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CHILDREN’S SERVICES

• “New beginnings” the content

• Identify opportunities and possible challenges in using the material across the school

• Discuss ideas as to how progress and impact may be measured

New Beginnings

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Activities

Activities from the SEAL resources

Discussions & questioning:

Where could I use this?Why would I use this?How will I know it has made a

difference?

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Self awarenessManaging feelings

Motivat ion

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Great Expectations(house rules)

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The colours of SEAL Light blue

main guidance

Salmon Assemblies / theme overview

Purple Staffroom

Red Foundation Stage

Blue Years 1 & 2

Yellow Years 3 & 4

Green Years 5 & 6

Silver small group work

Gold Family

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Who am I? Who are you?

Activity – seated in a circleChange places if …

Pass the ball …

Q:What is the difference between the activities?

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New Beginnings – Theme overview

ActivityTake each strand across each age group and identify what this could look like across the school:

– classroom– assembly– around the school– play time– lunchtime– wet play– attitudes to homework

FeedbackQ: to what extent is the development linear?

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New Beginnings

ActivityIn pairs design a life journey and identify the opportunities for a ‘new beginning’journey can be for any period of life: cradle to grave, ‘teenage years’, employment

FeedbackWhat are the similarities and the differences between the opportunities – and what difference will this make in the classroom?

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What am I like? What are your likes?

ActivityGoing to an island – agree what 10 items you would take with you

And in class …Would you suggest where the island is?What parameters would you set – before / with / duringHow would you assess their skills and understanding?

There is a shortage of space – you are restricted to 6 items – what will they be? How will you negotiate the items?

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RelaxationWhat is relaxation?

How do you know when you are relaxed?

How do you know if other people are ‘relaxed’?

There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them. 

Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, Chapter 2

If your teeth are clenched and your fists are clenched, your lifespan is probably clenched. 

Adabella Radici

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RelaxationQ:What strategies do you have as an adult?

at work?at home?

Table challengeAs many relaxation activities for:

staffchildrenteenagers

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Caught or taught?Activity

Staffroom activity

what do we do in our schools?

what could we do in our school?

FeedbackQ: What are our priority areas and what will we need to do in order to address them? (see handout)

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Red group building a picture

Activity - Arranged in a circle & pass the moosewhat makes you happy?

(what does this look like?)what makes you sad?

(what does this look like?)what makes you excited / scared / frightened?

(what does this look like?)

Q:How could you use the information shared in your assessment for learning, planning …?

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Red group building a picture

Understanding their interpretationsPhotographs (download from SEAL site)

feelings fan

Q:How do I let you know what I am feeling? What if I do this in an ‘inappropriate’ way?

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‘Who am I?’ActivityDraw a picture of yourself and on each limb label a different relationship:

son / daughteraunt / uncleGodparent / ….

Try to make sure no-one sees your drawing

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Blue group knowing me … knowing you

Activity

Fruit collection

Q:What do you think about the ‘I can …’ ‘I am …’ statements?

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My mate FaisalTony Langham

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‘The other half of me’

Activity

pairs

Q:How could you extend this activity?

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A new world

The Magician’s Nephew

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A perfect worldDiscussionCan somewhere be perfect all the time?

What would happen if we were calm all the time?

I wonder what the world would be like if we never made a mistake. What do you think?

What can people learn from animals?

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Yellow - Friendship

Take one poemWhat do you in your classroom to avoid this?

To what extent should we ensure that no child (or adult) ever feels like this?

What is the difference between being alone and being lonely?

What are the rights and responsibilities we have on the playground?

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Yellow group – those around us

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The ‘Waves’ model

Individualintervention

Quality first teaching of social, emotional & behavioural skills to all children 

Effective whole-school or setting policies & frameworks for promoting emotional

health and well-being

Small-group intervention for children who need additional help in

developing skills, & for their families

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Family SEAL

As you play the game, consider:

What questions would you adapt?

What do you need to know about the families before you give them the game to play?

What difference will it make?

How could you adapt this for use in a lunch time oasis club?

Family SEAL slides

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Green group – the not so perfect world

DiscussionWhat would be the ‘nightmare school’?What would be the worst 3 aspects?

DiscussionWhich aspects do you think your oldest pupils would identify?

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Green groupAmy’s story

DiscussionHow could you use this?What questions would you ask of the pupils?

How could you extend the activity to link with the local community?

DiscussionWhat strategies do you have in school for supporting your pupils understanding of any differences between ‘inside’ school and ‘outside’ school?

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Emailseal@medway.gov.uk

Forumshttp://www.medway.gov.uk/schoolforums/

National Strategy sitehttp://www.bandapilot.org.uk/