Take a relaxing Walk along the beach and collect interesting pebbles that can be painted. Notice the size, shape and texture of the pebbles you have collected. What do they feel like to touch? What do they smell like? What is the texture like? Describe.

*You are going to make the pebbles in to special treasures using colour and pattern. Choose colours that make you feel positive and happy and that will help you remember the lovely time you had at the beach.

Go for a walk along the beach. Stand still in the breeze and close your eyes and breathe in deeply. Let the sounds carry you away to a happy place. Collect interesting pieces of driftwood and notice the shapes and textures of different pieces. Do they remind you of other objects? What shapes can you see?

Collect a bag full of favourite driftwood pieces that you have enjoyed looking at. You are going to design a positive wall hanging for your bedroom, so that when you look at it, you will feel proud and happy about what you have created.

You will need: Wood Glue and a thick piece of square card to glue the driftwood on to. Paint if you want to paint one or two sticks.

You will need a Canvas, Cardboard Squares, PVA Glue, a selection of shells etc.

Lie flat on the sandy beach and take a mindfulness minute/Listen to the sounds of the waves and pretend you are a feather floating along the ocean.

Create a collection of beautiful shells of all shapes and sizes. What do they feel like in your hands? What do they smell and sound like? Shells are magical and beautiful. Create miniature designs with your collection of shells to make a gift for someone special or to put in your bedroom. Making a gift for someone makes us feel good inside.

Which colours make you feel calm? Make a sand sea or landscape using coloured sand and glue.

Choose your favourite colours and design a calming sand bottle for your safe space.

Surrounding ourselves with beautiful things that makes us happy is important for feeling well and reduces anxiety.

Go for a walk and make a collection of feathers of all shapes and sizes. Pupils w touch their hands and arms with the feathers closing their eyes enjoying the relaxing sensation.

Dip the feathers in paint and make marks and patterns using calming seaside colours to reduce anxiety.

Place the feathers in a pattern of a straight line and paint the feathers using a range of colours. Glue them in to a lid of a shoe box to celebrate the finished art piece.

Find interesting rock pools and use magnifying glasses/buckets to observe seaweed, shells, rocks, sand and small creatures closely. Ask the children to observe the colours, textures, sounds and movement of the rock pool. How does the rock pool make them feel?

Re-create the relaxation of the rock pool using a range of natural materials collected from the beach alongside scraps of material and wool inside a plastic box.

Use a range of paint charts and try and match the treasures collected from the forest to the nearest shade of colour. E.g. moss, leaves, seeds, flowers.

Create a mood colour wheel using natural materials found in the forest. Appreciate the beauty of the treasures found.

Collect different shaped/coloured leaves and create a pattern on a thin stick to hang outside or near a window.

Create a journey stick during a mindfulness walk through the forest.

Create a natural wall hanging. Collect 4 sticks each and bind using string. This can be a problem solving activity allowing pupils to work out the best way to do this. Weave the string around the sticks and arrange the other materials.

Re-create the relaxing forest environment using a range of materials.