Children’s Mental Health Week 2026 PDF Presentation for Secondary Schools - This Is My Place

A thoughtful, age-appropriate presentation designed to help secondary students explore belonging, identity, and inclusion, focussing on both their own sense of belonging and how they can help others feel they belong.

About This Resource

This Children’s Mental Health Week 2026 Presentation for Secondary Schools has been carefully created to support young people in exploring the theme “This Is My Place”, with a strong focus on belonging, identity, and connection. Designed specifically for secondary-aged students, this presentation encourages deeper reflection, discussion, and awareness of how belonging shapes wellbeing, confidence, and mental health.

Adolescence is a time when questions around identity, acceptance, and fitting in become especially important. Feeling like you belong - to a group, a place, or a community - plays a vital role in emotional wellbeing. This presentation creates space for students to reflect on their own experiences while also considering how their actions, words, and attitudes can impact the sense of belonging for others.

Rather than focussing only on individual feelings, this resource explores the bigger picture of belonging - how it is built within friendships, schools, online spaces, and communities. Students are encouraged to think critically and recognise belonging as something that can be strengthened through awareness and choice.

The presentation can be used as a stand-alone resource, during Children’s Mental Health Week, or alongside other activities in this year's collection.

Key Features

• Ready-to-use presentation for secondary schools with 15 slides.

• Aligned with Children’s Mental Health Week 2026.

• Age-appropriate language and discussion prompts for pre-teens and teens.

• Explores belonging, identity, inclusion, and community.

• Encourages reflection, discussion, and respectful debate.

• Includes two optional activities.

• Suitable for tutor time, PSHE, assemblies, or wellbeing lessons.

• Supports whole-class, small-group, or paired discussion.

• Designed to feel safe, inclusive, and non-pressuring.

What Students Will Explore

Through this presentation, students are supported to explore:

• What belonging means to them as individuals.

• How belonging (or lack of it) can affect wellbeing.

• Places and groups where they feel accepted.

• The role of friendships, school, and community in belonging.

• How their actions and words can help others feel included.

• Why belonging matters in wider society.

The content encourages honest reflection without forcing disclosure, allowing students to engage at a level that feels right for them.

Benefits for Students

• Supports emotional awareness and self-reflection.

• Encourages empathy and perspective-taking.

• Normalises conversations around belonging and inclusion.

• Helps students feel seen and understood.

• Builds confidence in expressing ideas respectfully.

• Encourages responsibility for creating inclusive environments.

• Supports wellbeing during a key developmental stage.

Benefits for Schools and Staff

• Minimal preparation required.

• Clear, structured slides.

• Suitable for mixed-ability and diverse groups.

• Supports PSHE, mental health, and wellbeing provision.

• Encourages respectful discussion and listening.

• Adaptable for different time frames and settings.

• Aligns with whole-school inclusion and wellbeing values.

How to Use

This presentation can be used:

• During Children’s Mental Health Week 2026.

• In PSHE or wellbeing lessons.

• As part of tutor time or assemblies.

• With whole classes, small groups, or paired discussion.

• Over one session or spread across several.

While the presentation itself is not editable, staff can choose which slides to include or skip to suit their students, time available, and focus for the session.

Children’s Mental Health Week 2026

The theme for Children’s Mental Health Week 2026, This Is My Place, invites children and young people to reflect on where they feel they belong and what helps them feel safe, accepted, and valued. For secondary students, this theme opens important conversations around identity, peer relationships, inclusion, and social responsibility.

This presentation supports the aims of Children’s Mental Health Week by encouraging students to reflect on their own experiences of belonging while also recognising the role they play in shaping the experiences of others. It promotes understanding, empathy, and positive action — key foundations for wellbeing and healthy relationships.

This Children’s Mental Health Week 2026 Secondary School Presentation is a thoughtful, inclusive resource that supports meaningful conversations about belonging, identity, and inclusion. It goes beyond surface-level discussion to help students explore how belonging is experienced, built, and shared within schools and communities. Pair it with our This Is My Place Scrapbook and Building Belonging activities and reflection resources to create a cohesive, impactful wellbeing experience for your students.