It’s been a pleasure working in partnership with Our Lady’s ELC, in PKC over the past 3 years. This article documents their Emotion Works journey towards being accredited as one of our first Gold Early Learning settings. 2023: The journey begins In February 2023 we delivered a large training event at the George Hotel in […]
There are lots of social and emotional learning opportunities that arise in the lead up to, during and after a stay away trip such as school camp. In this article we share a range of ideas and resources for optimising on these learning opportunities using Emotion Works. Before you go Make use of this ‘Before […]
Here’s a News time discussion prompt using the 4-part model and a photo stimulus – provided as a pdf slideshow with a worksheet to print out for a follow up task. Identify the trigger experience – sledgingCapture any mentions of emotion words – happy, excited, thrill, fun. Browse the symbol book orange pages to consider […]
Planning for Seasonal Discussions – Halloween In the context of a seasonal event such as Halloween, note the things that children are showing an interest in and talking about relating to the theme.Then make use of the vocabulary Planning Tool alongside the Foundation Word Planning Grid to identify a bank of possible words to pull […]
Here’s a selection of Pupil Projects shared by Emotion Works primary schools as part of their Gold Award application.Get in touch if you have one to share and would like it added to this page. PLAYGROUND BUDDIES &PEACEFUL PLAYGROUND PLACES Airyhall Primary School, Aberdeen City Chiraz Sellami from Airyhall Primary School, Aberdeen, shares information about […]
Scroll through the slideshow to see how P3 and P4/3 revisited each of the first 5 cogs in this seasonal Emotion Works literacy project using Christmas Adverts as the stimulus Advert Links on Literacy Shed WebsiteMan on the MoonThe Bear and the HareMonty the PenguinSpanish Christmas LotteryThe Christmas Truce
This 3 minute video captures a nice Cog Conversation around the first 5 cogs using the Inner Child Macdonalds Christmas Advert from 2020.Listen to the teacher’s prompts, watch how the pupils refer to the visual prompts too and think about the comprehension shown by pupils of the main ideas in the advert’s story with reference […]
Here’s an idea for ‘piggy backing’ on a well known festive song to extend and develop Emotion Works foundation language around Emotion Words / Naming and Behaviours / Showing Emotions. Watch the 4 minute video then read over some practical ideas below. Print out the prompt sheet on to A4 or A3 paper. Cut off the […]
As we embark on the 2024/25 school session, here are the numbers who’ve achieved an Emotion Works Primary School Award to date at the different levels: 73 Bronze Awarded Schools 38 Silver Awarded Schools 5 Gold Awarded Schools COG-gratulations to all of the teachers and staff who have been demonstrating COG-tastic Emotion Works practice across […]
Click on the image below to take a closer look at the criteria and browse our first set of applications, or download the file directly here: Early Learning Bronze Award examples ALREADY A MEMBER? Is your setting ready to apply for an Emotion Works Early Learning BRONZE award? VIEW PRACTITIONER CHECKLIST DOWNLOAD application PPT NOT YET A […]
