This printable back to school classroom resource is part of the exclusive Philip Bunting x Gifted and Talented Teacher collection. Featuring Philip Bunting’s original illustrations, our classroom decor and back to school activities are designed to save teachers time and create welcoming, engaging primary classrooms.

Big feelings are not bad behaviour. They are information — sometimes with the volume turned all the way up. This Calm Corner display gives students clear, visual ways to notice how they feel, communicate what they need and explore strategies that may help their bodies and brains settle.

Emotional regulation develops through co-regulation, explicit teaching and repeated practice. Calm-corner tools are most supportive when students learn how to use them before difficult moments arise and can access them without punishment or pressure. The aim is not to make every feeling disappear; it is to help students recognise, understand and move through it safely.

This teacher resource includes:

• My Feelings Check-In display
• Feelings thermometer
• Calming strategy prompts
• Grounding strategy prompts
• Hexagon breathing guide / Star breathing guide / Box breathing guide / Hand breathing guide

Check in. Choose a strategy. Breathe around a star, a box, a hand or a rather cooperative hexagon. Calm cannot be commanded—but it can be supported.

Format: PowerPoint

Gifted and Talented Teacher creates teacher resources designed to lighten the load and classroom decor that lifts the room.