Kooth - back to school and college resources for young people and professionals

As the start of the new academic year approaches, many children and young people will be experiencing anxiety about returning to school and college after the holidays - whether it's Year 7 students starting a new school, Year 12 students starting life in the sixth form, Year 11 or 13 worried about their final exam year or young people who generally find life at school or college quite daunting.

Managing back to school or college anxiety brochure

Stress and anxiety are in the top three presenting issues on Kooth, so with this in mind, Kooth PLC have created a managing back to school or college anxiety brochure to support young people as they return, which is attached to this email. Along with some tips, it outlines how Kooth.com can support them by:

• Chatting with a member of our team (live chat or messaging, which is all text based)
• Goal setting and journaling
• Mini activity hub
• Community support (discussion boards and live forums, which are all moderated)
• Helpful articles (from the Kooth team and our community, which are all moderated).

You can also access all of our digital resources and posters to support the back to school campaign

Year 7 starters virtual workshops
2pm to 3pm on Friday 16, 23 and 30 September 2022

For the start of the new school year, Kooth’s London and South East Team are delivering virtual workshops for Year 7 pupils to support them with the transition to secondary school. These workshops are for school classes to join through their teacher and are not for individual young people to sign up.

The workshop will include:

• Defining what is physical health versus mental health
• Exploring feelings and experiences of moving to secondary school so far
• Self-care ideas and tips for managing the transition
• How to access additional help and support through Kooth.

To sign up your Year 7 classes, please register through Eventbrite

Back to school podcasts

Kooth's content team are releasing a series of free short podcasts between 22 and 26 August to support young people leading up to the back to school period. Free digital posters for this can be found on Kooth

The podcasts will cover:

• Friendships
• All about school worries
• How to Prepare
• Anxiety
• Student Voices.

Access the podcasts on Spotify

Back to school planning for Education professionals
Monday 26 September 2022 from 4pm to 5pm

A free webinar for education professionals that may include pastoral staff, mental health and PSHE leads, school counsellors or teachers.

Our engagement leads will go through the latest updates on Kooth and how you can embed this support in your mental health and wellbeing offer throughout the year:

• How to access digital and physical promotional resources
• Assemblies available for students
• Staff training
• Special events throughout the calendar year that relate to campaign weeks and months
• Signposting to Kooth and how we can work alongside the wider mental health offer.

Sign up, through Eventbrite

If you have any questions about any of this information, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Contact Details

Karen Dawber, Kooth Engagement Lead for Kent and Medway
Telephone: 07534 029663
Email: kdawber@kooth.com