What's included

🟩 5 student prompt cards — print-ready cards students can use once familiar with the practices

🟩 5 guided audio practices — short recordings to introduce and practise each approach

🟩 5 staff-read practice scripts — an alternative when using the audio isn't practical

🟩 Staff Implementation Guide — straightforward guidance for introducing and using Take Five in school

Use Take Five your way

Tutor time, pastoral support, small groups, SEND support, wellbeing work or individual student support. 

Take Five is designed to be flexible. Introduce the practices when students are relatively settled, then give them opportunities to discover which approaches may help them at different times.

The aim isn't for every student to use the same strategy. It's to help students build familiarity with different ways to pause, notice and choose what happens next.

As students become more familiar with the practices, they can begin to:

Notice IF they need to Take Five
Decide WHEN they can Take Five
Choose WHAT might help

The goal is growing independence — and supporting students to return to learning.

Looking for wider support for pupils in your school?

Take Five is part of the Thinking Well Collection — practical resources designed to help young people develop the thinking, self-awareness and strategies that can support them in learning and in life. 

If you're looking for wider support around student wellbeing, self-belief, reflection and the conditions that help young people learn well, explore my work with schools.

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