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Introduction to the Weaving Well-Being Programme

Weaving Well-Being is a five-level, whole-school, mental well-being programme for primary school children (ages 7.5 to 12+). It is designed to enhance primary school children’s well-being across all dimensions – social, emotional, spiritual, physical and mental. Enhancing children’s well-being can lead to a wide variety of other successful outcomes, including improved academic performance, stronger relationships, and greater resilience. (Waters, 2011; Park & Peterson, 2008).

The 2026 revised edition for Ireland is aligned to the NCCA’s 2025 well-being document Wellbeing Specification for Primary and Special Schools (IRL). International editions and Fí na Folláine remain unchanged.

The programme is grounded in evidence-based interventions from the field of Positive Psychology, the science of well-being. It is underpinned by the concept that a state of well-being is not simply the absence of the negative, but the presence of the positive. The Weaving Well-Being programme gives children the opportunity to weave positivity into their daily lives through a range of activities in a variety of areas.

Each level includes a Teacher Guide that provides 10 structured lessons, clear teaching guidance, and engaging classroom activities. Accompanying the Teacher Guide is a comprehensive Digital Companion Page (DCP) containing PowerPoints for every lesson, videos, posters, additional classroom resources and more. The accompanying but separate Pupil Activity Book allows children to record their reflections and develop a personal portfolio of their strengths, while a parental pull-out guide explains each week’s learning and encourages home-school connection.

Within the teacher resources books, teachers are also provided with the opportunity to enhance their own well-being through various interventions and activities.

The Pupil Book for each level builds into a highly individual and personal resource for the child’s future use. The programme is child-centred, practical and is designed to be easy to deliver in any classroom setting. Click on the links below for more information on each book and/or to order samples of the student books.

ACCESSIBILITY:

The Weaving Wellbeing series has been redesigned to ensure that it meets the highest accessibility standards for printed materials. The series meets the strict WCAG AAA accessibility standard and guidelines of the NCBI in Ireland and the RNIB in England.

The programme was written by Fiona Forman & Mick Rock.

Staff Training Webinar on the Revised Welcome to
Well-Being and Weaving Well-Being School Programmes

The Five Levels of Weaving Well-Being

Character Strengths
Age: 7.5 to 8.5+
(2nd Class)

Positive Emotions
Age: 8.5 to 9.5+
(3rd Class)

Tools of Resilience
Age: 9.5 to 10.5
(4th Class)

Positive Relationships
Age: 10.5 to 11.5+
(5th Class)

WWB-5-Positive-Relationships(Revised)-Set

Empowering Beliefs
Age: 11.5 to 12.5+
(6th Class)

Outline of Lessons

Each level covers ten well-being lessons, each containing the following elements:

Comprehensive Lesson plan – containing Lesson Objectives, Lesson Development, Cross-curricular Links / Supplementary Activities and more.
PowerPoint slides – containing all relevant material for the presentation of the skill, including a multi-media element and links to online research articles for further information if required. All of these are contained on a comprehensive Digital Companion Page – one per level.
Pupil Book (Reflective Journal) – containing two Pupil Activities per lesson, key message, self-assessment and a homework activity.
Parent/Guardian/Carer Guide – (in the centre of each Pupil Book) to encourage parents to support their child in using the skills.

You can try out one FREE SKILL LESSON from each of the five levels by clicking HERE.

You can LOOK INSIDE any of the teacher books and/or pupil books by scrolling down to the Shop at the bottom of this page, selecting one of the levels and choosing the book that you would like to see inside.

You can request FREE SAMPLES of the pupil books by clicking HERE.

Sample of Children's Work

Jigsaw of Perspective Child's Work - Before and After

What's covered in each level?

Each lesson plan sets out the Strand and Strand Units of the curriculum that are covered by that lesson. It also includes the specific learning objectives for the children. How each lesson should be developed is then briefly described. The information in this section will be similar for each lesson as the PowerPoint slides contain all the information needed to deliver the lesson. Most lessons include an introduction to each topic for the children followed by one or two activities and a homework assignment