Each class took their own focus to address this important subject.
Lilac Class focused on having a positive view of ourselves and wrote about what we CAN do, what skills we HAVE and the characteristics that we ARE. We also wrote our dreams for the future and discussed the things we’d need to be able to achieve them. Finally, we talked about which zone various emotions would fit into and how we deal best with being in the red zone to ensure our actions didn’t impact negatively on us or on others.
Maple Class shared the book ‘Different is a Great Thing to Be.’ We talked about the characters in the book and how different they all looked from each other. We then played the Fruit Salad game and the children took it in turns to give each other verbal cues. We had some fantastic suggestions, such as ‘please swap places if you love sloths’ from Ellamy, and ‘please swap places if you like black panthers’ from Sami. It was lovely discovering that we have lots of things in common but that there are also lots of differences between us!
Cherry Class read ‘The Colour Monster’ book and learned about the zones of regulation by playing games and discussing ways that could help us to work within the zones.
Willow Class observed World Mental Health Day, by learning about our emotions and identifying how we feel in different situations. We recognised that we may experience the same situation in different ways.
We then took time to compliment each other and to reflect on qualities we like in ourselves. We recognised it is important to be kind to ourselves as well as other people!
