorexia, Bulimia, BED)
☑️ Resilience and Growing Up
☑️ Body Image and Societal Pressures
Bonus Materials:
☞ Wellbeing Quiz
☞ Introduction to Year 10 PSHE
Learning Outcomes:
Students will learn:
• How to navigate emotional challenges during adolescence
• How to reframe negative thoughts and build positive habits
• Strategies for promoting mental health and wellbeing
• How to identify signs of mental ill-health in themselves and others
• Where to seek support and treatment
• How mental health is portrayed in the media
• Ways to challenge stigma, stereotypes, and misinformation
Each Lesson Pack Includes:
• Fully Editable PowerPoint Slides
• Video Links, Quizzes & High-Quality Visuals
• Confidence Checkers and Assessment Tools
• Mindfulness Extension Activities
• Printable Worksheets (in some packs)
• Teacher Notes on Key Slides
• Aligned to DfE & PSHE Association Standards
(PoS refs: H2, H5–H10)
• Fully compliant with the 2020 Statutory Health and RSE Curriculum
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We empower teachers to deliver meaningful PSHE content with confidence. Our lessons promote student ownership of learning, critical thinking, and emotional growth—while keeping your delivery stress-free and impactful.
Ready-to-Teach. Thoughtfully Designed. Proven to Engage.
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