'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 Statutory Curriculum Strands:
KS2:
- H17. to recognise that feelings can change over time and range in intensity.
- H18. about everyday things that affect feelings and the importance of expressing feelings.
- H19. a varied vocabulary to use when talking about feelings; about how to express feelings in different ways.
- H20. how to manage and respond to feelings appropriately and proportionately in different situations.
Scottish Health and Wellbeing Curriculum Outcome(s):
- I am aware of and able to express my feelings and am developing the ability to talk about them. HWB 0-01a / HWB 1-01a / HWB 2-01a / HWB 3-01a / HWB 4-01a.
- I know that we all experience a variety of thoughts and emotions that affect how we feel and behave and I am learning ways of managing them. HWB 0-02a / HWB 1-02a / HWB 2-02a / HWB 3-02a / HWB 4-02a.
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