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Hattie Crayton in her inside out uniform.
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Inside Out Day at British School Al Khubairat Abu Dhabi during Children’s Mental Health Week. All photos: Victor Besa / The National
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Pupils put sticks in a cup to show how they were feeling.
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Pupils personalised coloured rocks outside the classroom, then put them in a bucket to show how they felt.
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Sena Davies, 9, during Inside Out Day at British School Al Khubairat Abu Dhabi.
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Pupil Charlie Barker wore his top inside out.
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(L-R) Sena Davies, Evelyn Salisbury, Theo Elviss (bottom), and Charlie Barker during Inside Out Day.
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Evelyn Salisbury, 11, during Inside Out Day at British School Al Khubairat Abu Dhabi.
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James Jarvis shows his inside out football shirt.
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Theo Elviss, 10, during Inside Out Day at British School Al Khubairat Abu Dhabi.
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With an emotions chart at British School Al Khubairat.
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Hattie Crayton in her inside out uniform.
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Inside Out Day at British School Al Khubairat Abu Dhabi during Children’s Mental Health Week. All photos: Victor Besa / The National
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Pupils put sticks in a cup to show how they were feeling.
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Pupils personalised coloured rocks outside the classroom, then put them in a bucket to show how they felt.
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Sena Davies, 9, during Inside Out Day at British School Al Khubairat Abu Dhabi.
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Pupil Charlie Barker wore his top inside out.
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(L-R) Sena Davies, Evelyn Salisbury, Theo Elviss (bottom), and Charlie Barker during Inside Out Day.
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Evelyn Salisbury, 11, during Inside Out Day at British School Al Khubairat Abu Dhabi.
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James Jarvis shows his inside out football shirt.
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Theo Elviss, 10, during Inside Out Day at British School Al Khubairat Abu Dhabi.
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With an emotions chart at British School Al Khubairat.
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Hattie Crayton in her inside out uniform.
Pupils wear clothes inside out to shed light on mental health at Abu Dhabi school
The initiative to mark Children's Mental Health Week aims to show that what's going on inside doesn't always show on the outside
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