Passport for 9-11 year olds

Passport is a social and emotional learning programme for 9-11 year olds which meets all elements of the Mental Wellbeing requirements of the statutory guidance for Relationships and Health Education for primary schools.

Passport has 18 sessions of 55 minutes and is based around a series of engaging comic strip stories which follow the adventures of Olya and Milo as they discover a secret world of fantastical creatures in the company of their friend, Elly the dragon. Read about the evidence behind Passport and the impact the programme has had on children and teachers.

The five modules cover:

• Emotions
• Relationships
• Difficult Situations
• Fairness, Justice and What is Right
• Change and Loss

Children develop their own positive strategies to deal with problems through engaging activities: reading the comic strips, discussion, role-play and games. They use the colourful game board to find as many solutions as possible. There are also Home Activities to reinforce learning at home with the family.

Evaluation found Passport improves children’s coping skills, social skills, emotional literacy, and academic skills.

Passport was created by Professor Brian Mishara at the University of Quebec at Montreal, who was also involved in the development of Zippy’s Friends. The programme is based on the same theory as Zippy’s Friends and Apple’s Friends – the concept of coping – but looks quite different.

Staff who would like to deliver the Passport programme need to complete an  online training session  and purchase a subscription to the Passport resources on the  Skills for Life online teaching platform. After purchasing a subscription, staff can choose to buy printed resources and pupil workbooks to enhance learning.