From the box to the board.
One week of Orli Schools, scene by scene: children make an Orli of their own, staff lead short guided sessions from a laptop, and the story plays out on the class board.
Monday. The box arrives.
Choose a free creator kit for a small group of 5 pupils or a whole class of 30. You just cover postage and packaging.
Staff can create a login and begin straight away, digitally. Children make their physical Orlis when the box arrives.
Open it together.
Inside: balloons, filling, googly eyes, gems and pipe cleaners for making Orlis, and a teacher guide. The kit includes five printed scrapbooks, plus a printable scrapbook for the rest of the class.
Welcome to Orla’s Garden
Hello, I’m Orla. Welcome to Orla’s Garden.I like growing things, sketching and noticing the garden.
Orla’s GardenAdventure 1
04:10
Pupil screen
- Meet Orla
- Our own Orlis
- Making guide
- Make and name
- Our garden ideas
- Say hello
- A place for our Orlis
- Breathe with Orla
- Complete
Welcome to Orla’s Garden
Hello, I’m Orla. Welcome to Orla’s Garden.I like growing things, sketching and noticing the garden.
Reveal Orla’s lines one at a time. Pause after each so the class can take it in.
Tuesday. Your first session.
Your first session is Orla Adventure 1. Run it with your class and save it, and the other Adventures and Bites open up.
A short tour shows you round the first time you sign in.
The story goes on the class board.
Children see the story on the class board. Your script, timer and private notes stay on your laptop.
All you need is a laptop.
A laptop for you, connected to the class board or projector. It runs in a web browser, with nothing to install, and children don’t need devices.
A guide at every step.
A guide sits beside you at every step, with teaching prompts and a timer. Names, attendance and private notes never go on the board.
Everyone makes an Orli.
In Orla Adventure 1, pupils meet Orla, then make and name an Orli of their own. Each pupil makes a physical Orli of their own.
Adults prepare and seal balloons and filling.
Every one is different.
Eyes, a smile, a gem or two. No two Orlis are the same, because no two children are.
Theirs to keep close.
Pupils bring their Orli to sessions and reflect in a scrapbook that’s all their own.
Breathe with Orla
Hello, I’m Orla. Would you like a little breathing pause with me?You can hold your Orli, trace with a finger or simply watch.
Breathe in, if comfortableLet the shape rise. Normal breathing is fine.
Breathe out, if comfortableLet the shape fall. No need to match it.
A little pause, in your own way.
Join in
Watch
Pass
OrlaCalm & grounded1 Bite
NovaWorry & uncertainty4 Bites
RoryStrong feelings4 Bites
FinnReset & refocus3 Bites
ZekeRest & low energy3 Bites
LunaConnection & kindness2 Bites
Breathe with OrlaOrli Bite
03:28
- Ready together
- Breathe with Orla
- Notice together
- Bite complete
Model holding an Orli comfortably or tracing the rise and fall with a finger.
Thursday, after lunch. A five-minute Bite.
Orli Bites are short resets for the start of the day, after lunch or before a test. Each one takes about five minutes.
Orla says hello.
Pick a Bite on your laptop and it opens on the class board. Orla welcomes everyone, one line at a time.
Join in, watch or pass.
Activities offer ways to join in without talking, writing or moving, and children can always watch or pass.
Breathe with Orla.
Orla rises and settles, about four seconds in and four out, with no holding. Children follow if they’re comfortable, or simply watch. Normal breathing is always okay.
Bite complete.
Pause whenever you need to. An unfinished session waits in Sessions, so you can carry on another time.
Notice together.
Short questions, one at a time, with the class’s ideas on the board.
Reflect, their way.
Pupils reflect in their scrapbook by drawing or writing, so children who find words harder join in too. No prep, no worksheets: what they make is theirs.
Orli isn’t a new curriculum. It fits into the moments you already have: after lunch, transitions, nurture groups and 1:1 time.
Intelligence
This weekThis term
Your school
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Orla Adventure 1Tue · 29 present25 min
Worry FoldWed · 28 present5 min
Breathe with OrlaThu · 29 present5 min
Tense and RelaxFri · 27 present5 min
Friday. Look back on the week.
Staff add pupils by name and mark who’s here when they set up a session.
Orli Intelligence will show leaders the sessions completed, the children recorded present and the time spent.
Decide what comes next.
Use what you see to plan how you use Orli next.
Orli doesn’t diagnose or label children, and it doesn’t replace counselling, CAMHS or your safeguarding procedures.
Every Adventure, in five steps.
A guide sits beside you at every step, with teaching prompts and a timer.
Check in
“How is your Orli feeling today?” Nothing is saved or measured.
Story
An Orli meets a problem and shows one thing that helps, one line at a time.
Try it
Off screen: a breath, a stretch, a drawing or a chat. Children can join in, watch or pass.
Reflect
Short questions, one at a time, with the class’s ideas on the board.
Plan
One or two ideas to use later, then a small celebration.
Bring Orli into your school.
Explore Orli Schools with your school for eight weeks. Choose a free creator kit for a small group or a whole class. You just cover postage and packaging.