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Sammy the Sea Squirt Movement Sessions
Two or four whole class sessions
Our engaging movement sessions, led by our experienced mental health trainers, teach children the link between movement and mental health and how staying active can help them to stay well. Available as two whole class sessions (half day) or four whole classes (full day).
Could you be eligible for funded training?
Check our funded training page to see our current grant-funded training options.
Overview
Sammy the Sea Squirt Movement Sessions are specifically designed for EYFS, KS1 and SEND classes.
Sammy the Sea Squirt Movement Sessions teach children the link between movement and mental health and how staying active can help them to stay well. Our engaging movement sessions are led by an experienced trainer. They are based on Suffolk Mind’s first story book: Sammy the Sea Squirt, by our Head of Education, Ezra Hewing.
Sammy travels through the ocean discovering new friends, learning how movement helps their brain including their mood and memory. By the end of the session, children and their adults will understand how they can use movement to positively impact and maintain good mental health.
Breathing strategies to feel calm are woven into the session, and movements can be adapted for differing needs. Each is linked with a skill to look after mental health.
What’s included?
We will explore with children how to:
- Motivate yourself to move
- Relax and feel calm with breath
- Remember, learn and focus
- Understand and talk about feelings
Sessions also include strategies and skills to help with feeling calm, plus a link to Sammy the Sea Squirt resources available on our website.
We’ve provided sessions to 600 pupils (and counting!)
Thanks to grant funding from Active Suffolk and the Together fund, we have been able to provide Sammy the Sea Squirt Movement Sessions to over 600 pupils.
Louise, our Children, Families & Young People trainer, tells us more:
Please contact our Schools team to book a session for your school, or fill out the enquiry form below.Â
Enquire
Register your interest, and we’ll be in touch for the next steps to support mental wellbeing in your school or activity group.
Don’t forget to check if you’re eligible for any of our funded training.
Fabulous. Would highly recommend to any school! The children absolutely loved it, and the staff were so warm, friendly and engaging.
The content linked fantastically into Mental Health Awareness Day, and although we have worked on this as a school it was great to have a focus specifically targeted at EYFS/KS1.
Teacher
The session explored both physical and emotional needs. The language used was appropriate to the age of the class. It was engaging and informative.
Teacher
Extremely enjoyable and supported us in our wellbeing as well as the children.
Learning Assistant
Fabulous. Would highly recommend to any school! The children absolutely loved it and the staff were so warm, friendly and engaging.
Teacher
