Winkfield St Mary's CE Primary School

Supporting children through grief

Links for adults supporting children through loss and grief:

Child Bereavement UK books and resources for children up to 11 years old https://www.childbereavementuk.org/Pages/FAQs/Category/for-children-up-to-11

A video to support telling a child that someone has died https://www.childbereavementuk.org/telling-a-child-that-someone-has-died

A video about parenting bereaved children https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw1MZlKLKI4

Children and young people’s physical responses https://www.cruse.org.uk/get-help/for-parents/children-and-young-peoples-physical-responses

Children and young people’s emotional responses https://www.cruse.org.uk/get-help/for-parents/children-and-young-peoples-emotional-responses

Daisy’s Dream https://www.daisysdream.org.uk/

Young Minds guide to supporting children with grief and loss https://www.youngminds.org.uk/parent/parents-a-z-mental-health-guide/grief-and-loss/ 

Winston's Wish: advice on how to support a bereaved child https://www.winstonswish.org/supporting-you/supporting-a-bereaved-child/ 

Books and workbooks for children:

• Muddles, Puddles and Sunshine: Your activity book to help when someone has died (EY)
• The Memory Tree (EY)
• Badgers Parting Gifts (EY)
• Always and Forever (EY)
• Grandad’s Island (EY)
• When Dinosaurs Die: A guide to Understanding Death (KS1)
• Luna’s Red Hat: A Storybook to Help Children Cope with Loss and Suicide (KS1)
• The Invisible String (KS1)
• The Invisible String Workbook (KS1)
• Michael Rosen’s Sad Book (KS1)
• The Dragonfly Story (KS1)
• Vicky Angel (KS2)
• Bridge to Terabithia (KS2)
• When Someone Has a Very Serious Illness (KS2)
• When Someone Very Special Dies (KS2)
• When Dinosaurs Die (KS1-KS2)
• The Day the Sea Went Out and Never Came Back (EY-KS2)
• The Huge Bag of Worries   (EY -KS2)
• The Fox and the Star (All ages)
• The Invisible Leash (KS1/KS2)