'Zones of Investigation: The Case of Minty Paws Green and the Lost Calm Strategies' Code Breaking Activity

The ‘Zones of Investigation: The Case of Minty Paws Green and the Lost Calm Strategies’ Code Breaking Activity is a code breaking activity that ties in emotional regulation, emotional literacy and breaking codes to solve the mystery of the missing helpful coping strategies!
Work through each clue to solve the problem and find the answer. The child will then use these answers to crack the code at the end to unlock the Calm Strategies Vault!
Suitable for Ks2.
How could this resource be used?
- To support emotional regulation.
- To support emotional literacy and identifying zones of regulation.
- To support self-regulation.
- To support a child 1:1.
Relevant Curriculum Links:
England PSHE – Which statutory PSHE curriculum* objectives does this resource fall into? *in line with the PSHE Association 2021 Statutory Guidance.
- KS1: H11 – about different feelings that humans can experience.
- KS1: H12 – how to recognise and name different feelings.
- KS1: H14 – how to recognise what others might be feeling.
- KS1: H15 – to recognise that not everyone feels the same at the same time, or feels the same about the same things.
- KS1: H16 – about ways of sharing feelings; a range of words to describe feelings.
- KS1: H18 – different things they can do to manage big feelings, to help calm themselves down and/or change their mood when they don’t feel good.
- KS2: H20 – how to manage and respond to feelings appropriately and proportionately in different situations.
- KS2: H19 – a varied vocabulary to use when talking about feelings; about how to express feelings in different ways.
Scottish Health and Wellbeing Curriculum Outcome(s):
- Mental and Emotional Wellbeing:
- I understand that my feelings and reactions can change depending upon what is happening within and around me. This helps me to understand my own behaviour and the way others behave. HWB 0-04a / HWB 1-04a / HWB 2-04a / HWB 3-04a / HWB 4-04a.
- I am learning skills and strategies which will support me in challenging times, particularly in relation to change and loss. HWB 0-07a / HWB 1-07a / HWB 2-07a / HWB 3-07a / HWB 4-07a.
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