This workshop was held by Georgia Kett, our link Education Mental Health Practitioner, from the Broxbourne Mental Health Support Team. Body image is a huge issue for teens and pre-teens in our society. Exposure to filtered images in magazines and online gives children fake, impossible images to aspire to. This workshop was set up to help support our pupils to have a positive body image, recognise the importance of self esteem and to understand that many of the images they may see online are not all they appear to be. The workshop covered:

• What is self esteem and body image
• Negative thoughts we may have if we are struggling with body image
• What can affect our body image
• Challenging unhelpful thoughts about body image
• Positive self talk
• Tips for how to have a positive body image
• A drawing activity where they drew a picture of themselves and wrote down 3 things they liked about themselves and 3 things they are good at.