The ‘Smile' project helps children's well-being, protects their mental health and increases emotional resilience.
The ‘Smile' project is based on the ‘5 ways to well-being’, which are 5 evidence-based things people can build into their daily lives to improve well-being, protect mental health and increase emotional resilience. It is a joint project between the Public Health Schools and School Travel teams.
The ‘Smile project’ has taken parts of the ‘5 ways to well-being’ and translated them into child-friendly language.
‘Smile’ stands for :
The 'Smile' project shows how you can do all of these things on journeys you make every day - in particular on your journeys to nursery and school.
Watch our 5 ways to smile on the way to school video. This highlights how an active journey to school can help your child's happiness. The film was made with the help of pupils from Carlton Hill Primary School, St Andrews CE Primary School and Hove Junior School.