Transcript Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning

Social and
Emotional
Aspects of
Learning
Oldway Primary School
NPD 3rd September 2007
There are five social and emotional
aspects of learning:
• Self awareness
• Managing feelings
• Motivation
• Empathy
• Social skills
Why is it important to develop these
aspects of learning?
• They underlie almost every aspect
of our lives
• They enable us to be effective
learners
• They enable us to get on with other
people
• They enable us to be responsible
citizens
What are the principles of a SEAL
programme at Oldway?
• Every Child Matters
• Whole-school approach
• Build on school’s own ‘outstanding’ work in
pastoral intervention and PSHCE
• Linked to teaching and learning styles ‘building
learning power’
• Linked to ethos of ‘learning community’
• Teaching staff as role models
• Healthy Schools
What is it?
• Whole-school community involvement
• Assembly materials on SEAL themes
• A spiral curriculum which revisits and builds
on each theme (and those skills) annually
• Lessons with specifically taught skills
• Links across the curriculum
• Follow up work for groups who need additional
support
• Ideas for involving families
And it isn’t….
• A PSHCE scheme of work (SRE, Thinking
Skills, Drugs and Alcohol Awareness, Road
Safety, Citizenship)
• SEN Intervention
• Pastoral intervention
IT SUPPORTS AND COMPLEMENTS OUR
CURRENT GOOD PRACTICE IN PSHCE, SEN,
PASTORAL INTERVENTION, SULP
Seven themes providing up to six
weeks’ work:
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New beginnings (Autumn 1)
Getting on and falling out (Autumn 2)
Say no to bullying (Anti-Bullying Week)
Going for goals! (Spring 1)
Good to be me (Spring 2)
Relationships (Summer 1)
Changes ( Summer 2)
What’s in the pack?
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RED set (Foundation Stage)
BLUE set (Years 1 and 2)
YELLOW set (Years 3 and 4)
GREEN set (Years 5 and 6)
• Purple set (staff development activities)
• Gold set (activities for pupils to do at home
with their family)
• Silver set (small-group activities for children
who need additional support)
New beginnings….
The theme offers children the opportunity to see themselves as
valued individuals within a community, and contribute to shaping
a welcoming, safe and fair learning community for all.
Throughout the themes, children explore feelings of happiness
and excitement, sadness, anxiety and fearfulness, while learning
(and putting into practice) shared models for ‘calming down’ and
‘problem solving’.
Pupils are celebrated who are observed:
• making someone feel welcome
• doing something brave – overcoming feelings of fearfulness
• solving a problem / remembering to use the problem solving
process
• calming down / helping someone to calm down
Getting on and falling out
This theme develops the classroom ethos, extending
the work of New Beginnings on cooperation and
valuing diversity and focusing on four key areas;
developing the social skills of friendships, working
well together in a group, managing anger and resolving
conflict.
Pupils are celebrated who are observed:
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working cooperatively to help a group
being a really good friend
keeping calm and overcoming feelings of anger
solving a difficult problem with a friend
Going for goals!
The theme provides opportunities for children to reflect on
themselves as individuals, particularly their strengths as
learners and how they learn most effectively. The activities
focus on successful goal-directed learning and behaviour: taking
responsibility, building feelings of confidence and self-efficacy
(the belief that what you do makes a difference) and making
wise and balanced choices about our goals.
Pupils are celebrated who are observed:
• taking responsibility – for their successes and when things go
wrong
• waiting for what they want; persistence
• showing resilience – bouncing back or maintaining effort through
a difficult experience or after a mistake or failure
• setting and achieving goals
Good to be me
The theme focuses on understanding feelings and why
and how they lead us to behave the way we do –
particularly the feelings of being excited, proud,
surprised, hopeful, disappointed, worried and anxious.
Pupils are celebrated who are observed:
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Doing something to be proud of
Responding in an assertive way
Helping someone with a worry
Stopping and thinking when they were angry
Relationships
This theme is the second of two to focus on feelings. It
explores feelings within the context of our important
relationships including families and friends. There is also a
focus on helping children understand the feelings associated
with loss – whether of a favourite possession, a friend, a family
home or a loved one.
Pupils are celebrated who are observed:
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Changing an unfair situation
Being pleased for someone’s achievements
Telling the truth, saying sorry or making amends
Helping someone who is feeling sad or lonely