This Is Our Place - Explore How We Can Make Sure Everyone Belongs

A reflective, discussion-based activity that helps children think beyond themselves and explore how they can help create a place where everyone feels included, accepted, and like they belong.

About This Resource

This Is Our Place is a thoughtfully designed activity that encourages children to move from thinking about their own sense of belonging to considering shared responsibility for belonging within a group, class, or community.

While understanding personal belonging is important, children also benefit from learning that belonging is something we build together. This resource supports children to explore how words, actions, and attitudes can shape how safe, welcome, and valued others feel. It helps children recognise that belonging is not just about how we feel, but also about how we make others feel.

Using clear prompts and a child-friendly structure, This Is Our Place supports reflection, discussion, and positive thinking around inclusion, kindness, and community. It reinforces the idea that everyone plays a part in creating a place where people feel they belong.

This activity can be used as a stand-alone resource or alongside our primary school presentation for Children’s Mental Health Week 2026.

Key Features

• A printable activity that strengthens this year's Children's Mental Health Week theme.

• Focuses on shared belonging, inclusion and personal responsibility.

• Encourages empathy and perspective-taking.

• Supports discussion, writing, drawing, or reflection.

• Suitable for a range of primary ages.

• Colourable and easy to personalise.

• Can be used independently or with adult support.

• Works as a stand-alone activity or as part of a wider lesson.

What Children Will Explore

Through completing This Is Our Place, children are encouraged to think about:

• What helps people feel welcome and included.

• How words and actions can affect others.

• What makes a group or classroom feel safe.

• How we can notice when someone feels left out.

• How belonging can be built together.

• Why everyone deserves to belong.

The activity supports children to see belonging as something active and shared, helping them develop awareness of how their choices can positively impact others.

Benefits for Children

• Encourages empathy and kindness.

• Builds awareness of others’ feelings.

• Supports understanding of inclusion and respect.

• Helps children think beyond themselves.

• Strengthens social and emotional skills.

• Reinforces positive group values.

• Supports confidence in making kind choices.

• Promotes responsibility for shared wellbeing.

Benefits for Educators and Professionals

• Easy to introduce with minimal preparation.

• Supports PSHE, wellbeing, and mental health learning.

• Encourages positive classroom culture.

• Suitable for whole-class, small-group, or paired work.

• Flexible and adaptable for different year groups.

• Supports whole-school inclusion values.

• Complements Children’s Mental Health Week themes.

Children can write, draw, discuss, or reflect quietly. Teachers may choose to use it as a whole-class discussion, small-group task, or individual reflection. There are no right or wrong answers, the focus is on understanding, listening, and positive intent.

Children’s Mental Health Week 2026

The theme for Children’s Mental Health Week 2026, This Is My Place, highlights the importance of feeling safe, accepted, and valued. A strong sense of belonging is central to children’s emotional wellbeing and mental health.

This Is Our Place supports this theme by expanding the conversation beyond individual feelings and helping children think about how belonging is created collectively. It reinforces the message that safe, inclusive spaces are built when people care about how others feel and take responsibility for creating welcoming environments.

Use This Is Our Place to support thoughtful conversations about inclusion and belonging during Children’s Mental Health Week 2026.