Schools project

We’ve put together a Feelings Activity Book for children aged 9-10 years as we believe it’s more important than ever to be talking to children about loss and transition. The activity book is full of activities that children can work on independently, in groups, or with the help of a teacher or parent.

About the Feelings Activity Book

This is a fun activity book which helps children explore their feelings, relationships in the wider world, resilience, loss and transition. It can be completed by individuals, in groups or with the support of parents, carers or teachers.

Feedback from Deputy Head, Tamara Pearson, of Sion Junior School:

“This is absolutely superb! It is pitched exactly right and has the right balance of information and reflection. I am quite sure that many children will find this resource hugely useful.”

Thank you to all the schools who have supported the St B’s Schools Project over the years. Please let us know how you get on with the Feelings Activity Book: what worked, what we might do differently.

About the author

The activity book has been carefully put together by hospice nurse, Marcelle Palmer, who pioneered one of the first hospice schools projects in the country at St Barnabas House. Over the last four years, schools have visited St Barnabas where pupils are paired with patients who they take part in creative activities with, over the course of three weeks. Marcelle has worked as a nurse for 37 years, is a qualified counsellor and has been part of the hospice movement for 12 years. Marcelle was invited as a guest speaker to the Hay Festival in 2018 to talk about the St B’s Schools Project and the importance of talking to children about the death of a loved one.

Marcelle says:

“I am always amazed to see how easily children can discuss difficult subjects that adults will often find hard, such as death and bereavement. We need to be having these sorts of conversations with children now more than ever, so this is a way of helping with that.”