New signings Kal Naismith and Thelo Aasgaard surprised the Year 6 pupils at Stopsley Community Primary School on Wednesday afternoon when they joined them for special mental health workshop put on by the Luton Town Community Trust.

Kal and Thelo took part in the session as part of Children's Mental Health Week 2025, completing an exercise in the classroom before taking part in a Q&A and then joining in a football session in the school hall.

The Hatters duo were also joined by 17-year-old Town supporter Aidan, who is the BBC East Young Reporter of the Year for 2024 and a former pupil at Stopsley Community Primary.

Aidan, who lives with dyspraxia and has an atrial septal defect, now attends Weatherfield Academy in Dunstable and last week spoke to the BBC about his determination "to help other people with special educational needs who want a specific career".

We invited Aidan along to interview Kal and Thelo, and you will be able to watch his insightful chat with the players on LTFC+ and our social media channels shortly.

"It was great to sit with the youngsters today and share some of the ways in which we can all help each other have healthy minds," said Kal. "As we get older more stress comes on us, and there's more life stuff, but it's important to know how to deal with the emotions of things, and have mechanisms that you can use.

"It's also good to know that they are always going to come, you never go through life without getting down. So it's good to know that you can feel those things, but that you have another way of coping and dealing with it."

Thelo added: "I've loved the football side of my first few days as a Luton player, but coming into the community today and seeing the great work that goes on is something I've really enjoyed.

"In football it's such a rollercoaster that you are going to feel extremes, there are so many emotions. Coming into a school, it's not exactly our line of work, but if we can translate our skills to the children in a way that they can understand, then hopefully they can take it on into their lives and into their school work."

And what advice would he give to the children?

"One of the main things is to speak to people, even if you are someone who is enclosed or keep yourself to yourself, I think it's so important to surround yourself with people who understand you and really want to help. So opening yourself up and keeping connected to your family and friends is so important."