Know Yourself Grow Yourself

Form 1 worked as a team to create a collage for Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week 2025, exploring the theme: Know Yourself, Grow Yourself!

The process of considering themselves as a growing acorn, helped them to think about who supports them and who helps them.  They considered the challenges they have; how to face these, how they shape them and how they grow and flourish. 

The children expressed their feelings through the various elements of the collage:
 Roots – friends, family, Hilden Oaks and school values.
“My roots help me stand tall and make me feel proud of who I am”
Oak Leaves – Who we are
Stars – What are we reaching for, what do we want to achieve?
“I want to be calm and peaceful”
Birds & stormy weather – Our challenges!  Often beyond our control
“I try my best when I have a challenge”
Butterflies and Rainbow – Our hopes and positivity
“I hope for better days”