Welcome to Motional's Support Centre
This Support Centre is designed with three things in mind: Supporting your Whole School Development through implementing Motional, supporting your use of Motional and supporting the development of your knowledge and skills. You can click on the links below or use the sidebar to navigate.
The Support Library
This area contains step-by-step guides and video content that helps you to get started and supports your use of Motional.
Getting Started
Articles and information relating to getting started with Motional
Motional Munchables
Motional Munchables is a learning resource that will develop and grow over time - we'll let you know when there's something new through the banners in Motional. They are bite-sized pieces of learning and knowledge, designed to be easily digestible...hence their name!
Reads & Research
Here you'll find a bank of useful documents, recommended reads and evidence you can download (where permissions exist) or be directed to, organised into areas of interest around understanding and supporting Emotional Wellbeing & Mental Health in your setting.
Useful Downloads
A bank of useful documents and evidence you can download (where permissions exist) or be directed to. They are organised and searchable by topic and region.
The Monthly Muse is a chance to start a conversation within your team....
September - Using Play to Support Emotional Processing
The Return to School
The start of a new school year often brings big, mixed emotions for children.
- Excitement about seeing friends
- Worries about new teachers or classrooms
- Separation from caregivers
- Fear of the unknown
It’s normal for September to feel overwhelming. Emotions, especially fear, can be very strong at this time of transition.
The natural language for children to process overwhelming feelings is play and creativity. This "unspoken" expression supports the child’s internal processing and is ultimately how they begin to make sense of emotion.
The Motional Blog
Welcome to the Motional blog. Sometimes we want to share the latest
thinking, our thoughts, feedback from those using Motional, or ideas
from communities working to support emotional wellbeing around the
globe.
Get in touch if you have something to ask, something to share or something
you think needs to be said!
Rethinking the Return: From Attendance Targets to Emotional Safety and Belonging!
As schools reopen after the summer break, the headlines and the government return to a familiar theme: attendance. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson recently suggested that children who miss the first week of term risk “starting badly.” The implication is clear: absence is a...
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The Importance of Play for Children's Development
In a time of mounting stress, reduced social interaction, and increasing screen time, schools are facing a quiet crisis: the decline of play. In this compelling roundtable conversation, four leading education and wellbeing experts come together to talk about why play is essentia...
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Attendance Reimagined: Creating Schools Where Every Child Can and Will Belong
School attendance is often framed in terms of rules, punishments, and targets - but what if we looked at it through the lens of emotional wellbeing, connection, and motivation? In a compelling and practical session hosted by Motional’s Rich and Barnsley’s Virtual School Head ...
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