Dunblane Primary School’s Journey through the Recovery Programme

From Cogglebox to the Cog Jog!Rachel Aylott, Principal Teacher (HWB) shares the cog-tastic journey taken by staff, pupils and parents at Dunblane Primary School, Stirling using the #EWrecovery programme throughout the 2020-21 session.Click through the slideshow, or watch the 40 minute video to see and hear Rachel sharing the story in her presentation at our […]

Emotion Works at Newmains Primary School

by Marnie Hamilton, Principal Teacher and Emotion Works School Lead Teachers at Newmains Primary School have been using Emotion Works for three years and cannot now imagine not using it! We love that it helps teachers and support staff get to know pupils at the start of a new term and enhances lesson engagement throughout […]

Cog links, Note-boards and Story-boards in practice

Here we show how the single cog card and cut outs, and the 4-, 5-, 6- and 7-part note-board and story-board tools can be used in variety of ways to unpack and compose emotional events and narrative. Some show tasks that are related to reading and comprehension tasks, and others for writing and composition. Can […]

Coggle Analysis – what it is and how to do it

The ‘Coggle Analysis’ planning tool has been around for a while so we’ve created this page to share some examples of how it looks and works in practice. We also want to be more explicit about what we mean by ‘Coggle Vision’ for those of you new to Emotion Works and the cogs. Read on […]

In My Heart – A vocabulary planning example across all Emotion Works levels

In this article we demonstrate how the Vocabulary Planning Tool can be useful for informing ‘Word Works’ vocabulary teaching across the different levels of the Emotion Works programme. First of all, here’s a planning tool completed for the Story Book ‘In my Heart – a book of feelings’ by Jo Witek. This one is very […]

Word Works Activity Ideas

Word Works activities help reinforce and expand the vocabulary associated with each of the first 6 emotion cogs. When taking a closer look at each cog, plan at least 1 Word Works activity suitable for your group to help your pupils become more familiar with and develop vocabulary relating to the cog you’re focusing on.Remember to […]

Cognifying Glasses to help look out for Cog-specific content

Using a ‘cognifying glass’ for Emotion Word-spotting This is an idea first shared by a nurture teacher in West Lothian a few years ago which she said was inspired by our ‘coggles’ idea.Since sharing on our members website the idea of helping pupils focus in on a cog through a coloured lens has become a […]

Picture Books – supporting young children to engage with stories using EW symbol prompts

Symbol prompts are a big feature of the Emotion Works approach at Early level. On this page we’ll be gathering and sharing examples of how you can use symbols in your Emotion Works lessons in two main ways:To help children learn and practice using new words – (Nursery / Early Years, ASN settings where pupils […]

Creating Cog posters, displays and other talking points

This article provides examples of different ways that teachers and pupils can engage in lots of listening and talking activities about each of the emotion cogs and to share the learning in posters, displays, class books and other talking points. Cog Wall Displays or Pages in a Class Book Whether learning about  the 5-part, 6-part […]

Using Emotion characters and symbols for Emotion Word learning

In this guide we provide vocabulary teaching tips for developing and expanding the foundation words and language required to develop an early understanding of the first 5 emotion cogs. Includes… Suggestions for differentiating early level learning conversations across the different cog concepts Information about keeping the different cog concepts ‘in mind’ to help identify words, […]

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